Populations worldwide are aging at an alarming rate, presenting challenges and opportunities for investors.
Among the challenges are slower economic growth and high debt loads driven by declining fertility rates and a shrinking workforce. In demographically challenged countries, governments spend more on pensions, healthcare, and other social security programs for the elderly, increasing public debt loads.
As a demographic crisis continues to unfold globally, a team of Goldman Sachs analysts reassured clients on Wednesday that the world isn't ending; rather, big investment opportunities exist in profiting off a growing population entering their golden years.
