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Blog of the Week - No. 58
By JLP | November 5, 2006
Give a warm welcome to the 58th Blog of the Week:
How’s that for a different introduction? I decided to change this week’s intro up a bit because I get tired of writing the same thing week-in and week-out. Anyhow, take a minute to check out Generation X Finance, a blog whose purpose is to discuss the financial issues that Generation X faces. Who is Generation X? Well, it is hard to pin down, but from what I can tell it is those who were born between 1965 and 1980. This would make the oldest GenXer about 41 years old and the youngest about 26 years old. I’m a member of Generation X (most personal finance bloggers are not because they are too young!).
What kind of personal finance issues does Generation X face? The same as everyone else:
- Retirement planning
- College funding for their kids
- Buying a house
- Getting out of debt
- Buying insurance
You name it and Generation X is probably facing it.
There’s not a lot of material on Generation X Finance yet, which is probably due to the fact that it has only been around since October. However, I expect this blog to be a hit as long as the blog’s author stays true to his message and posts good content.
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November 5th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
I’m a Gen Xer. One thing that seems to be unique to our generation is that many of us had parents who divorced, remarried and started second families later in life. I’m 29, with parents who are not ready for retirment, and each of them has 2 or more young children, and I myself have two young children and my own financial future (and my kids) to be concered with. I not only have aging parents- I have their kids to worry about.
November 5th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
[...] His content is rich and detailed. I emailed Jeremy earlier this week and told him that he was going to be on eFIPO’s Feature Finance Blog, and then I realized that he is also AllFinancialMatters Blog of the Week. AllFinancialMatters is one of the best financial blogs out there and it’s always a privilege to be on his list. Congratulations to Jeremy and all your success. I am hoping that in the future we will be able to join forces and create a new financial network. Favorite article - Watch Out For Tax Traps With Year-End Mutual Fund Purchases [...]
November 5th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
Thank you for the mention here, it is quite an honor. I have been reading your site for some time and enjoy the content and your delivery. Like you mentioned, the exact years that pinpoint generation x is conflicting, but it is generally those born in the 70’s, with some fringe years in the late 60’s and early 80’s.
I look forward to contributing to the personal finance community and sharing my experiences both on my site and through interaction with the other blogs such as yours.
November 5th, 2006 at 5:27 pm
Don’t forget us “geezer X’s”
I was born in 1964, and am either a end-boomer or early Xer. I strongly prefer “early Xer”: my early Presidents were Carter and Reagan, not Kennedy and Johnson, and I grew up in the 1970s and 80s. The only thing I remember about the 1960s was the moon landing when I was five; it’s my earliest childhood memory of anything in the “big world”.
November 5th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Very cool. Looking forward to great stuff on my generation!
November 6th, 2006 at 12:59 pm
We’re just out of the window of being X-ers, but this blog talks about a lot of issues that are still relevant to us. We’re on the leading edge of the next generation (Generation Y? Millennial Generation?), and I think we’re a little more cynical than our younger siblings. Jeremy, keep up the good work!