{"id":1515978,"date":"2022-06-14T18:04:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T22:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515978"},"modified":"2022-06-14T18:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T22:04:24","slug":"young-americans-dont-see-a-point-in-saving-for-retirement-in-a-post-covid-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/young-americans-dont-see-a-point-in-saving-for-retirement-in-a-post-covid-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Americans \u2018Don\u2019t See A Point\u2019 In Saving For Retirement In A Post-COVID World"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyoung-americans-dont-see-a-point-in-saving-for-retirement-in-a-post-covid-world%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515978&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Young <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/stock-market\">investors<\/a> are behind on their retirement savings as <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/economy\">economic<\/a> fallout continues from COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/recession\">recession<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fidelity.com\/bin-public\/060_www_fidelity_com\/documents\/about-fidelity\/FID-SORP-DataSheet.pdf\">State of Retirement Planning<\/a> study from financial services company Fidelity shows that the turmoil of the past two years has disrupted many Americans\u2019 savings behavior. Overall, one in four respondents are now \u201cless confident than they were before the events of the past two years\u201d \u2014 even though 79% are still confident that they can retire when and how they want.<\/p>\n<p>However, 55% of \u201cNext Gen\u201d \u2014 which the study defines as Americans between the ages of 18 and 35 \u2014 said that they placed their retirement plans on hold during COVID-19, and 45% do not \u201csee a point in saving until things return to normal.\u201d Therefore, 39% \u201cplan to retire later\u201d due to their inaction.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, stock market conditions are far from normal as worse-than-expected inflation news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bloodbath-on-wall-street-as-stock-market-plunges-into-bear-territory\">triggers a fresh round of selloffs<\/a>. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 3%, the S&#038;P 500 fell about 4%, and the Nasdaq fell nearly 4% on Monday. Last week, the Dow fell 2.7%, the S&#038;P fell 2.9%, and the Nasdaq fell 3.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the stock market, real estate \u2014 another mechanism Americans use as a store of wealth \u2014 remains expensive, especially for first-time buyers. Between quarter two of 2020 and quarter one of 2022, the median home sales price has increased from $322,600 to $428,700 \u2014 a 33% increase, according to the U.S. Census Bureau <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/MSPUS\">data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Fidelity recommends that younger savers \u201chave time but need to ensure they are making smart retirement decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 31% of Americans \u2014 including Next Gen, older Millennials, Gen-Xers, and Boomers \u2014 are not sure \u201chow to keep up with inflation\u201d when saving for retirement, and 71% are \u201cvery concerned\u201d about the impact of rising price levels on their retirement preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.6% between May 2021 and May 2022, meaning that inflation has again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/inflation-reaches-8-6-setting-new-four-decade-high\">surpassed<\/a> record highs. Prices are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/here-are-the-products-gutting-your-bank-account-as-inflation-soars\">particularly lofty<\/a> for energy products such as gasoline, utility gas service, and fuel oil, while food and vehicle prices also continue to soar.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, 77% of those with a retirement plan reported that they \u201cknow what to do to keep up with inflation,\u201d while only 57% of those without a plan said the same, according to the Fidelity survey.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond attitudes about savings in a post-COVID world, another generational shift in retirement planning lies in the use of digital assets. The 2022 Investopedia Financial Literacy Survey recently indicated that 28% of Millennials \u2014 those between the ages of 26 and 41 \u2014 expect to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gen-z-millennials-are-relying-on-crypto-for-their-retirements\">use cryptocurrencies to support themselves<\/a> in their retirements. Nearly 20% of Gen Z \u2014 those between 18 and 25 \u2014 said the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor younger investors, cryptocurrency is clearly not just a fun asset to trade in order to make fast money,\u201d Investopedia editor-in-chief Caleb Silver remarked. \u201cThey are depending on generating returns from cryptocurrency to build wealth and fund their retirement, which is concerning given the lack of education around investing in crypto, and the fact it is still not regulated by the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency with the largest market cap, has plummeted from around $48,400 at the end of December to roughly $22,500 as of Tuesday \u2014 a 54% drop. Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase is therefore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/crypto-winter-coinbase-to-lay-off-nearly-one-fifth-of-staff\">laying off<\/a> nearly one-fifth of its workforce amid the troubled digital asset market and overall macroeconomic instability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young investors are behind on their retirement savings as economic fallout continues from COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession. The most recent State of Retirement Planning study from financial services company Fidelity shows that the turmoil of the past two years has disrupted many Americans\u2019 savings behavior. Overall, one in four respondents are now \u201cless confident &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1516013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1515978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1516013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1515978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1515978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}