The generation investors should watch is the often ignored Gen-X, says a Goldman Sachs report. In the US, those people between the ages of 36 and 51 are responsible for 25% of consumption, for example. This demographic group matters greatly for the success of developed market economies. But compared to the much hyped “Boomers,” now starting to enter retirement, there are key differences economic thinkers need to recognize relative to wealth, values and retirement. Generation X at earnings peak, leadership coming into its own Generation X, as it is known, are in a zone where earnings peak and they begin…
Goldman: Investors Need To Pay Attention To Generation X, Our Future Leaders
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.