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Gen Xers are most likely to buy annuities: Survey

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Pensions are all but nonexistent for younger workers, and many are worried about cuts to Social Security.

Generation X might be the most overlooked cohort of investors — but its oldest members have retirement security on their minds, and the age group is more interested in annuities than any other.

Xers, those born between 1965 and 1980, are outnumbered by Baby Boomers and millennials. However, man

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