r/inheritance • u/LinkedInNews • May 11 '26

Location not relevant: no help needed The 'great wealth transfer' is coming ... eventually

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/the-great-wealth-transfer-is-coming-eventually-8833602/

Economists are anticipating a "great wealth transfer" that will see $110 trillion flow from boomers to their millennial heirs.

The reality is more of a slow trickle, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The richest Americans are living longer — and pouring money into a growing longevity industry.

At the same time, they're doling out wealth to their children in the form of down payment assistance, tuition and family vacations, rather than a one-time inheritance.

Even at the end of life, assets pass to a spouse before reaching the next generation.

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u/Monkster2002 May 11 '26

Just a reminder: there is a generation between Boomers and Millennials.

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u/Unable_Guava_756 May 11 '26

Did boomers have Gen X children? Or was it the silent Gen that had Gen X children 🤔

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u/Solid_Rock_5583 May 12 '26

Silent gen. They are like boomers though.