The Weekly Pulse Podcast for Sunday, June 16, 2019
In this episode: (1) Georgetown University’s CRI: Tackling de-accumulation and lifetime income, (2) World Economic Forum report: Americans Outlive Their Savings, (3) More on the SEC’s Best Interest regulations, (4) What are college students biggest savings questions?, (5) 10 states sue to stop T-Mobile and Sprint merger, (6) Mortgage rates are dropping – so why aren’t more people buying homes?, and (7) A look at the upcoming Fed meeting: how did markets respond? Georgetown University Center for Retirement Initiatives’ Angela Antonelli joins as this week’s special guest.

- Americans Outlive Their Savings – World Economic Forum
- CEOS: Tariffs Outweigh Tax Cut Gains
- The Most Connected CEOs
PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ANNUITIES, TAXES & FINANCIAL LITERACY
- Men in the US Could Outlive Retirement Savings by 8 Years—and That’s the Good News ; Baby Boomers: Don’t Buy Into These 10 Pre-Retirement Investment Myths
- Getting back on track with your savings after a budget slip-up
- Will Retirement Turn You Into A Liar? ; New House bill may change how you plan for retirement
- Why advisors may urge retirees to load up on equities
- Self-employed Lose Some Social Security
- Annuities are confusing. Understanding the jargon may help you reach investment goals ; Most Lifetime Income Product Owners Like the Products: Cannex ; ‘That’s not me!’ What happened when AXA played a recording in an arbitration
- Two-Thirds of Homeowners Report Post-Recession Valuation Increase ; Building Resilience Into Your Real Estate Portfolio ;Mortgage Applications, Refinances Surge After Interest Rate Drop
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
- Caregiving responsibilities costing US workers their jobs, benefits: research
- Quest Diagnostics hit with class-action lawsuit following 11.9 million-patient data breach ; Healthcare breaches reported in May exposed data on 2 million people
- The Changing Landscape of Healthcare Economics ; White House expands health accounts aimed at small firms
- Healthiest Employers: What you need to know before starting a corporate wellness program
- Data is one key to healthcare quality improvement – storytelling is another
- The health dividend from meaningful work
- The twin pillars of healthcare reform
TECH, MEDIA & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Nas and Will Smith Invest in Teen Financial Literacy App ; Budgeting apps have major flaws when it comes to helping users actually save
- House holds hearing on “deepfakes” and artificial intelligence amid national security concerns
- Cybersecurity Remains Weak Spot for Presidential Campaigns ; Fake online videos growing corporate threat: Cybersecurity expert
- Outdated technology ranked the top risk for insurers worldwide
- Jobs of the future: teaching empathy to artificial intelligence
- Target fires latest shot in delivery wars ; Here’s What FedEx’s Breakup With Amazon Means
- Facebook Watch Viewership Doubled in 6 Months ; WarnerMedia Plans to Reach 70 Million Streaming Subscribers
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS & LITIGATION
- Why 401k Advisors, Sponsors NEED an ERISA Attorney
- ERISA 3(38) and 3(21)—What’s the Difference?
- 401(k)s can fill the pension gap
- 403(b) Providers Face New Laws in Pennsylvania, Texas
- Justices Roll Up Their Sleeves for Retirement, Benefits Cases ; The Biggest Benefits Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report
PENSIONS
- It’s Proxy Season And Here’s Why That Matters For Public Pensions
- Texas Teachers’ Approves First Contribution Rate Increase in 25 Years
- Riverside County pension costs could rise by $280.5M by 2023
- No. 2 New Jersey confronts pension crisis as No. 1 Illinois dithers ; New Jersey unions rally against proposed benefits cuts
- Pension obligations weigh on school finances in New Mexico
- Pension costs also hit Bullitt County — just not as hard as Louisville
- No, Multi-Employer Pension Woes Have Not Been Fixed ; Taxpayers, businesses will also lose if pensions go bust
- West Coast Pension Can’t Get Cut of Money Owed to Other Plans
- Executive Council moves toward lay-clergy pension parity for members of churchwide staff ; Christian Ministry Pension’s New CIO Is Former IBM-er
- Their pensions are gone. Newark Archdiocese is to blame, lawsuit says.
INTERNATIONAL
- ‘UK citizens will on average outlive savings by 10 years’
- UK’s NEST to divest from tobacco
- Prudential dropped by pension scheme over value concerns
- Japan’s Pension Woes
- Zimbabwe pensioners face delay in payments amid currency row
MARKETS
- US Consumer Sentiment Falls in June Amid Tariff Concerns ; Jobless claims edge up to 5-week high of 222000 as California, Pennsylvania layoffs rise ; Auto Demand Facing a ‘Sustained Downturn’ in World’s Two Biggest Markets ; Yield curve steeper as rate cut bets rise ahead of data, Fed
- Wasteful government spending hurts us all
- Escalation in Mideast oil attacks could add $7 per barrel to price ; Gasoline prices unlikely to rise due to tanker attacks, GasBuddy says
- Transatlantic Inflation Worries Keep Central Banks in Spotlight ; European Central Bank official says climate change should factor into monetary policy
- Emerging Markets Cut Interest Rates Amid Expectations of Looser Fed Policy
- Norway sovereign fund to pull $18bn fossil fuel investments
- UK businesses urged to step up preparations for no-deal Brexit
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- Alternative Investment Funds And Their Impact On Private Market Valuations ; Supreme Court Takes on Intel Case About ‘Actual Knowledge’ ; Gulf states are becoming more adventurous investors
- CalPERS Commits More than $1 Billion To PE ; Ohio State Teachers assigns $525 million to 4 private equity managers ; Private Equity Salaries, Bonuses Are Getting Bigger
- Facebook’s cryptocurrency foray leads bitcoin to its best trading stretch in 3 weeks ; The Newest Haven for Cryptocurrency Companies? Wyoming ; Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber on board Facebook cryptocurrency ; Reuters, Bloomberg and TradingView to Add New Cryptocurrency Index
- As venture capital overheats, investors stress caution
- Smart beta adoption reaches record high
- New FOX report reveals increased allocations to private investments ; Private investment allocations on the rise by family offices
- ETFs tracking defensive REIT, utilities and consumer staples sectors rise toward record highs
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
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