Tag: gen-x

Construction worker on a telephone pole

Financial advisers often encourage older workers to delay signing up for their Social Security as long as possible to maximize their monthly income. But several of our blog’s readers point out, rightly, that this isn’t always possible for people in physically taxing jobs. Blue-collar workers are in a real Catch-22, caught between the unforgiving financia…

Older couple sitting at a table looking at laptop screen paying bills online

Late Boomers have surprisingly low levels of retirement wealth compared to earlier cohorts.  A decline in some wealth components had been expected as a result of the rise in Social Security’s Full Retirement Age and the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans.  But increasing 401(k)/IRA balances were predicted to offset the gap, sinc…