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Baby Boomers: Market Busters?

The first batch of baby boomers hit Social Security age in 2008. So what happens as this giant generation - 78 million strong - quits and starts selling assets they've saved for retirement?

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1. The first of the baby boomers were born in 1946, as soldiers back from W.W. II got busy on the domestic front, if you know what we mean. When is the boom considered to have ended?

Answer: (c) 1964
We're starting off with an easy question. But the point is this: The baby boom stretched over 19 years, and the boomers' retirement will be similarly stretched out, as will its various financial ramifications. Moreover, the birth rate didn't plummet in 1965; it merely dropped somewhat.

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