February 12, 2021 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE
- Here’s How I’m Protecting My Money Against Higher Inflation ; I stopped spending for a month, and you can too
- Americans are saving more during the pandemic — but there’s still a huge demographic divide ; Feelings of long-term financial security undercut by current COVID-19 worries ; The Stock Market Bubble Is Just Getting Started
- The Best Financial Apps and Tools of 2021 to Help You Save, Spend, and Invest Better ; How fintech can help advisors give clients what they expect ; How green are your “responsible” robo-advisors? ; Mark Cuban: Congress Must Force Stress Test On Robinhood And Similar Apps
- Gas Prices Hit Pre-Pandemic Levels As Other Expenses Like Food, Housing Continue To Climb
- How long should small-business, mortgage aid last?
- Pay attention to tax rules on stimulus payments ; How donating to charities can affect your 2020 taxes
- Better Business Bureau: Avoid hacked friends, phony charities offering grants
HEALTHY AGING
- Area Agencies on Aging helping seniors navigate vaccine distribution
- If Blood Pressure Rises at Night, Alzheimer’s Risk Might Rise, Too
HEALTHCARE
- Primary Care Doctors Are Left Out of the Vaccine Rollout ; Agencies on Aging seek vaccine priority for seniors
- Hackers grabbed 21.3 million healthcare records in the second half of 2020
- Payers Expect Enrollment to Offset Normalized Healthcare Spending
- Artificial intelligence and cardiac surgery during COVID‐19 era
- 401(k) Contributions ‘Crowded Out’ by HSAs—Does It Matter?
- Blockchain predictions for health care in 2021
- How to plan a meaningful post-pandemic re-entry
- Health Spending of GDP Could Decrease Over Next Two Decades
- Medicare payment for physician-administered (Part B) drugs ; Here’s how far Medicare claims dropped last spring due to COVID-19
EDUCATION
- SC high school students could be required to take financial literacy courses
- What teen investors learned from the GameStop frenzy
- Michigan battles teacher shortage as more retire mid-year
- 529 Plan – A Double-Edged Sword for College Expenses and Estate and Gift Taxes
TECH
- Analysis: Washington state’s response to data breach affecting 1.4M people is stunningly callous ; Court (Again) Rebuffs Amended Data Breach Suit
- Cybersecurity experts say Oldsmar water system attack highlights larger vulnerabilities ; Washington state data breach prompts calls for new cybersecurity office ; Bill exempts Georgia cybersecurity contracts from public disclosure
- How smart agriculture is evolving the farming industry
- Federal AI Spending to Top $6 Billion ; Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Shipping Industry’s Efficiency
- One day we’ll all yawn about blockchain
- Where VC Funding Is Surging
- Amazon investors tell company not to interfere with Alabama warehouse union vote: report
RETIREMENT
- How to know when you’re ready to retire when you already have enough saved ; What to Do When One Spouse Spends Too Much in Retirement ; Taxes in Retirement: How All 50 States Tax Retirees ; How much income will your 401(k) provide?
- SECURE Act 2.0: Key Provisions Affecting Retirement Plans ; ‘Do-Good’ Investing Rule Sets Course for Wary 401(k) Investors
- 403(b) vs. 457(b): Retirement Savings For Nonprofit And Government Employees ; Auto Features, Brokerage Accounts Grow in DC Plans
- Genentech Wins Toss Of Employee’s 401(k) Suit ; Land O’Lakes Can’t Slip Ex-Workers’ Suit Over 401(k) Handling ; T. Rowe Price Must Face Bulk Of Claims In ERISA Suit
PENSIONS
- Teamsters Laud House Committee For Including Pension Reform In Stimulus Bill
- How a public pension can hurt in retirement: Social Security rule cuts benefits for government workers with second jobs
- Portfolio Investment Mix Made a Difference in January DB Plan Funded Status
- Wisconsin retirement ‘crisis’ target of new recommendations
- Will my pension impact wife’s benefits?
- Legislation could clear the way for St. Louis firefighters pension change
- Florida Plan Would End Traditional Pension For Government Workers
- Finance committee considers state pension funds
- Rhode Island Pensions Do Not Need Exposure to Bitcoin
- Riverside County’s pension debt now $3.6 billion
- Philip Morris to light up $262 million in pension contributions
INTERNATIONAL
- State pension liabilities rising 10% a year, CSO study finds
- Ireland’s pension liabilities reach €608bn
- German DAX pension liabilities set to increase
- Public sector pensions make up quarter of pension money owed to households
- Ukraine- Defined contribution pension system an important task for government
MARKETS
- US December wholesale inventories revised higher ; Small-business optimism hits 8-month low ; Small business rescue slowed by fight against fraud, drawing protests; $15 minimum wage will result in layoffs, one-third of small business owners say ;Powell renews Fed’s commitment to reducing unemployment to pre-pandemic level and keeping key interest rate near zero ; Traders Gear Up for Distant Day First Central Banks Hike Rates ; Measuring the exceptional speed and scope of Covid-19 monetary policy ; Surging inflation may force Federal Reserve to resort to yield curve control
- Fuel Prices Continue Rise, Demand Down Slightly ; Oil Extends Longest Rally in 2 Years With US Supplies Dropping ; Oil’s Rally Was Just Heating Up. Why a Government Agency Says Prices Will Fall. ;Natgas Has Strong Showing on Cold Weather
- India’s Modi invites protesting farmers for talks on farm bills ; Real-Time Data Say Brexit Dent to Trade Isn’t Improving ; Egyptian Inflation Slows, Giving Scope for Interest-Rate Cut ; IMF urges Russia to cut interest rates in 2021
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- Biden Climate Change Strategy Draws Farm Belt Support, Concern ; Landowners and farm operators work together for soil health ; Climate Targets Could Cost Petrostates $13 Trillion, Study Finds ; Tufts Enacts Investment Policies to Advance Sustainability
- Is the convergence of liquid and illiquid alternatives really in the best interests of investors?
- Hedge fund job listing wants Reddit traders ; Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Founder Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud
- Bankruptcy Claimed Their Jobs, and Now They’re Out for Payback
- GameStop Frenzy Echoes Sharp Moves Long Seen in Cryptocurrency Markets ; Rhode Island Lawmakers Hope to Boost State Economy With Blockchain-Friendly Legislation ; Why a US Bitcoin ETF Could Be a Real Thing in 2021
- A Strategy for Safely Getting Employees Back in the Office ; Pro Athletes Turn Into Real Estate Investors As They Get Past ‘Shut Up And Dribble’ ; The Beginner’s Guide To Passive Real Estate Investments
- Family Offices’ Favorite Property Type Will Be Ripe For Investment Soon
