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The Weekly Pulse Podcast for Sunday, April 28, 2019
In this episode: (1) MEPs, consolidation and fees – a look at some of the latest financial industry research, (2) GDP rises to 3.2%, but are there concerns about growth?, (3) Amazon’s free two-day shipping becoming one day shipping, The Office leaving Netflix, (4) Grant goes to Canada: An update from the Financial Freedom book tour, (5) NJ joins the rank of state-sponsored retirement plans, what’s next? Why are some folks fussin’? and (6) Vanderbilt settles its 403(b) law suit, but there are ramifications for data privacy. Special guest this week is Cerulli Associates’ Bing Waldert.
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS
In this episode: (1) MEPs, consolidation and fees – a look at some of the latest financial industry research, (2) GDP rises to 3.2%, but are there concerns about growth?, (3) Amazon’s free two-day shipping becoming one day shipping, The Office leaving Netflix, (4) Grant goes to Canada: An update from the Financial Freedom book tour, (5) NJ joins the rank of state-sponsored retirement plans, what’s next? Why are some folks fussin’? and (6) Vanderbilt settles its 403(b) law suit, but there are ramifications for data privacy. Special guest this week is Cerulli Associates’ Bing Waldert.
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS
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PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ANNUITIES, TAXES & FINANCIAL LITERACY
- The Real Scandal Behind the Social Security Crisis; Uncertainty About Social Security Fuels Doubts About Retirement Outlook
- 8 ways to spring clean your finances
- The path to becoming a 401(k) millionaire is easier than you might think ; How to handle side-hustle retirement savings
- What to do About Student Debt’s Devastating Effect on Retirement
- When to do a retirement-plan rollover, and when to avoid it
- Do Couples Save Enough for Two?
- Annuities Sales Set To Soar 35% Over Next Five Years, LIMRA Says ; Fixed annuity could help extend lifespan of retirement accounts
- Opinion: Out of a job after age 50? Here’s what to do
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
- Many seniors can’t afford healthcare despite paying billions, finds Gallup
- In Pennsylvania, two healthcare behemoths are fighting. Patients are caught in middle.
- ‘Health Care for All,’ the path forward
- Medical wearables market forecast to surpass $29 billion by 2026
- 15 latest healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements
TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Fintechs find new focus helping clients with cash management
- Yelp’s “Accepts Cryptocurrency” tag could be a win for mass adoption
- Consumer Reports: Protect yourself from small business data breaches
- Amazon is spending $800 million to make free one-day shipping standard for Prime
- Google knows everywhere you go — here’s how to stop it from tracking you and delete the logs
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS & LITIGATION
- Congress can retire the retirement crisis
- Financial wellness programs give retirement plan recordkeepers holistic opportunity
- Retirement Plan Design Deserves Plansponsor Attention
PENSIONS
- Congress’s public policy problem from hell
- Plow Back Provision Helps Pennsylvania SERS Boost Its Employer Contributions
- Morgan Stanley to pay $130 million to California pensions over bad investments ; EDITORIAL: Sacramento politicians play Santa Claus while pension problem gets worse
- A Stress Test of Philadelphia’s Retirement System
- Pritzker’s pension plans face uphill battle, TRS Board is told
- Bill increasing state contributions to Texas Teachers passes House ;Texas House votes to advance bill to shore up teacher pension fund
- Why Lehigh County retirees won’t see cost-of-living adjustments
- No hike for state pensions until a study is done in 2020
- ERISA Trumps NJ Suit Over Actuary Services, Court Says
- Puerto Rico board out of time to file claims against bondholders ; Hedge Funds’ Puerto Rico Bond Battle: Round Two
- Pragmatic Strategies to Reduce PBGC Premiums This Year
- Striking CSO musicians and management reach agreement, says mayor
INTERNATIONAL
- Airport workers to strike over DB scheme closure
- How this Ontario single mom can retire early at 60 — with extra money to spend
- Brazil Legislators Finally Gather Pace in Pension Reform Push
- Labour group fires back over council proposal to examine city pensions
MARKETS
- Week ahead: Apple, Fed, US-China trade talksBoom Goes US GDP!
- What Props Up First-Quarter US Growth Will Weigh on It Later ; The US Government Debt Crisis
- US Consumer Sentiment Fell Less Than First Reported in April
- Weak inflation stokes speculation the Fed may cut interest rates
- Oil dip insufficient to halt run of weekly gains
- Central Banks Have Broken Capitalism ; Central Banks Are the World’s Newest Climate Change Activists
- Endowments Increasingly Dour About Economy
- Wells Fargo spends big on lobbying, as pressure from Capitol Hill mounts
- Brexit stalls investments by sovereign wealth funds in Britain
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- Five Alternative Assets for Conservative Investors
- Hedge Funds Keep Failing to Deliver on What They’re Selling; SEC Bars Hedge Fund Manager for Losing Big on Risky Bets ; Hedge Fund Firms Ramp Up Private Investing
- Investors bolster oversight in emerging-market private equity after Abraaj collapse
- Cryptocurrencies shed $10 billion in an hour on worries over ‘stablecoin’ tether ; Paid Trolls Creating Controversy and Tribalism in Cryptocurrency Ecosystems? ; New York attorney general alleges cryptocurrency exchange hid loss of $850 million
- The Dark Side Of REIT Investments
- Smart Beta Revolution Looks to Be Stalling Globally: Cerulli
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