By The Numbers - May 2019
Submitted by S. F. Ehrlich Associates, Inc. on May 16th, 2019
Source: Direxion Funds
May 15, 2019
- FUTURE PLANS - 48% of households in America headed by individuals at least age 55 have no retirement savings, 26% have a defined contribution (DC) plan (e.g., 401(k) or IRA) but no defined benefit (DB) pension plan, and the remaining 26% have both a DC and a DB plan (source: Government Accountability Office).
- PREPARE FOR IT - A 65-year old American couple has a 48% chance that at least one of them will live to age 90, i.e., at least a 25-year life expectancy (source: Social Security Administration).
- END OF LIFE - 1 out of 3 Americans at least age 85 has Alzheimer’s (source: The Atlantic).