Humanity is aging. Fast. Over the next decade, the world is going to be hit by a tsunami of retiring baby-boomers. After that, another huge wave from Generation X is going to retire. This secular demographic trend cannot be stopped. There is no breaking point. There is no reversion to mean. There is simply no going back to a world of high birth rates anymore.
This group of future retirees has greater spending power than their predecessors. In my opinion, old people can be categorised into 2 groups - the recently-retired healthy elderly who are still active with more spare funds for lifestyle consumption and the extreme elderly (those in their 80s/90s) who spend most of their funds on healthcare or nursing services.
Higher demand for stable dividend-paying bluechips and bonds
Can you imagine a 70 year-old retiree sitting at the desk, his eyes glued to the computer screens as he stares at charts ......