Gen Xers know you pay more attention to Gen Zers, millennials, and boomers. They don't care.

Gen X is facing rising costs and economic stress. Discover eight proven strategies to protect assets and grow lasting wealth ...

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The children of Gen X parents, by contrast, live in a world in which day care, extracurricular programs and extended athletic ...

Tales of intergenerational turmoil tend to strike a nerve, so I steeled myself for some angry emails last month when I wrote a story about the millennials who aren't ready to inherit homes from their ...

Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience. Her writing has covered nearly every aspect of the financial world, from investing in forex to paying for ...

You know "main character syndrome?" The phenomenon/meme that posits that certain people go about life like they're the stars of their own private TV show? Gen X, broadly speaking, is suffering from a ...

I'm a Gen Xer, and like a Seattle Mariners fan, I've come to accept that, even though we're here slugging away, we're usually just not a part of the conversation. We just don’t get the same amount of ...

Generation X, long referred to as America’s “forgotten generation,” is about to step into the spotlight. Over the next decade, Americans aged 45-60 are projected to inherit an extraordinary $1.4 ...

It's not unusual for some people to feel that their characteristics don't quite match up with others in their generation. Still, if you're someone who truly can't seem to relate to either boomers or ...