Retiring Baby Boomers and Stock Market Capital Flows: Investment Theory
Retiring Baby Boomers and Capital Flows
The Baby-Boomers
The Murky Future
It is hard to predict the long-term impact of the aging Baby Boomers on stock prices.
Countervailing demographics may intervene.
Immigrants from Latin American may absorb stocks dumped by retiring Boomers.
For example, a positive resolution of the problem of immigration from Latin America could increase the younger cohort to the point that they will be able to absorb securities dumped by the Baby Boomers.
If the Common Stock Legend persists, this may be effective.
However if the next generation returns to the dividend-loving mind set of their great grandfathers, the Baby Boomers will have a hard time.
Political-sociological speculations, such as this, are part of Capital Flow Analysis.
It should be noted, however, that although we may be aware of the forces in play, it is impossible to know the future.
Before proceeding, check your progress:
Self-Test
Compared to the preceeding generation, Baby Boomers were:
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Compared to the preceeding generation, the typical Baby Boomer was more likely to:
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Over the next thirty years, Baby Boomers will be primarily interested in such things as:
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"Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community", Paperback, Robert D. Putnam
In 1880, 85% of eligible Americans voted in presidential elections: by 1996, the percentage had slipped to 48.9%. This best-selling sociological classic is essential reading. |
| "Retire Rich: The Baby Boomer's Guide to a Secure Future", Paperback, Bambi Holzer
Baby boomer's will have a major impact on the financial markets. Is this book realistic or optimistic? |
| "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out", Paperback, Timothy Leary
An collection of lectures and tales from the High Priest of LSD at the Harvard Center for Personality Research. |
| "A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character", Paperback, Charles J. Sykes
A critique of the victim mentality prevalent in the U.S. |
| "Stolen Vows: The Illusion of No-Fault Divorce and the Rise of the American Divorce Industry", Paperback, Judy Parejko
Divorce is a multi-billion dollar industry. Judges, attorneys, and others have a financial interest in the destruction of marriage. |
| "Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years", Hardcover, Rich Lowry
How a weak and ethically conflicted President casts a long shadow on America's future. The book that Bill and Hillary Clinton don't want you to read. |
| "The Culture of Cynicism: American Morality in Decline", Paperback, Richard Stivers
Professor Stivers of Illinois State University traces the history of morality in America. |
| "Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion", Paperback, Wade Clark Roof
This sociological study shows how 76 million Baby Boomers have shaped the spiritual landscape for all Americans. |
| "Longevity Revolution: As Boomers Become Elders", Paperback, Theodore Roszak
A positive spin on "the implications of mass longevity as a social phenomenon" |
| "Woodstock: 3 days of Peace and Music (Director's Cut), DVD, Richie Havens
The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was a milestone in the culture that shaped the Baby Boomer generation. |
| "Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton", Paperback, Barbara Olson
How this morally-challenged Baby Boomer, now a Senator, continues to threaten American values. |
| "The New Soldier", Paperback, John Kerry
The book you can't buy anywhere. The slanderous campaign of John Kerry against his fellow soldiers. This anti-patriotic Baby Boomer took this book off the market, when it threatens his claims of being a war hero and intention of becoming Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Military. |
| Robber Barons : "Robber Barons", J. Bradford DeLong, University of California at Berkeley, and NBER. [Return] |
| Draft Card Burning : "Burning Draft card, Central Park, NYC 1969", Richard Blair, New York Street Life Photographs. [Return] |
| Campus Sit-ins : "Turbulent Time Marked By Campus Rallies, Sit-ins, Violence", Northwestern University. Historic Moments. [Return] |
| Recreational Drugs : Recreational Drug Information Website. Author Anonymous. [Return] |
| Crude Language : "The Number of Fucks In Deadwood ", The West Virginia Surf Report. [Return] |
| Heedless Violence : "Children, Violence, And The Media: A Report For Parents And Policy Makers", Senate Committee on the Judiciary' Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Utah, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, Prepared by Majority Staff Senate Committee on the Judiciary, September 14, 2020 [Return] |
| Declining Family Values : "Critical Issues: Family Values", Leadership U, Christian Leadership Ministries. [Return] |
| Instant Comfort : "America's Penchant For Instant Gratification", |
| Excessive Debt : "A Nation in Debt: All Things Considered Series Explores America's Borrowing Culture", National Public Radio, January 29-31, 2003. [Return] |
| Nobel Laureate Economists : The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. [Return] |
| William Jefferson Clinton : The Clinton Library and Store. The Clinton Foundation. [Return] |
| Clinton's Perjury : "Perjury Penumbra", Scott W. Johnson and John H. Hinderaker, The Claremont Institute, December 17, 2020. [Return] |
| Nation’s Defenses Under Clinton : "Negligence: Bill Clinton's Real Legacy On National Defense", Paul M. Weyrich, December 5, 2020. Free Congress Foundation. [Return] |
| Presidential Pardons : "Pardon Grants - January 2001", U.S. Department of Justice. [Return] |
| Dr. Timothy Leary : "Erowid Character Vault: Timothy Leary: Oct 22, 2020 - May 31, 2020". [Return] |
| Harvard Center for Personality Research : "The Kaiser Papers", A Public Service Page. [Return] |
| Harvard Business School : The HMS website. [Return] |
