December 18, 2020 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE
- The Best Way to Side Hustle ; ‘Financial Stress Is a Big Topic in Need of More Oxygen’ ; With less travel predicted, ‘home for the holidays’ means something different this year
- Regulators slam Robinhood for targeting newbie investors with aggressive marketing ; Robinhood accused of violating Massachusetts fiduciary rule
- We Live in Emotional Times… Don’t Let That Influence Your Investing ; Ringing In 2021 ETF Market Forecasts
- Bitcoin just hit $20000 for the first time ever. Should you invest? ; New to Bitcoin? Stay Safe and Avoid These Common Scams ; Bitcoin Scam Using Unauthorized Celebrity Images in Ads Traced to Moscow: Report
- An Investor’s Tips for Selling Your Home Fast ; Fed vows to continue bond-buying but opts against moves that would lower mortgage rates ; Want to pay off your mortgage before you retire? Do this now
- 30 ways to support your neighbors this holiday season ; MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, says she gave $4.2 billion to charity
HEALTHY AGING
- Tools for earlier detection of cognitive impairment and dementia
- Benefits of fact- rather than fear-based attitude toward aging ; Scientists publish the first human psychological aging clock using artificial intelligence
- Aging Journal Fills Knowledge Gaps on Race, Mental Health
- What You’ll Pay for Medicare in 2021 ; Prospects Dim for Medicare Drug Reimbursement Cuts ; Medicaid and CHIP enrollment grew 5.6% since last year
HEALTHCARE
- How a New Collaboration Is Using “Intelligent Efficiency” to Improve Healthcare
- Digital pathways poised to reshape healthcare continuum in 2021
- 1 in 5 Patients Report Discrimination in Healthcare Experiences
- States and Cities Wrestle with Pandemic, Drug Testing
- Why Encryption is Critical to the Healthcare Industry
- Expanding Telemedicine in the Age of COVID-19
EDUCATION
- Financial news has been for finance guys. That has to change. ; America Trailing Germany In Financial Literacy – The “Big Three” Quiz ; Children’s book helps teach financial literacy
- Changes in higher education that will make the grade post-pandemic
TECH
- What Happens to My Personal Information After a Data Breach? ; A Company Culture of Data Privacy – Your Role as a Data Caretaker ; Twitter Hit with $544000 Penalty for Violating GDPR Data Breach Provisions
- Consumer Survey Puts Three Digital Banking Theories to the Test ; Collaboration Is The New Competition In FinTech
- US Agencies Failed to Heed Cybersecurity Warnings, GAO Says ; Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage Diminishes ; Companies may face fine for breaching EU cybersecurity rules
- Amazon Has Stopped Guaranteeing Some Holiday Shipping Options ; Facebook accuses Apple of anticompetitive behavior over privacy changes
- Making Venture Capital Work for Entrepreneurs
- In a first, Air Force uses AI on military jet
RETIREMENT
- How The Gender Income Gap Impacts Women’s Retirement ; 3 reasons why 401(k)s remain popular with small-business owners ; 6 Predictions for Retirement Planning in 2021
- Be careful with that self-directed IRA ; Reminder, no RMDS for 2020
- Three ways to fight scammers who target your Social Security Benefits
- New Year, New Duties in the Sale of Annuities ; How Index-Linked Annuities Buffer Against Market Shocks Like the Coronacrash ; Transamerica Latest To Exit VAs With Benefits, FIAs
- The Maximum QACA Automatic Increase Percentage is Movin’ on Up ; Key considerations for plan sponsors one year after the passage of the SECURE Act ; Sponsors Set Sights on Planning, Income Products in 2021
- House Democrats float sustainable investing bills ; Labor Department finalizes controversial fiduciary rule replacement
PENSIONS
- Legislator’s proposal to change pension benefits of new teacher hires draws mixed reaction
- West Haven dives into bringing back police pension, with advice from Branford
- Providence Pension Could Bankrupt Rhode Island City
- Milwaukee County poised to become first public pension system to give retirement credits to furloughed workers
- Solana Beach municipal finances looking good
- 1.3% Jacksonville tax levy increase to cover pensions
- Former Carson mayor could add millions to his pension if water district hires him to 6-month job
- Tehama County Deputy Sheriff’s Association continues to clash for cash with the county
- Athene secures $1.7bn pension buyout with GE
INTERNATIONAL
- Cost of public sector pensions surges to €150 billion
- Gov’t Weighs Increase In Levy On Pension Schemes
- Aftershocks from 2020 could see wave of DB scheme closures
- COVID-19 impact: Significant decline in household savings due to job loss, salary cuts
- Financial literacy programme to be launched in selected schools
MARKETS
- US business inventories increase solidly in October ; Fed raises its economic outlook slightly, sees 4.2% growth next year and 5% unemployment rate ; Fed keeps rate near zero and sees brighter economy in 2021 ; Preparing US workers for the post-COVID economy ; Yield curve steeper after Fed maintains bond-buying
- Small Business Owners Still Feel Pain of Pandemic and Fear More to Come ; Small businesses are in ‘free fall’ as Congress works on new PPP, stimulus
- Gas prices to reach lowest since 2015 just in time for the holidays ; Oil Jumps to Highest Mark Since February Amid Stimulus Optimism ; Despite setbacks for new natural gas projects, companies push forward with plans
- A Global Phenomenon: An ESG ETF for the World ; EU agrees its green transition fund will not support natural gas ; Doing Good: Where Sustainable Investing Gets It Wrong ; What A Divided Congress Could Mean For Sustainable Infrastructure Investing ; Why the sustainable investing boom is set to continue into 2021 ; European Parliament on course to greenwash farming subsidies and recovery funds ; A ‘love-hate’ relationship with ESG screens
- From finance to fish: Everything you need to know about a no-deal Brexit ; Fed extends pandemic-related dollar ‘swap’ lines for 9 other central banks ; China’s Central Bank Going It Alone Spurs an Influx of Capital ; Japan raises 2021 GDP forecast to around 4% growth ; Countries at risk of currency manipulator tag
ALTERNATIVES
- Hedge funds delivered their worst performance against stock benchmarks since 2011 by one measure ; Indian hedge funds beat their peers in other emerging markets in 2020
- Private Equity Offers Survival Tactic to Fund Industry in Crisis ; Private equity funds see lower volatility in Covid-hit 2020 ; Private equity fundraising will hit record $330bn next year, PitchBook predicts
- Survey says: Almost half of Americans claim they own cryptocurrency ; Crypto firm co-founder gets year in prison over debit card scam
- Can the Post-Vaccine Market Make Short-Term Rental Landlords Rich? ; Most REIT Investors Buy Trash ; Hotel REITs Ended The Year On A Better Note Than Office ; As Covid-19 pummels commercial real estate, one specialized sector booms
