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Will retiring baby boomers cause a stockmarket crash?
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Investing
Social Security
Retirement
Macroeconomics
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As baby boomers retire, they will move from investing in their retirement savings to eating into them. One theory is that this will cause a stock market crash. A counter theory is that the effect of baby-boomers in developed economies will be offset by other factors such as investment from emerging market economies.
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Robert Kiyosaki
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The market will crash around 2016 when the oldest Baby Boomers start cashing out their 401(k) plans. Individuals whose savings are locked into 401(k) plans will suffer because these retirement plans, aren't flexible and don't do well in a bear market. [paraphrased by CNN]
09 Nov 2006
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