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- The Weekly Pulse for Sunday, February 3, 2019 In this episode: (1) Retirement Income and Retirement Innovations like Artificial Intelligence, (2) Are soft skills in demand?, (3) Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need, (4) A Primer on The Fiduciary Standard, (5) Revolution: Venezuela and the shift from the Bolivar to Crypto Currency? and (6) 3 hour delays on the IRS hotline. This week’s special guest is Anne Ackerley, Head of Defined Contribution at BlackRock.
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS 
- Retirement Dreams Don’t Match Reality
- Promotions Without a Raise Rise
- To Keep Employees, Cash Isn’t Enough
- A Stigmatized Skill We Need to Thrive
PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS & FINANCIAL LITERACY
- This is the median net worth by age — how do you compare?
- Q4 2018 Market Drop Did Not Deter 401(k) Participants
- Are We Able to Judge Financial Advisers? ; How Long Will Retirement Savings Last?
- Why retirement is no longer a time of relaxation and security
- Tips for Tapping Your Retirement Savings
- Annuities Pitched With a Free Dinner? Be Wary
- How to turn unwanted gift cards into cash
- Should Illinois students be required to pass a financial literacy class to graduate high school? ; Legislation would require teaching financial literacy in schools ; Financial Literacy Programs for Local Government Employees
- Which certificate of deposit (CD) account is best for you?
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
- Insurance Industry Poll Says 66% Support ‘Existing’ Healthcare System
- Financial sustainability in an uncertain health care economy
- States In Driver’s Seat On Healthcare Reform
- Eliminating Health Insurance Would Make Our Health Care Worse
- Expanding 3D Printing Network Aims To Improve US Veterans’ Health Care
- Will the Cadillac Tax Generate Revenue?
TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Improving Cybersecurity Means Taking More Care with What We Digitize
- The mother of all data breaches is now three times bigger – 2 billion accounts exposed
- 5G networks could pose a cybersecurity risk. So who’s in charge of making sure they don’t?
- Are Data Hacks Pushing People Towards Secure Blockchain Identity Systems?
- US, China lead race for artificial intelligence patents: UN
- Amazon holiday sales were better than expected, produce $3 billion in profit
- More Google Employees Are Losing Faith in Their CEO’s Vision ; Facebook Is Done Apologizing
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS
- Can the Government Help You Save for Retirement?
- Ways & Means Sets Sights on Retirement Security Reform
- St. Louis’ Schlichter explains how retirement plans have changed since he challenged them ; Judge Wants More Information on Duke Settlement ; ERISA Stock Drop Lawsuit Filed Against Johnson and Johnson ; Anthem Workers Get Trial in 401(k) Fee Class Action ; 401(k) participant sues Stadion, United of Omaha alleging ERISA violations
PENSIONS
- Public Pensions Pour More Money Into Private Equity
- Oregon lawmakers want to divert likely $700M ‘kicker’ rebate to pensions
- No, Pension Obligation Bonds Aren’t A Form Of “Refinancing”
- Can Gavin Newsom Save CalPERS? ; Governor Newsom and the CalPERS dilemma
- California pension funds losing tens of millions of dollars on PG&E ; This Giant Pension Sold All Its PG&E Stock Before the January Collapse
- Help Taxpayers and Protect Retirees by Rethinking Pensions in NYC
- Bill advances to boost police, firefighter pensions
- Red ink could force DeKalb to address pension woes
- Pittsburgh poised to pay interest on employee contributions to pension plans
- Gov. Murphy rejects ‘responsible contractor policy’ pension bill
- LA’s finances are ‘stable’ but pension costs loom, new report says
- CalSTRS votes to oppose statewide ban on public funds’ investments in private prisons
- New York Imposes $19.75 Million in Fines in Pension Risk Transfer Case
- Sherwin Williams to settle much of its overfunded pension plan
- US agency seeks approval to take over Sears pensions
INTERNATIONAL
- UK corporate pension funding gains in month, year
- EU proposes emergency measures for students, pensions, projects if UK crashes out
- Number of UK workplace DC plans falls 8% in 2018, Pensions Regulator finds
- Deficits in traditional company pension plans rise to €1.6bn
- Sweden to increase retirement age from next year
- World’s largest pension fund posts record quarterly loss
- Thousands of Spaniards protest for better pensions in Madrid
- Half of all Australians struggle with financial literacy. Are you one?
MARKETS
- Weighing The Week Ahead: Looking Beyond The ObviousFor the stock market, ‘bad news is good news’ again thanks to the Fed
- Worker pay and benefits rise at fastest pace in 11 years ; Here’s how the government shutdown will impact the jobs report
- Yield curve flattens after surge in US job growth
- Consumer Sentiment Hits the Lowest Level in More Than Two Years ; A Strong Warning To US Consumers…From US Consumers
- Central bank gold buying hits highest level in half a century
- Big oil ends 2019 strong despite oil price plunge
- What January US Gasoline Demand Says About The Economy
- University investments fare well in 2018, but worries linger
- Better data makes sustainable investing pay
- Brexit: Third of UK businesses considering move abroad – survey
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- The Past Decade’s Best Alternative Investments ; Alternatives Make Up Majority of Family Office Portfolio
- Where Some of the World’s Top Hedge Funds Will Invest in 2019 ; Family offices increasing hedge fund allocations in 2019
- How to Fix Your Hedge Fund Portfolio ; Hedge fund creates the ultimate tax-free IRA for employees
- Public Pensions Pour More Money Into Private Equity
- 2018: Record year for venture capital deals with 14889 deals worth a total of $274bn
- Cryptocurrency Market Officially in Longest Bear Snooze in History – How Long Will it Last?
- When will the next cryptocurrency bull run occur? 8 expert opinions
- Family Office Operations: How Much Can Be Automated With AI?
- REITs: The Good, the Bad, and the Undervalued
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