Not everyone in the retirement industry might agree, but if you ask Gen Xers, they're in plenty of trouble when it comes to saving for life post-work.
Gen Xers certainly haven't had an easy time of it. They got walloped by the Great Recession and, according to a Pew Economic Mobility analysis in 2013, lost half their wealth between 2007 and 2010. And that was after a slow start in their careers, thanks to the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
When the housing bubble burst, too, it took them with it; median home values among their age group fell 21 percent from $215,000 in 2007 to $170,000 in 2010.
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