The extra the Nice Recession recedes within the rearview mirror, the clearer is the harm sustained by the employees born within the remaining years of the infant growth.

These so-called late boomers have been between 42- and 47-years-old when the recession hit. Their careers have been simply hitting their stride after they have been slammed by the downturn. The 50 % inventory market plunge and spike in unemployment did specific harm to their 401(okay)s and their retirement prospects usually.

A examine totaling up the harm was the topic of 1 weblog of specific curiosity to our readers final 12 months.  

By the point they reached their early 50s, late boomers had amassed solely about $280,000 in retirement wealth within the type of 401(okay) belongings and future Social Safety and pension advantages. The Nice Recession harm older boomers too, however at a much less important time of their work lives. When center and early boomers have been that very same age, their comparable wealth was $332,000 and $346,000, respectively.

With late boomers and now Era X quick approaching retirement age, monetary planning was additionally on readers’ minds final 12 months. One article offered a clue to what’s behind that: extra persons are saving for retirement however they’re nonetheless not saving sufficient.

No marvel Social Safety’s monetary shortfall is such a priority. One other fashionable article tried to right the incorrect perception that Social Safety will cease paying advantages fully when the belief fund surplus depletes in just a few years. If Congress doesn’t tackle the shortfall brought on by the flood of retiring boomers, advantages must be minimize considerably – however not eradicated.

Readers have been additionally thinking about a weblog explaining to married {couples} that they’d construct up extra financial savings in the event that they max out the extra beneficiant of their two employers’ 401(okay) matching contributions. “These {couples} might enhance their retirement wealth with out [reducing] their consumption by merely reallocating” their contributions, the researchers mentioned.

With retirement on the horizon, employees are additionally in search of dependable details about Medicare. This system is particularly invaluable to center class retirees, who obtain $230,000 to $260,000 extra in Medicare and Medicaid advantages throughout their retirement years than the full quantity they paid in as employees, in keeping with one examine.

Different articles peered below the hood of Medicare Benefit insurance coverage insurance policies, which have overtaken Medigap plans in market share. One article described the barrage of typically deceptive ads by the brokers and insurers promoting the insurance policies. One other reported that the plans deny about 6 % of medical therapies requested by physicians however most are authorised upon enchantment.

When employees retire, they confront many unfamiliar points suddenly. They need details about what they will anticipate. 

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