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- The Weekly Pulse Podcast for January 6, 2019 In this episode: (1) retirement legislation in 2019, (2) the government shutdown and its impact on employee benefits, (3) drug prices continue their spike, (4) personal finance New Years resolutions and (5) Apple worries? Special guests this week: Charles Bolton, Legislative Assistant for Senator Robert Portman (R-OH) and Elizabeth Bell, Tax Counsel for Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD). PS Congratulations Michael Bozzello!
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS
- Drugs Just Got More Expensive
- What Skills Do Companies Need Most?
- Cyber Threats Set to Spike in 2019
PERSONAL FINANCE
- Robo-Advisers Settle SEC Charges For False Statements And Misleading Advertising ; How Robo-Advisors Have Revolutionised Investing ; Should Financial Planners Be Certified by Government Agencies?
- Confessions of a broke financial advisor
- New law brings financial literacy to middle school students ; Early Training on Financial Literacy is Every Parent’s Responsibility
- Gen X: Time Is on Your Side When It Comes to Saving for Retirement
- Can 529 Savings Plans Be Used for K-12 Private School Tuition?
- How the government shutdown could impact tax refunds
- Partial and Deferred Annuitization Makes Sense for Many
- With the latest Wells Fargo settlement, wronged customers without refunds could get their cut
- Individual investors saw December bloodbath as buying opportunity: E-Trade
HEALTHCARE
- Hospitals up ad costs 64% after data breaches, study finds
- Healthcare.gov enrollment down from 2018 as exchanges fail to attract new customers
- As tech companies move into health care, here’s what to watch in 2019
- What a French Doctor’s Office Taught Me About Health Care
- HHS Releases Voluntary Healthcare Cybersecurity Practices
- Is it healthier to ditch the desk and work outdoors? Science says yes
- How Health Care CFOs Can Survive — And Thrive — In The M&A Boom
- AI in healthcare market to grow to $36.1B by 2025
TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA
- GAO studies fintech trends, recommends need for clarity on use of alternative data
- World shares retreat on growth fears after Apple warning
- Is Using Algorithms In Human Resources A No-Brainer–Or Something More Sinister?
- Consumers Face Harassment by Fintech Debt Collectors Due to Weak Data Protection
- Guardian Life Is Training Actuaries To Become Data Scientists
- CES 2019: 6 trends we expect from tech’s biggest convention
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS
- Report Says Fees Down, Contributions Up in 403(b) Plans
- ‘Blended’ Military Retirement Plan Not as Popular as Projected
- Let millennial 401(k) plans pay off student loans
- BlackRock is going big into the annuity business with Microsoft to create a 21st century defined benefit pension system5 Ways Policymakers Can Impact Retirement Security In 2019
PENSIONS
- Q4 Market Swings Trim Corporate Pension Plans’ Funding in 2018
- Warner, Kaine introduce legislation to secure pensions and healthcare for Virginia coal miners
- CalPERS beat major stock indices in 2018, but still faces shortfall concerns
- Florida’s pension system earns 8.9 % on investments, problems lurk ahead
- Pennsylvania Pension Revamp Starts, Barring New Hires from Legacy Plan ; Five things about Pennsylvania’s major pension overhaul that reduces benefits, but not billions in debtKentucky may use sports betting receipts to fund pensions
- Open record and government pensions
- Illinois Pension Buyout Payments On Hold
- Alabama’s State Employee Pension Fund Is Now the Sole Owner of a Major Newspaper Chain
- Three Lansing-area communities have green light for plans to address looming pension costs
- School Committee Votes 6-2 to Approve Regional High School Budget
INTERNATIONAL
- Keep working: Your defined-benefit pension plan is worth less after end-of-year stock plunge
- The changes to wages, benefits, pensions and tax coming in 2019
- Canadian pensions end 2018 with solvency decline
- Government pensions: What Montrealers can expect and when
- Annuity rates set to grow in 2019
- Norway’s Massive Pension Fund Loses $3 Billion+ on its Apple Investment
- Hungary to increase pensions by 2.7 percent in 2019
- Almost 5000 pension transfers advised by defunct advisers
- Universities seek to calm staff by halving pension plan hole
MARKETS
- Weighing The Week Ahead: Should We Worry About Peaking Economic Data?
- Powell signals he’s flexible on interest rates but not resigning if Trump asks
- Blockbuster jobs report puts fears of the economy’s demise to rest ; Investors Are Betting That the Fed Hits Pause on Rate Hikes
- Treasury yields surge after stronger-than-expected December jobs report
- The Commodities to Watch in 2019
- Oil and gas business activity plunges, outlook turns negative: Dallas Fed survey
- US fund investors yank most cash from stocks since February: ICI
- Many States and Cities Raise Their Minimum Wage in 2019
- The government shutdown is hitting these US states the hardest
- Chuck Grassley’s Crusade to Tax University Endowments
- The Economics of Soaking the Rich
- Staff cuts made at majority of central banks since 2013
- Tim Cook’s letter to Apple investors is corporate America’s latest warning about US-China trade war
- Chinese Consumers Curb Spending, Likely Deepening Slowdown
- PBOC Tweaks Liquidity Tap Again as China Growth Jitters Persist
- With Brexit 12 weeks away, uncertainty squeezing UK economy
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- The average hedge fund lost 6.7 percent in 2018 ; Hedge Funds Turn to Private Capital Playbook in Search of Assets ; Hedge Funds in Venture Capitalist Clothing
- The Law Firms Set to Benefit from Private Equity Spending in 2019 ; Want to Divorce Your Private Equity Manager? Good Luck.
- Bitcoin Fights to Catch a Bid as Risk Assets Tumble
- Expert predicts cryptocurrency boom ‘within a year’ as Bitcoin marks its 10th anniversary
- Real Estate: Only a Few Opportunities in Fairly-Valued Sector
- 11 Predictions for the Retail Real Estate Sector in 2019 ; Multifamily, Retail REITs Might Outperform Expectations This Year
- Keeping it in the family: The vital role played by family offices
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