April 22, 2019 SUBSCRIBE
In this episode: (1) Longevity and impressions about retirement income, (2) increasing drug prices and the 10 people transforming healthcare, (3) Health Care Middlemen Hobble the System (4) Pinterest IPO, (5) the Sprint-T-Mobile merger may not to be approved by regulators? ,(5) Why you may want to think twice before buying a home in the exurbs (6) ERISA Advisory Council reports on Bonding and Lifetime Income and the IRS updates its self-correction procedures. Special guest this week is Michael Finke, Chief Academic Officer, The American College of Financial Services.
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS

- HealthCare Middlemen Hobble the System
- The Most Stressed People at Work
- With Salaries, Always Ask for More
- Opinion: Even 75% of Americans in the best 401(k) plans won’t have enough to retire
- 23% Of Americans Save No Money From Their Paycheck ; Your Financial Future: Find ways to fund retirement now
- Millennials still lean on parents for money, but want financial independence, survey says ; The Ridiculous Retirement Solution Nearly 60% of Millennials Are Banking On
- You’ve Decided to Retire. Who Do You Tell and When? ; Saving for retirement is hard. Knowing how to spend it down is harder.
- How to Adopt a Retirement Distribution Mindset ; What Are Annuity Rates and How Do Annuities Work?
- Dementia is a Threat to Managing Money
- State Wants New Anti-Conflict Standard for Financial Advisers
- College students need money that moves with them
- IRS is having trouble outing tax cheats under its own roof
- Talk Of Medicare For All Unnerving Investors
- Restaurant adds surcharge to cover employee health care costs
- Drugmakers Reveal List Prices Online After Pressure From Trump
- Private equity infuses healthcare with $63B investment
- Sharp HealthCare sued for recording 1800 surgeries without patient consent
- 75% of healthcare experts struggle with implementing blockchain
- Online Lender Prosper Settles Probe Over Misleading Investors
- A Majority of Americans Still Have No Idea of How to Respond to a Data Breach
- How to Retool Your Social Media When You Retire
- Pinterest tops 2019 IPOs
- Assume breach is for losers: These steps will stop data breaches
- Have Cable Companies Hit a Tipping Point?
- Amazon and Walmart testing program to let food-stamp recipients buy groceries online
- Disney+ Looks Ready to Take On Netflix
- Consistency, Protection Trump Outperforming the Market
- ‘Modern Tontine Theorists’ Have Ideas for Retirement Savings Decumulation ; Current Legislation Missing the Mark on Annuity Safe Harbor
- Fee Transparency Core To RIAs Delivering Better Outcomes With 401(k) Plans
- These are the federal and state rules that will most impact 401(k) advisers
- US Employers Stepping Up Student Loan Assistance Programs
- Department of Labor investigating hedge fund’s handling of retirement plan assets ; Trustees settle multiemployer DC plan lawsuit for $8.75 million
- The Case for a Lump Sum Pension Distribution ; PepsiCo Retirees Fight To Keep ERISA Case Alive
- Thaler proposes workers direct some 401(k) dollars to Social Security ; A Nobel Laureate’s Plan To Use Social Security To Fix The Retirement Crisis — And Why It Won’t Work
- CalPERS bill for California state worker pensions set to reach $7 billion next year
- Kentuckians may be living longer and Louisville’s pension woes are worse because of it
- New bill: Part-time firefighters would make pension payments for full-timers
- Colorado legislators steer clear of PERA changes one year after passing reform plan
- League of Oregon Cities wants PERS relief for employers
- It’s time to re-evaluate state pension system: Letters
- How One Small Pension Fund Added $1 Billion in Value
- Grand Traverse County to Boost Pension Funding
- Beshear touts expanding gambling to fund pensions
- Risk Transfer Floodgates Hold, For Now
- Symphony Center concerts canceled through April 30
- CBS, Moonves Deny Violations in Pension Lawsuit
- Big Earnings, Rate Decisions And U.S. GDP Once Markets Return From HolidayBest Retail Sales Gain Since 2017 Brightens US Growth Outlook ; Jobless claims dive even lower to 192000, sit at nearly 50-year low ; US Housing Starts Fall in March to Weakest Pace Since 2017
- Good News: A Recession Looks Less Likely Now ; Fed’s Bullard says economic data should improve, yield curve steepen in coming months ; How central banks have ‘compromised’ the yield curve’s predictive power
- IMF Forecasts Global Growth Slowdown
- Yes, Oil Prices Are Back, but Maybe They Have Plateaued ; Crude Oil: Expecting A Move To $69-$72 Before Huge Downside
- Mueller report woke up Washington — but put Wall Street to sleep
- University endowments continue to rise, but has higher education improved?
- Brexit stalls investments by sovereign wealth funds in Britain
- Bloodsport on Wall Street: Hedge Funds Make Mayhem for Profit ; Hedge fund flows turn positive in February ending five-month redemption trend
- Private Equity Looks Out for Itself
- Venture capital investment declines in Asia as mega-deals decelerate
- FinCEN Takes First Enforcement Action Against P2P Cryptocurrency Exchanger ; Russia is Realizing It Has No Clue How to Regulate Cryptocurrency
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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.
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