This chapter explores the financial hurdles Generation X faces in preparing for retirement, particularly due to the shift from pension plans to 401k programs. It highlights the burden of supporting both children and aging parents, leading to a lack of confidence in retirement savings. The chapter also offers actionable strategies for improving savings, managing debt, and increasing income to secure a more stable financial future.
Intel investors have been looking for signs of life with its foundry business – a couple billion dollars in deals and its new independent subsidiary status might help.
(00:21) Tim Beyers and Dylan Lewis discuss:
- Intel’s three focuses for turning it around: its Foundry business, AI strategy, and cost structure.
- The real reason Amazon might be pushing workers to return to office five days a week, and why Andy Jassy is looking to reduce bureaucracy.
- Microsoft’s new buyback authorization and dividend hike and it marches on the path to being a Dividend Aristocrat.
(18:20) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp look at how Gen X saves and how to catch up if you’re feeling behind.
Join us at our live podcast recording in Denver with BiggerPockets on Wednesday, September 18: https://www.meetup.com/biggerpockets/events/303028272/
Companies discussed: INTC, TSMC, AMZN, MSFT
Host: Dylan Lewis
Guests: Tim Beyers, Robert Brokamp, Alison Southwick
Producer: Mary Long
Engineers: Tim Sparks, Dan Boyd
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