Generation Gap

"Just listen to the crap music people listen to today, and oh so much will be explained about the world's problems."

This phrase has been uttered by every single generation since Unk and Mutu pounded on a drum to scare away tigers from their cave.

The trend? Things get more liberal in the world. It's okay to sing about things once considered intimate...which are no longer. But every generation arrives with new challenges and perspectives. They split at some point into two paramecium-like beings who exist in their own bio-orbits.

Investors need to understand what Generation X wants versus Generation Y. If they don't, they lose money.

And no, this term has nothing to do with faded jeans you buy at a famous retail store.

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