Founder’s Notes:
- The Weekly Pulse for Sunday, December 23, 2018 Wrapping up the news in #retirement, the #markets, #tech, #personalfinance, #healthcare and more. In this episode: (1) 2019 global markets outlook, (2) 200 years to close the gender pay gap?, (3) markets continue to tumble, how are investors reacting?, (4) a deep dive into the state of pensions in America and (5) the top retirement moments in 2018. Special guest this week is Kristina Hooper, Invesco Chief Global Market Strategist.
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TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS 
- Pay gap may take 200 years to close
- Tech lures young doctors, bankers
- Humor makes us more productive: Rpt
PERSONAL FINANCE
- A Decade After The Financial Crisis: Progress, But Not Enough
- For American Workers, 4 Key Retirement Issues to Watch in 2019 ; Why retirement planning needs to be a major political issue in 2019 and beyond
- Even a Booming Job Market Can’t Fill Retirement Shortfall for Older Workers
- Many IRAs Contain Employer-Sponsored Plan Money
- The self-employed pensions time-bomb
- Facing volatility, robos race to add safe harbors ; Senators call on SEC and other watchdogs to look into fintech regulation after Robinhood debacle ; Meet the People Trying to Put a Friendlier Face on Annuities
- US Grip on the Market for Higher Education Is Slipping
HEALTHCARE
- What’s being overlooked in the Obamacare ruling: The middle class
- Innovation in healthcare technology changing the game
- LifeBridge Health faces class-action suit over 2016 data breach: 5 things to know
- Immigrant families weigh using benefits because of fears of new citizenship rules
- Upcoming health care shift for NH state retirees, explained
- Allan Tweddle: Health care is a right, not a commodity (Gazette Opinion)
TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Last-Minute Shoppers Increasingly Trust Only Amazon to Deliver
- NASA hit with data breach involving employee personal information ; Stopping the Data Breach Epidemic
- US Says China Coordinated ‘Extensive’ Hacking Campaign
- Using Artificial Intelligence To Help Corporations Mine Their Own Data
- Facebook, Google pay to settle state political campaign ad probe
- French data protection watchdog fines Uber $460000 for data breach
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS
- Goals for DC Plans for 2019 ; Impact of Recession on Retirement Security Still Shows
- Are cybercriminals targeting your 401(k)? Here are some steps to protect yourself.
- PSCA Finds High Fiduciary Awareness Among 403(b) Plan Sponsors
- Additional Efforts Needed to Position HSAs as a Retirement Benefit
- Legislation Opens Door for Retirement Match on Student Loan Repayments ; Portman, Cardin introduce retirement savings bill
PENSIONS
- Public Pensions Flock To Credit Funds As Investors Flee Stocks ; Pension investing – next generation of glidepaths ; Should Pensions Own Utilities? Congress Has Considered It Before.
- The One Indispensable Multiemployer Pension Reform
- Pennsylvania Pension Fund Paid $1 Billion in Fees to Managers ; Pennsylvania Pensions Asked to Switch to Index Investing, Cut Illiquid Funds ; Pennsylvania’s state, school pension plans need one new investment office, lawmakers told
- Jerry Brown predicts ‘fiscal oblivion’ if pensions are off limits for government employers
- Proposals aim to save billions in state’s pension system
- Kentucky Legislature takes no action on pension reform bills in special session
- CalPERS Reviews Divestment of Companies with Ties to Sudan
- Local government pension liabilities rise 9% in 2017 – Moody’s
- Bishop discussing collapsed pensions with former St. Clare’s employees
INTERNATIONAL
- UK government bans cold-calling on pensions
- Judges and firefighters win pensions court case
- What retirees need to know if they plan to defer Old Age Security benefits until 70
- Morocco To Deduct 14% from Government Salaries for Pensions in 2019
- Korea Proposes Pension Reform
- It’s time for pension push, Brazil’s original superminister says
MARKETS
- US consumer sentiment rises in December, topping estimates
- Cybersecurity, rising corporate debt pose risks to US economy – FSOC
- No path seen for compromise as Washington hurtles toward shutdown ; What’s working, what’s not and where to get free food during partial shutdown
- Commodities: A Bright Spot on 2019 Investment Horizon?
- US Gasoline Exports Continue to Grow in 2019
- Oil prices rise as OPEC output cuts seen to be deeper than previously expected
- US Fund Investors Withdraw Most Cash in Three Years: ICI ; Passive Has Spared Active Bond Managers. But New Research Could End That. ; A down year for mutual funds, especially at tax time
- Steady inflows of foreign capital in securities market despite lower interest rate than US
- Japanese inflation slows
- Europe After a No-Deal Brexit
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- Uncovering the Unhappy World of Hedge Funds ; Macro hedge funds facing worst year since 2011, as promise turns to pain ; Hedge Fund Pain Compounded as Surprise Tax Hit Awaits Investors
- Faster Isn’t Better For Private Equity Managers ; Private Equity Outlook: Assessing 2018 Themes and Beyond
- Wall Street Quietly Shelves Its Bitcoin Dreams ; History Shows This Week’s Bitcoin Rally Could Be Fleeting ; Blockchain And Crypto Leaders Share Their 2019 Industry Predictions ; Blockchain in 2019 and beyond: 5 predictions
- The 2018 IPO market’s most active venture capital firms
- 2019 Real Estate Investment Preview ; The 2018 year in review for housing: A pivotal year for the market
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