February 21, 2021 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE
- House panel spars over GameStop frenzy, trading apps ; Robinhood’s Trading Limits Send Users Into Small Brokers’ Arms
- Surge In Equity Mutual Fund Demand Shatters Long Streak Of Outflows ; Mutual Funds Are Not Long for This ETF World ; What Is a Bitcoin ETF? ; Should equity investors worry about rising interest rates?
- Going up! Gas prices climb and may reach heights not seen since 2019
- Pandemic puts couple’s small business on hold for a year ; What Small Business Owners Can Do as They Reopen Their Doors ; America needs farmers, and a bold new vision for farming
- The Unequal Inheritance: It Can Work, or It Can ‘Destroy Relationships’ ; How to optimize your charitable planning ; Crowdfunding drives are raising millions for charity. Here’s how to give without getting scammed
HEALTHY AGING
- Staying young is easy for this 99-year-old toy inventor ; ‘Fast-Forward’ challenges viewers to have tough conversations about aging
- Stereotypes Can Harm Performance Of Older Adults On Cognitive And Physical Tasks
- Watch for Medicare and ACA scams during special enrollment period ; Do I need to sign-up for Medicare if I’m still working? ; Medicare Cuts Payment to 774 Hospitals Over Patient Complications
- California’s ‘Master Plan for Aging’ offers strategies for attracting home caregivers
- Urinary Incontinence a Common Issue for Older Women, But Treatments Can Help
HEALTHCARE
- Walmart may roll back its ambitious push into healthcare
- Workers’ Vaccination Fears Pose Business Challenges ; Some Employers Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives Despite Lack of Guidance
- After coronavirus, Dayton healthcare leaders say these innovations are here to stay
- How a new wave of smart wearables is humanizing technology
- Could artificial intelligence boost surgical robotics to new heights? ; Artificial intelligence in health care: Protect your IP assets
EDUCATION
- Finance students advance to finals in national financial planning competition ; Investing ABCs: Teaching your kids about money and markets ; Teaching financial literacy to the teachers ; Lowcountry school awarded $10000 grant for financial literacy classes
- Almost No One Saves for College. Can New 529 Apps Help?
- Endowment study shows average 1.8% return in 2020 ; College Endowments’ Returns Plunge, Deepening Financial Squeeze ; 650000 Colleagues Have Lost Their Jobs
TECH
- Scam Targets People Looking For Work From Home Jobs ; Kroger advises customers of data breach affecting pharmacy ; Suspected Russian hack fuels new US action on cybersecurity ; The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Widening the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
- Subscription Models Begin To Explore Financial Services Arena ; Fintech companies must balance the pursuit of profit against ethical data usage
- Facebook Blocks Collection of Sensitive Data Through Apps Following New York Probe ; Understanding Apple Privacy Labels for WhatsApp
- The Positive Effects of Farming Automation
- Scientists make 3D printed wearables breakthrough with self-powered sensors
- Walmart Says It’s Winning Omnichannel Fight Against Amazon
RETIREMENT
- The most (and least) expensive countries in the world for retirement ; Retirement Planning SECURED? Action Steps for Plan Participants and IRA Owners ; What Does the Gamestop Madness Mean for Your Retirement Funds? ; Fewer Than Half of US Workers Are Aware of a Tax Credit for Retirement Savers ; Student Project Examines Racial Disparities in Retirement Savings
- How To Set Up A Retirement Plan For Yourself And Your Employees ; 5 ways to help your employees retire strong ; Participants Are Saving More With ‘TDF-Plus’ Strategies ; Retirement balance savings hit record high ; Plug That Leak In Your 401(k)!
- Large Plans Unlikely to Join MEPs/PEPs ; What to Know: Indexed Annuities ; Kentucky Annuity Suitability Measure Hits Turbulence
- Social Security Is Just One Major Retirement Concern in 2021
- A Possible Solution To ERISA’s Records Retention Burden ; Cerner settles employees’ retirement plan fees lawsuit for $4M ; McKinsey & Co. Class Counsel Get $7.9 Million After 401(k) Deal ; Natixis Hit With Allegations of 401(k) Self-Dealing, Missteps
PENSIONS
- Underfunded and Under Pressure, US Pensions to Keep Investing in China ; Public Pension Roundup: Reform And Regression
- Metlife Stockholders Demand Futility Claims Dismissed
- Kentucky Legislature Considers Changes to Teacher Retirement Plan
- GM agrees to pay $5.8 million to settle California funds’ claims
INTERNATIONAL
- The world could learn from Canada’s pension model
- Arcadia pension schemes look to avoid bailout
- Making pensions as important as football
- Pensioners get hurt if hedge fund bets fail
- Why proper home care should be a cornerstone of how our health system looks after seniors
- Spain Counts on Citizens to Buy Into Revolution for Pensions
- 15 million Brits do not have a pension; regional disparities revealed
- Austria Finance Regulator Sees Frauds Rising Amid Crypto ‘Hype’
- House panel sets inquiry on GSIS financial status amid proposed contribution increase
MARKETS
- Stock market rises after Yellen comments on need for stimulus ; Long-Term Unemployment Rises Toward Historic Peak ; Why Corporate America is jumping for joy while millions of workers remain jobless ;How cold weather is impacting farming ; Kansas net farm income climbed in 2020 despite COVID-19; 2021 looks promising ; Wall Street Transaction Tax Wins Backers on GameStop Furor ; Walmart gives workers a raise and weighs in on the minimum wage debate ; So … Is Bitcoin Going to Replace the Dollar?
- Winter weather has closed refineries. That means gas prices are about to spike. ; Historic Freeze Fuels Monstrous Weekly Natural Gas Price Rally, Leaves Texas Out in the Cold
- Central Banks Cancelling Government Debt Is No Panacea ; South Africa’s economic rebound expected to trim budget deficits ; Nigeria’s economy exits recession as GDP grows by 0.11% in Q4 2020 ; Draghi fever may drive Italian risk premium to post-crisis low ; Ireland’s Energy Market is Unexpected Brexit Victim ; Mexico Cries Foul at Natural Gas Cutoff Ordered by Texas Governor
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- ‘Green bubble’ warnings grow as money pours into renewable stocks ; Let’s Review 50 Years Of Dire Climate Forecasts And What Actually Happened ;Financial services group sets low-carbon transition principles ; Sustainable investing surges among institutional investors – survey ; Bill Gates on sustainable investing: ‘There’s probably some Teslas out there’ ; Brainard sets out Fed’s approach to climate risk
- Private Equity Firms Are Piling On Debt to Pay Dividends ; A Perspective on ESG and Private Equity ; The Secret Pension Fund Manager: Beware fake low volatility in private equity
- So … Is Bitcoin Going to Replace the Dollar? ; Bitcoin’s Market Value Bursts Past $1 Trillion, but Alt-Coins Could Steal Its Thunder ; Is India about to miss the bus in leveraging cryptocurrency? ; Cryptocurrency players form lobby group in a bid to stave off a likely ban in India
- Fed sounds alarm on commercial real estate, business bankruptcy
