For decades, Generation X has been underestimated — and often for good reason. Sometimes called the slacker generation, sometimes the forgotten, Gen Xers are best known for never quite hitting their stride. Their different approach to life means their retirement planning will also be distinctive.
Always overshadowed by baby boomers and millennials, the 65 million Gen Xers, the oldest of whom are turning 60 this year, have endured, adjusted and reinvented themselves through 30 years of social, economic and political calamities that always seemed to land at the worst possible times.
