Gen X less attached to retirement at 65, says financial planner
Younger generations are moving away from the traditional retirement age of 65, according to a financial planning firm leader.
Financial planning firm Levridge's head suggests Gen X and early Millennials have a different relationship with retirement timing compared to previous generations. The traditional model of leaving work at 65 is losing its hold on these cohorts, who appear less emotionally tied to that conventional milestone.
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For Gen X, busy lives and 87 crash scars mean retirement norms in doubt
Remember the days when your parents or grandparents downed tools at 65? It seems Gen Xers and early Millennials are much less emotionally tied to that line in the sand, according to the head of financial planning firm Levridge.