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PERSONAL FINANCE
- What to Do with a Windfall with Markets at All-Time Highs ; Seven Ways to Trick Yourself Into Making Sound Financial Choices ; How Fintechs Are Helping Reduce Financial-Services ‘Deserts’ for the Underbanked ; 5 Ways To Keep Your Good Budget Habits Beyond The Pandemic
- ‘Meme stocks’ go mainstream: There’s now a fund for that ; Robinhood investor Howard Lindzon says “the rules were changed” for users ; Gensler Targets Broker ‘Gamification’ After Trading Tumult ; Nobel winner Eugene Fama on GameStop, market bubbles and why indexing is king
- Are You Sure You Know What’s in Your ETF?
- Oil Rebounds, Pushing Gas Prices Closer to $3 a Gallon ; How to cut costs at the pump as gas prices keep rising
- 15-year mortgage rate dips in Bankrate’s latest survey ; Is Now The Right Time To Pull Equity Out Of Your Home? ; Home buyer love letters could create legal liability, real estate group warns ; The downsides of being a landlord in retirement
- Budget give and take is mixed bag for farming ; Small-business wages grew in February
- The Supreme Court’s Chance to Rule for Donor Privacy ; Pandemic puts 1 in 3 nonprofits in financial jeopardy
HEALTHY AGING
- How Exercise Enhances Aging Brains ; More years in good health a gift, not burden
- Could California’s Master Plan for Aging set the bar for the rest of the country?
- A financial transaction tax would hurt seniors
HEALTHCARE
- New Study Will Examine How Robustly Individuals Respond to COVID-19 Vaccination
- Ohio health dept. to retire system after miscount in COVID deaths
- Quarter of Healthcare Apps Contain High Severity Bugs ; Ontario’s plans for COVID-19 contact tracing wearable devices threaten freedom and privacy
- Local healthcare systems grapple with COVID’s impact on finances, staff and more
- Understanding Employee Health Decreases Costs While Increasing Participation
- Support for telehealth Medicare reimbursement gains steam in Congress
EDUCATION
- Pro athletes supporting financial literacy for kids and young adults ; Vermont has a plan to help people become financially literate ; Dept. of Higher Education’s initiative helping college students save money
- The State of K-12 Cybersecurity Education
TECH
- Why Less Can Be More When It Comes to Cybersecurity ; Cybersecurity Study: 40% of SMB Websites Are Attacked Monthly
- Reasons Why the Security Industry is Protecting the Wrong Thing ; Lawmakers frustrated by secrecy surrounding massive data hack at Washington state auditor’s office ; How to Delete Your Old Online Accounts (and Why You Should) ; Eight Rules for Effective Password Protection
- Can Employers Use Artificial Intelligence And Data Analytics To Track Remote Workers? ; The use of artificial intelligence in life sciences and the protection of the IP rights
- What is blockchain technology? How does it work?
- 3 Ways Technology Is Revolutionizing Financial Services ; Why Fintech Battles Ahead Are About More Than Banks ; Can banks convince customers their data is safe?
- Amazon in Talks to Carry Many NFL Games Exclusively on Prime Video ; Senators question Amazon about using cameras to monitor delivery drivers
RETIREMENT
- They paid off the mortgage rather than save for retirement. Now what?
- Retirement Account Balances Rise to Record Levels in Q4 ; Pandemic’s Economic Perspective: Is it Worse than 2008? ; Wall Street Lobbies to Bring More ESG Funds Into 401(k)s
- Federal Benefits Require Their Own Beneficiary Designations ; ‘Might as well keep working.’ Pandemic prompts some feds to delay or reconsider retirement plans ; The most dangerous 401(k) myths many plan sponsors still believe
- What is a ‘fixed annuity’ and how can it help me in retirement? ; Layin’ it on the line: Are annuities a good alternative to bonds?
- IRS Planning Guidance on Student Loan, 401(k) Contributions ; Settlement Details Published in Norton Healthcare ERISA Suit ; Why New DOL Rule Will Help You Retire With More Confidence ; Taking Account of State-Run Retirement Plans
PENSIONS
- Who should pay for pension mistakes? California Legislature could make a change
- Legislators can’t praise hardworking front-line workers while undercutting their retirement fund ; Pension change surefire way for Florida Legislature to worsen teacher shortage | Opinion
- Why some NJ cops and firefighters might get to retire early with pensions
- Were Macon-Bibb retirees shorted in pension calculations? Probe underway
- Estate developers, pension trustees urge government to pass REIT bill
- A cautionary tale of pension ‘reform’
- Senators question Amazon about using cameras to monitor delivery drivers
- Damschroder: Ohio teachers pension mauled by Panda
- LIMRA: Pension buyout sales hit $13.7 billion in Q4
INTERNATIONAL
- Budget 2021: Covid deaths set to cut state pension costs
- Fraudsters prey on the fears of China’s aging population.
- Icelandic pension system now holds twice the amount of annual GDP
- Universities face big rise in pension contributions as deficit quadruples
- The coming grey wave of boomers will overwhelm society if we don’t act now
- How an insurance policy can help you plan your retirement?
MARKETS
- Economic sentiment jumps as COVID-19 recedes ; Jittery Stocks, Jumpy Bonds: Why Investors Are Troubled by Signs of Growth ; Fed’s Harker sees no interest-rate hikes until 2023 ; Fed may need more than words in next battle with markets ; Target COVID relief to those most needy
- Oil prices climb as OPEC puts further supply cuts on the table ; The oil industry is getting greener faster as US policy shifts to climate change
- What to Watch as China Rolls Out an Economic Plan to Overtake the US ; China services sector growth slows to 10-month low ; Stock Selloff to Hit Asia as Bond Yields Surge ; Australia’s economy expands at brisk pace in fourth quarter ; UK forecasts show 4% GDP expansion in 2021 ; Mexico Central Bank Boosts 2021 GDP Growth Forecast to 4.8% ; Global bond rout puts BOJ’s yield curve control in spotlight ; Pandemic-era investment rules pose hurdles for sovereign funds, report says
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- 3 tips for anticipating investor requests on climate, water and biodiversity ; Carbon capturing buzz turns into stacked payments for farmers ; Why it’s clear that investing in social change pays off
- Alternative investment fintechs soar as advisors look for new places to invest client money ; The institutional investor opportunity in real estate and other alternative assets
- Analysis: Spike in bond yields dented some hedge fund February returns ; New York Warns Hedge Funds: Pay Taxes ‘Like Everybody Else’
- What the SPAC phenomenon is doing for VC-backed companies ; KKR Moves to ‘Democratize’ Private Equity as SEC Signals Industry Scrutiny
- As Bitcoin Suddenly Surges Over $50000, The Price Of These Cryptocurrency Stocks Is Soaring ; How to Avoid Bitcoin Scams in South Africa ; Investing in Digital Currencies Affects Stocks, Central Banks and Nations ; PayPal Is Buying Cryptocurrency Secure-Storage Provider Curv, Report Says ; What to know about investing in cryptocurrency ; NVIDIA Beats Investors’ Cryptocurrency Mining Revenue Suit ; House OKs bill to attract more cryptocurrency mining facilities
- Post-covid-19, women prefer real estate more than men, finds survey ; Utah named hottest housing market in US ; 5 Key Pillars To REIT Investing
- Asia’s Ultra-Rich Are Piling Investments Into Blank-Check Firms