PERSONAL FINANCE
- Is Financial Literacy the answer to closing America’s Huge Racial Wealth Gap? ; How to make 2020 the year you start building wealth ; People with Net Worth More that $100K are Likely to Have Credit Card Debt
- Bonds vs. Annuities for Retirement Income ; Annuity vs. CD: Which is the Better Income Source? ; What Happens to an Annuity When You Die?
- SECURE Act makes big changes to retirement savings, estate planning options ; Estate planning key for all incomes
- Buying a home? Here’s what to expect at the closing
- Poll on Higher Education’s Affordability and Accessibility
- The War on Philanthropy ; Most Donors of $10000 or More Don’t Plan to Increase Giving
HEALTHCARE
- Nearly 8.3M pick ACA plans on HealthCare.gov for 2020, a slight dip from 2019
- Reduce Health Costs By Nurturing The Sickest? A Much-Touted Idea Disappoints ; Understanding health care prices and value through transparency | Opinion
- Healthcare affordability scorecard: Where does your state rank?
- Even for insured women, having a baby in the US is costly
- AHIP Seeks ‘Context’ For Report Detailing Bloated Administrative Costs
TECH
- Get Off The Dysfunctional Cybersecurity Merry-Go-Round ; 5 cybersecurity trends that will dominate 2020, according to experts
- Google To Pay $7.5M To End Google+ Data Breach Suit ; Wawa’s data breach and the weakness in our payment system ; Uber Data Breach Suit Driven To Arbitration
- Public-private investment poises Delaware for fintech prominence
- US SEC proposes governance changes for stock market data feeds
- Inside the Chase plan to ‘ban’ screen scraping ; China’s central bank debuts app monitoring system
RETIREMENT
- How financial wellness programs can encourage employee participation in retirement savings ; Keeping Defaulted Participants on the Right Path ;Study Reveals Chief People Officers See a Steep Climb to the Future
- Index funds might sound boring. But who decides which countries and companies to include?
- Use the 401(k) Investment Policy Statement as a plan sponsor training tool
- The SECURE Act Affects Your Retirement Plans. Here Are 7 Key Implications For Employers ; Finally SECURE: Opportunities in the 2019 SECURE Act for Plan Sponsors
- Data on CalSavers’ First 6 Months Released
- Lawsuit Against Trade Association’s 401(k) Plan Moves Forward
PENSIONS
- Risk of pension meltdown grows as Congress fails to act ; Musicians union pension plan announces proposed cuts
- What the Illinois Supreme Court Said About Pensions – And Why It Matters
- Pension Funds Adjust Investment Return Targets as Economic Growth Slows ; Inside a Pension Fund’s Search for a Risk Management System
- Texas ERS Could Become Insolvent 20 Years Earlier than Previously Anticipated
- Money from Fired CalPERS Equity Managers May End Up in Direct Lending
INTERNATIONAL
- Riskier Pension Investments Has UK Watchdog Group on Alert ; UK steps closer to introducing CDC pension schemes
- Britain’s railway mess will not be sorted until pensions are reformed ; Pension Schemes Bill introduced to House of Lords
- Solving Chile’s Crisis Starts With Fixing Its Pension System
- Women Didn’t Cause China’s Pension Crisis
- Brits lack financial literacy
MARKETS
- Consumer Sentiment Concludes Decade on High Note
- Oil price spike clouds US corporate profit outlook, puts investors on edge ; Yield Curve Inventor Warns Investors to Prepare for Recession ; Employment is the key to the strength of the economy
- How the Modern Stock Market is Affected by War ; The S&P 500 is now more overvalued than ever, per this measure
- New York Fed launches longer-term liquidity fix ; World Bank sees modest global 2020 rebound but trade a risk
- Divergent paths: Oil, natural gas going different directions ; Gold could hit $3000 by 2025: expert ; Commodities Pare Overnight Moves After Iran Fires Missiles
- US regulatory environment has ‘shifted dramatically’ on ESG, say legal experts ; There Are 2698 Signatories to the United Nations’ ESG Code. Has It Changed Anyone’s Behavior?
- Investors returned to emerging markets in December
- Brexit-Bound UK Has Gilts in Bullseye in Fiscal-Stimulus Test
ALTERNATIVES
- Fundraising Stumbled in 2019 From Decade’s Record Pace
- Hedge funds just saw strongest year since 2009, but lag stock market
- Allianz urges private equity firms to be more transparent on fees ; How can private equity funds deliver resilience?
- In Cryptocurrency, it’s Bitcoiners vs. Everyone Else
- Real estate industry bands together against Zillow policy they hate
- Opportunities Abound Within The Family Office Space
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Jeffrey H. Snyder currently serves as Founder for The Morning Pulse, Inc and lead anchor for the Broadcast Retirement Network Considered an “industry insider”, thought-leader and an independent voice on retirement, personal finance and related issues, he has appeared in both television and print discussing the issues related to retirement and the capital markets.
ABOUT THE BROADCAST RETIREMENT NETWORK
The Broadcast Retirement Network (BRN) is the first lifestyle media platform focused on helping Americans achieve financial independence and to make retirement and savings culturally relevant. The content is informative and engages the viewer. Most importantly – No agendas, no sales pitches, no product pushes.
Our morning show, BRN AM, provides an assessment of daily issues so that Americans can create a plan of action for themselves and their families. BRN AM focuses on delivering headline news via brief interviews with real Americans working toward their financial goals.
Unlike financial shows which prioritize institutional investment managers and public policy organizations, BRN AM is a lifestyle show that brings the stories and ideas of regular Americans to the forefront. We engage with a range of topics pertaining to retirement, focusing individual episodes on personal finance, healthcare, social security, home-ownership and so on to provide viewers with the full picture regarding the future of financial security in America.