What will it mean when boomers start to retire? What will the impact be when the boomers liquidate their assets that sit on Stock Exchanges around the world and use this to fund their retirement over the next 5 - 10 years? The systemic effect is massive, and frightening at the same time. People are living longer and re-tyrement is one option, but how will the world cope with this. For some interesting comments, take a look at the Business Week article here.