‘Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything’: More Boomers Say They’re Not Transferring Wealth to Family Until They’re Dead

So much for that “great wealth transfer” that’s on the horizon. Despite millennials and Gen Xers being poised to inherit around $84 trillion by 2045 during the “silver tsunami,” it looks like boomers want to stand pat.

According to a new report from Charles Schwab, almost half of boomers surveyed (45%) said they wanted “to enjoy my money for myself while I’m still alive” — while only 11% of Gen Xers and 15% of millennials said the same.

Schwab’s survey of 1,000 high net worth (HNW) Americans, which is defined as people with more than $1 million in investable assets, found a sizeable generational shift: Millionaire millennials and Gen X were

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