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Sep 30
51m 22s

Kerry Hannon: What Gen Xers Need to Know...

MORNINGSTAR
About this episode

Our guest on the podcast today is Kerry Hannon. Kerry is a senior columnist and on-air expert for Yahoo Finance and writes about retirement, jobs, career transitions, entrepreneurship, leadership, and personal finance. She has written 14 books about retirement, careers, and personal finance and is co-author of a new book, Retirement Bites: A Gen X Guide to Securing Your Financial Future. Kerry is a former columnist and contributor for The New York Times, MarketWatch, Forbes, PBS, and AARP. She graduated from Duke University.

Background

Bio

Retirement Bites: A Gen X Guide to Securing Your Financial Future, by Kerry Hannon and Janna Herron

401(k)s and the Current Market

401(k) Savers Stayed Strong Through Market Volatility, Fidelity Found,” Video interview with Kerry Hannon, kerryhannon.com, June 15, 2025.

Experts Caution Adding Private Assets Like Crypto to 401(k)s,” Video interview with Kerry Hannon, kerryhannon.com, Aug. 17, 2025.

Retirement Savers Are Eager to Invest in Private Assets, New Survey Finds,” by Kerry Hannon, yahoofinance.com, Aug. 25, 2025.

Robust Returns and Steady Saving Yield Record Number of 401(k) Millionaires,” by Kerry Hannon, yahoofinance.com, Sept. 13, 2025.

401(k) Savers Play It Safe, Even as Demand for Private Assets Surge,” by Kerry Hannon, yahoofinance.com, Sept. 9, 2025.

Social Security and Target-Date Funds

An Increasing Number of Americans Are Claiming Social Security Early This Year. What’s Up?” Video interview with Kerry Hannon, kerryhannon.com, May 14, 2025.

Some Retirees Will See Bump in Social Security Benefits in April,” Video interview with Kerry Hannon, kerryhannon.com, March 26, 2025.

Social Security Benefits Will Rise 2.5% in 2025,” by Kerry Hannon, yahoofinance.com, Oct. 13, 2024.

How to Build Your Own Target-Date Retirement Fund,” by Kerry Hannon, yahoofinance.com, Feb. 15, 2025.

2025 Target-Date Fund Investment Strategy,” Morningstar.com.

Americans’ Retirement Vehicle of Choice Just Topped $4 Trillion,” Video interview with Kerry Hannon, kerryhannon.com, May 21, 2025.

Return to Office and Job Changes

More Men Are Returning to the Office. Here’s Why That Matters to Women,” by Kerry Hannon, yahoofinance.com, July 20, 2025.

Author: Getting Employees Back to the Office Is at an “Inflection Point,'” by Kerry Hannon, yahoofinance.com, Aug. 24, 2025.

Changing Jobs Can Shake-Up Saving for Retirement. Here’s How to Avoid That,” Video interview with Kerry Hannon, kerryhannon.com, May 3, 2025.

Other

Reality Bites (1994 movie)

My Social Security account

Beyond the Status Quo: A Critical Assessment of Lifecycle Investment Advice,” by Scott Cederburg, Aizhan Anarkulova, and Michael S. O’Doherty, papers.ssrn.com, July 10, 2025 (revised).

How Americans View Their Jobs,” by Juliana Menasce Horowitz and Kim Parker, pewresearch.org, March 30, 2023.

Kerry Hannon: Remote Work Trend Benefits Older Workers,” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, Oct. 21, 2020.

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