February 1, 2019 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS & FINANCIAL LITERACY
- Working to 70 is not an easy fix to the retirement crisis ; Only 26% Of Older Americans Are Retirement-Literate — Find Out If You Can Do Better ; Most Americans under-save for retirement by almost 20 percent
- 3 Reasons Annuities Are a Bad Long-Term Investment
- Changing The Way We View (And Practice) Retirement
- Consumer borrowing rises at slowest rate since 2014
- How to wean grown kids off your payroll, freeing up more retirement cash
- This is the first good law NJ has passed in years
- Fidelity Go Ranked Best Overall Robo-Advisor ; Stop trash-talking robos; they’re here to stay
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
- Cybersecurity coalition calls for integrating medical device, health IT security initiatives ; The Hits and Misses of HHS Healthcare Cybersecurity Guidelines
- Seniors lobby at State House for better access to healthcare
- Veterans Will Have More Access to Private Health Care Under New VA Rules
TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA
- US judge rejects Yahoo data breach settlement
- Most people overlook artificial intelligence despite flawless advice
- A Netflix sensation might be costing people thousands of dollars
- Facebook reports record profit, stock surges 12% after earnings ; Facebook pulls app that collected data from iPhones
- China Created a New Tech Unicorn Every 3.8 Days Last Year
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS
- Stock market’s end-of-year swoon shrank 401(k) millionaire’s club
- Aramark delays bonus payouts for thousands of managers, slashes 401(k) match
- TSP Saw 26 Percent Spike in Hardship Withdrawals During Shutdown ; TSP, lawmakers eye further financial hardship flexibilities for feds ahead of future shutdowns
- Stadion, United of Omaha Face Lawsuit Over Managed Account Offering
PENSIONS
- Public DB Plans Invest More in Risker Assets Than Private Plans
- Gavin Newsom’s record offers hints about how he’ll handle unions and California pensions
- Is Your City Safe From Pension Debt?
- Stress Testing in Connecticut Shows Reforms Stabilizing State Pension System
- Ohio PERS Advances New Asset Allocation Studies
- Real PERS reform just isn’t likely
- Investing Garden State’s Public Retirement Funds in Other States’ Farms
- Army Reserve talent grab is all about location, location, location
INTERNATIONAL
- Fresh concerns over steelworker pension transfers
- Union objects to University of Saskatchewan’s bid to replace DB plan
- India: Thousands of ex-army members protest unpaid pensions
- Pensions minister slams providers’ slow DC transfer times
- Insurance lobby calls for greater access to annuities
MARKETS
- US added 213000 private-sector jobs in January, ADP says ; US Consumer Confidence Fell For the Third Straight Month in January
- Fed Relieves Pressure From the US Dollar ; Fed holds rates steady, indicates more cautious approach ; Yields fall, curve steepens after Fed advocates “patience”
- How the Government Shutdown Will Ding the Employment Report
- Quants Claim It’s Their Time to Shine in the Bond Market
- Oil Prices Edge Upward After US Imposes Sanctions On Venezuela ; Softer US Gasoline Demand Weighs On Oil Prices
- Securities class-action lawsuits fall slightly after record-setting 2017 – report
- Higher Ed Endowments Continue Strong Gains ; Half of Endowment Spending Supports Financial Aid
- Sovereign wealth funds continue to grow in power and influence
- Parliament Becomes Britain’s New Brexit Casualty
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- University investments fare well in 2018, but worries linger
- For hedge funds, the house is on fire. But CAIA says it’s fine
- Hedge Funds Are Behaving Like We Just Had a Financial Crisis ; The Old Hedge Funds Are the Good Ones ; Hedge Funds In Transition: A Sign For The Times?
- BTC at $4500 Not an Impossibility ; Bulls return as Bitcoin, Ripple and Ethereum spike massively
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Jeffrey H. Snyder is the Creator and Founder of The Morning Pulse, Inc. Considered an “industry insider”, thought-leader and an independent voice, he has appeared in both television and print discussing the issues related to retirement and the capital markets. He also is the creator, producer and host of the The Weekly Pulse podcast and TV show, as well as the original series Roads2Retirement.
ABOUT THE MORNING PULSE
Founded in 2012, The Morning Pulse, Inc. is an award-winning digital technology, media company and consulting firm focused on aggregating, organizing and delivering retirement and financial services industry information daily and weekly. Over 200,000 industry professionals, private and public sector executives and government officials have come to trust The Morning Pulse for timely delivery of important and relevant news and content.