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The Weekly Pulse Podcast for Sunday, April 21, 2019
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
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
PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ANNUITIES, TAXES & FINANCIAL LITERACY
- 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
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
- 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
TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA
- 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
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS & LITIGATION
- 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
PENSIONS
- 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
INTERNATIONAL
MARKETS
- 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
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- 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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