February 13, 2021 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE
- The 3 Rs For 2021: Review, Reallocate, And Rebalance ; A divorce can derail your finances. Here are some money mistakes to avoid ; Financial planning advice for newlyweds amid pandemic ; 3 Budget Apps for Couples Who Want to Align on Money
- Stimulus Bets Help Keep US Stock ETFs Afloat
- Gas prices up on renewed crude oil demand, not US policy
- Angry customers show up at Robinhood’s headquarters in the wake of GameStop chaos ; I was addicted to Robinhood and r/WallStreetBets — and lost everything
- Feds Investigating Meme Stock Frenzy For Market Manipulation; Betterment doubles down on its for-advisors channel ; Ex-MassMutual rep and wellness app founder charged with $2M fraud ; does wealthsimple charge a fee every sale?
- Annuity sales tumble but drive mega deals and RIA partnerships
- Nevada legislature passes $50 million small business relief bill ; Detroit works to boost PPP loan participation for city’s small businesses
- Readers See Pros, Cons to Paid-off Mortgage ; Mortgage Investors Bracing For Fed’s Taper May Be Disappointed ; Use promissory note for IRA home loan
- After a taxing year, it’s time to pay taxes
- How to talk with your parents about their estate plan
- Pandemic Giving and Volunteering Preferences of Young Donors Shown in 2 Surveys ; Donor Advised Funds are the Fastest Growing Option in Charitable Giving
HEALTHY AGING
- Women Worry More Than Men About Senior Healthcare Costs, Data Shows
- COVID-19 and the Future of Aging: Meeting Generational Challenges
- Seven recent papers amplify advances in Alzheimer’s research
- What are some ways to keep elderly from getting hypothermia?
- Feds woo Georgia, other Medicaid expansion holdouts with billions ; Medicaid Work Requirements at the US Supreme Court
HEALTHCARE
- My Disabled Son Desperately Needs the COVID-19 Vaccine
- Fitbit to equip NASA employees with wearables to check Covid-19
- Researchers identify social factors inoculating some communities against coronavirus
- Medicare scammer targets seniors wanting back brace ; Owner, employee of home care company face Medicare fraud charges
EDUCATION
- Should financial literacy be a compulsory subject in schools? These experts think so
- Student Loan Borrowers Miss Out on COVID-19 Small Business Help ; Major Loan Servicer Settles Mass. Lawsuit
- A Small College Hopes to Claim Artificial Intelligence for the Liberal Arts
TECH
- Hacked Florida water plant reused passwords and had aging Windows installations ; Protecting the cybersecurity of America’s networks
- After data breach, Syracuse University’s silence is glaring ; After Mass Data Breach, State Wants Improved Cybersecurity
- State sees savings in continuing work-from-home after pandemic is over
- More than 100 million people now wearing Apple Watch
- Google apps prompted updates and warned of security risks, but the updates don’t exist
RETIREMENT
- This will be a year of financial reckoning. Here are 3 things to do to take control ; Workers, Employers Differ on Views of Retirement Security ; Retirement Planning Gives Bigger Role to Theft Prevention as Risks Lurk Online ; Use a Roth IRA to retire a millionaire ; Raise Your Annual Social Security Benefit by $4440 With This Simple Move
- How much income will your 401(k) provide? ; Can I repay only part of my 401(k) COVID hardship withdrawal? ; Does Your 401(k) Come with a Self-Directed Brokerage Account Option? ; Your 401(k) Might Be Your Best Tool to Create Social Change ; ESG Needs Financial Metrics for Participant Sustainability
- Plan Audits not Immune from Pandemic
- A Rundown of TSP Funds for Federal and Uniformed Employees ; Liquid Alternatives: Coming To a Retirement Plan Near You
- 401(k) provider Human Interest doubles valuation with $55M fundraise ; Capitalize, a startup that wants to make it easy to roll over your 401(k), closes on $12.5M Series A
- Washington Watchers See Good Prospects for Further Retirement Reforms ; A Review of QDIA Regulations
- Lawsuit over T. Rowe Price management of internal 401(k) plan will go to trial ; Appeals court ruling revives Georgetown ERISA suit ; Yale employees seek millions for University’s alleged mismanagement of funds
PENSIONS
- House Includes Pension Reform Plan in COVID-19 Relief Bill ; The American Rescue Plan and Multiemployer Pensions
- COVID-19 is driving many California teachers to early retirement, CalSTRS says
- Indiana lawmakers may force public pension fund investments be pulled from China-affiliated businesses
- Kentucky’s pension funding method must be fixed to stop ‘death spiral’
- Use Michigan’s budget surplus to pay back teacher pension debt
- PepsiCo lifts the tab on $300 million for US plans
INTERNATIONAL
- Expert: later retirement age, lower benefits possible in IMF-led reform
- UK’s Biggest Pensions Shake-Up In Decades Becomes Law
- 1tn worth of DB pension risk to be insured by end of 2031
- Tenant farmers back early retirement scheme
- Financial literacy should be mandated in all curriculum
- How to warm senior citizens to new-age investment choices!
- Cutting super would result in massive tax hike, report finds
- UK Pension Withdrawals See 6% Year-on-Year Increase in Value at the End of 2020
- Pandemic, bushfires trigger surge in corporate giving
MARKETS
- Nearly Half of Americans Know Someone Who Has Lost Their Job In Past 6 Months ; Jobs Data Give Investors Cause for Pause ; The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2021 to 2031 ; Exchanges seek review for rules that would make more stock market data public ; Panel Approves $50 Billion for Small Businesses ; Billionaires Got Much Richer in Pandemic ; New surveys show farmers expect to plant nearly 95 million acres of corn this year
- Oil edges lower after extended rally ; Oil Demand Recovery Expected to Pick Up Speed ; Thousands of oil-field services jobs added in January ; Demand for Diesel Is Speeding Ahead. What That Says About the Economic Recovery. ; Natural-gas futures extend losses as weekly US supplies drop by 171 billion cubic feet
- Mexico Cuts Key Interest Rate Amid Steady Core Inflation ; Dwindling cash use is pushing central banks to race toward digital currencies ; ECB’s Lagarde: ‘Very unlikely’ that central banks will hold Bitcoin in near future ; Higher US supplies weigh on Asian gasoline margin ; Greece woos private family wealth management services ; Philippines Keeps Rate Steady With Inflation Concerns Rising ; Fintech Fundraising Fuels Hope for UK Finance Post-Brexit
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- Europe’s ESG Opportunity ; The global race to produce hydrogen offshore ; Boomers must lead the charge to electric vehicles ; Oil rigs relocate from New Mexico to Texas over Biden’s permitting freeze ; Betting on Pollution Proving to Be One of 2021’s Smartest Plays ; Sustainable investments hit record highs in 2020—and they’re earning good returns ; Tufts University to End Direct Investments into Coal and Tar Sands ; Investors like sustainability. But they forget about nature
- Bitcoin hits record as US financial giants embrace cryptocurrency ; How Will Mastercard’s Crypto Acceptance Affect Bitcoin Price? ; Crypto’s Rapid Rise Means Investors Need Gold, Top Miner Says ; Miami votes to study using Bitcoin for employee salaries and payments to City Hall
- A COVID crash in commercial real estate values? Not yet. ; What Lower Vaccine Efficacy Rates Mean for Real Estate Investors ; Zillow Stock Soars to New Highs as Residential Real Estate Moves Online ; Want Real Estate In Your Portfolio? Learn How To Invest In REITs
- Big money ditches New York, moves family to Palm Beach ; Decoding The Family Office Due Diligence Software Dilemma
