How old are you?
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How old are you?
How old are you?
"In bull markets, people say 'The more risk I take, the greater my return.' But when people aren't afraid of risk, they'll accept risk without being compensated." -Howard Marks, Oaktree Capital
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44 and aging gracfully.
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31. I'd be interested to see the results when more people respond. I figured I was young compared to the rest of the forum members.
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Will be 46 in less than 2 months, so I went ahead and placed myself in that grouping....feeling pretty good physically, but not sure about financially. Baby steps though....got to keep moving forward
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If only I had found this site 5 years ago... It would have saved me a lot of $$ during the learning process.
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Older than dirt was my usual reply, but I voted accurately in the poll.
I am now BACK to New England after my nearly four week 6100 mile domestic excursion, btw...
I am now BACK to New England after my nearly four week 6100 mile domestic excursion, btw...
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31! Not too old, not too young... juuuuust right Well, since it's the only option I get!
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Old enough to know better -- as my mom used to say.
Birthday in Sept will put me in the next higher band.
Birthday in Sept will put me in the next higher band.
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Me too.LAlearning wrote:Old enough.
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32 years and 2 weeks.
Like Jasc15, I thought I was young compared to the rest of the forum. Interesting to see a peak of late-20's to early-30 year olds.
Maybe this is the age people start making "real" money and feel the need understand finance.
Like Jasc15, I thought I was young compared to the rest of the forum. Interesting to see a peak of late-20's to early-30 year olds.
Maybe this is the age people start making "real" money and feel the need understand finance.
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I just now turned 65. Amazing. I "retired" 9 years ago and began devoting more time to serving others. My investments are Bogle-inspired and the only serious thought they get from me is gratitude for financial security. Live not to provoke envy. When the cup is full, carry it even.
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With 122 respondents in, the results so far show that you don't need the wisdom of age to be a boglehead.
It's very encouraging to see so many under 35's on here. They outnumber the over 60 crowd.
It's very encouraging to see so many under 35's on here. They outnumber the over 60 crowd.
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I'm surprised to see the age distribution here. But maybe the retired folks are too busy enjoying their Boglehead retirement to participate in this poll.
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I just pushed the 26-30 crowd into the lead..
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My plan is to be immortal. So far, it's working.
"I was born with nothing and I have most of it left."
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will be 72 in 24 days
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I voted as of it were 4 weeks from now and I officially made it into the 31-35 band.
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funny distribution - I was expecting a bell curve (tilted to the younger end due to mortality and start of earnings). Perhaps we need more data or perhaps different age groups are more prone to do polls?
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61 and semi-retired. Been lurking here off and on for a few years. Boglehead long before that.
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The distribution appears to be bimodal.
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Pretty darn close to the US population... the high points look about 5 years off, but probably close enough with such a small sample.
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Me too.GerryL wrote:Old enough to know better -- as my mom used to say.
Birthday in Sept will put me in the next higher band.
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Based on the 2014 Boglehead Net Worth Survey, the results should look a little something like this:
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<21 0.1%
21-25 2.7%
26-30 11.3%
31-35 12.1%
36-40 11.1%
41-45 10.4%
46-50 8.6%
51-55 11.6%
56-60 11.5%
61-65 9.6%
66-70 6.4%
71-75 2.8%
76-80 1.1%
81-85 0.5%
86+ 0.0%
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I voted, have you?
I voted, have you? Sixty Two and retired on 5/15/14. And now let me get my running gear ready for my 0500 lung distance workout (lung is not a typo).
Thanks for reading.
I voted, have you? Sixty Two and retired on 5/15/14. And now let me get my running gear ready for my 0500 lung distance workout (lung is not a typo).
Thanks for reading.
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35 closing in on 36.
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Me threeCrow Hunter wrote:Me too.GerryL wrote:Old enough to know better -- as my mom used to say.
Birthday in Sept will put me in the next higher band.
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered you will never grow. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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66. And if I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it. - Will Rogers
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I'm old enough to make IRA catch-up contributions.
This thread is now unlocked and moved to the Local Chapters and Bogleheads Community (Bogleheads).
I'm old enough to make IRA catch-up contributions.
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I see that my good friend,Taylor, hasn't checked in yet (he's 90). Of course, he may have a hard time getting his mouse to stand still in the circle long enough to vote.
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50 and so far the only good thing I noticed is that I'm able to make catch-up provisions in my 401K. That and the fact that I'm above ground. My wife who is 54 and looks ten years younger than me has a much better outlook.
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Mel:Mel Lindauer wrote:I see that my good friend,Taylor, hasn't checked in yet (he's 90). Of course, he may have a hard time getting his mouse to stand still in the circle long enough to vote.
Your old paratrooper friend is a jump ahead of you.
There are currently 225 replies--one of which is over age 85.
The 85+ was my steady-handed vote.
Best wishes.
Taylor
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28 yrs
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My current age is much sweeter than 16!
1) I am old enough to take penalty-free withdrawals from my traditional retirement plans without needing to use any special exceptions for that purpose. (But no interest in actually doing so. Instead, I am gradually converting traditional to Roth, which can be done at any age. And planning to work, at least part-time, indefinitely which means I may never hit the RMD point, since all my traditional funds have been rolled into my employer plan.
2) I am old enough to collect widow's Social Security benefits as my late husband's survivor. (but also not interested in doing so at this time--planning to wait until FRA in order to maximize them.)
3) Young enough to still make contributions to HSA and old enough to make catch-up contributions to that HSA (as well as catchups to my 403b and Roth IRA) (and doing all of these).
4) Old enough for 10% senior discount on TCBY Fro-Yo (but no interest in using that discount, since I can flash my grad student student ID at the cashier and get the same 10% discount as a student!)
1) I am old enough to take penalty-free withdrawals from my traditional retirement plans without needing to use any special exceptions for that purpose. (But no interest in actually doing so. Instead, I am gradually converting traditional to Roth, which can be done at any age. And planning to work, at least part-time, indefinitely which means I may never hit the RMD point, since all my traditional funds have been rolled into my employer plan.
2) I am old enough to collect widow's Social Security benefits as my late husband's survivor. (but also not interested in doing so at this time--planning to wait until FRA in order to maximize them.)
3) Young enough to still make contributions to HSA and old enough to make catch-up contributions to that HSA (as well as catchups to my 403b and Roth IRA) (and doing all of these).
4) Old enough for 10% senior discount on TCBY Fro-Yo (but no interest in using that discount, since I can flash my grad student student ID at the cashier and get the same 10% discount as a student!)
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Only six years old (eleven times over )...
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Remember, it's not the years but the mileage.
"..the cavalry ain't comin' kid, you're on your own..."
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Uh oh. I'm 43 and 11/12ths, but I definitely have a lot of miles. I started running at age 11.peppers wrote:Remember, it's not the years but the mileage.
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81 and still ticking.
A frequent lurker but infrequent poster. A long time Boglehead.
Samson.
A frequent lurker but infrequent poster. A long time Boglehead.
Samson.
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Better late than never, my old friend. I see you finally showed up and cast your vote after my post.Taylor Larimore wrote:Mel:Mel Lindauer wrote:I see that my good friend,Taylor, hasn't checked in yet (he's 90). Of course, he may have a hard time getting his mouse to stand still in the circle long enough to vote.
Your old paratrooper friend is a jump ahead of you.
There are currently 225 replies--one of which is over age 85.
The 85+ was my steady-handed vote.
Best wishes.
Taylor
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34. And I used to think 35 was middle aged. Now I'm almost there! I'm starting to reconsider what middle aged is.
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I am very surprised that at 35 years old only 75% of the respondents are older than me. I would have thought it was more like 90%.
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Just turned 39 few days ago. With 338 votes count, more than 70% are aged 40 and above. Very interesting
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So based on this admittedly unscientific poll, this forum is about half Millennials/Gen X, 40% Boomers, and 10% Silent Generation, but it depends on if you consider people born from 1959-63 (age 51-55 now) to be Boomers. Ignoring "official definitions" of generations, is the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (born in '62) a Boomer? Is the lead singer of REM (born '60) a Boomer? Is Obama (born in '61) a Boomer? I consider them Gen X; if you were in high school when Star Wars came out in '77 and in college when MTV went on the air in '81, you're a Gen X'er. I also think a lot of people, maybe most people, in that age bracket don't consider themselves boomers. So if you consider age 51-55 now to be Gen X, the forum is about 57% Millennial/Gen X, 33% Boomers, 10% Silent Generation.
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How old are you?OkieIndexer wrote:So based on this admittedly unscientific poll, this forum is about half Millennials/Gen X, 40% Boomers, and 10% Silent Generation, but it depends on if you consider people born from 1959-63 (age 51-55 now) to be Boomers. Ignoring "official definitions" of generations, is the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (born in '62) a Boomer? Is the lead singer of REM (born '60) a Boomer? Is Obama (born in '61) a Boomer? I consider them Gen X; if you were in high school when Star Wars came out in '77 and in college when MTV went on the air in '81, you're a Gen X'er. I also think a lot of people, maybe most people, in that age bracket don't consider themselves boomers. So if you consider age 51-55 now to be Gen X, the forum is about 57% Millennial/Gen X, 33% Boomers, 10% Silent Generation.
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765 Months 18 days.
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