{"id":137,"date":"2026-09-25T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:00:00","slug":"a-new-age-in-retirement-why-annuities-may-be-a-promising-path-for-millennials-and-gen-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/2026\/09\/a-new-age-in-retirement-why-annuities-may-be-a-promising-path-for-millennials-and-gen-x\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Age In Retirement: Why Annuities May Be A Promising Path For Millennials And Gen X"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As a Certified Financial Fiduciary\u00ae and Certified Estate Planner\u2122, I often see how the retirement landscape has shifted for Gen X and millennials. With just 14% of private workers now holding defined-benefit plans, planning for a stable future has become increasingly complex. Add in the realities of rising healthcare costs, ongoing inflation, and longer life expectancies, and many are searching for solutions that provide steady, guaranteed income\u2014without unnecessary risk. That\u2019s where annuities deserve a closer look. I encourage clients to evaluate whether their current strategies\u2014and the professionals guiding them\u2014truly account for these modern challenges and support lasting financial security.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/athene\/2026\/09\/14\/a-new-age-in-retirement-why-annuities-may-be-a-promising-path-for-millennials-and-gen-x\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Certified Financial Fiduciary\u00ae and Certified Estate Planner\u2122, I often see how the retirement landscape has shifted for Gen X and millennials. With just 14% of private workers now holding defined-benefit plans, planning for a stable future has become increasingly complex. Add in the realities of rising healthcare costs, ongoing inflation, and longer life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drsunilpatel.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}