February 28, 2021 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE
- Americans’ personal income and spending soared in January thanks to stimulus checks and unemployment insurance.
- With vaccinations underway, the economy needs consumers to spend again. But don’t, if you have debt.
- 31% of Rewards Cardholders Didn’t Redeem Any Points, Miles, or Stays in 2020
- Fraud & Financial Crimes: 5 predictions for 2021
- Gas prices expected to top $3 a gallon nationally by Memorial Day
- Crypto creates new hurdles for financial advisors this tax season
- Dad, a Death Sentence and the Planner Who Set Us Straight ; Everyone Needs An Estate Plan: Here’s What You Need To Know ; How is tax paid when an estate is the beneficiary of an IRA?
- Debate amid pandemic: Should foundations have to give more?
HEALTHY AGING
- Pandemic Forcing Many to Retire Earlier Than Anticipated
- A yogi’s quarantine workout: yoga poses, body weight exercises for strength, movement routine, and a stationary bike provide balance
- What Is Biohacking and Where Do Supplements Fit In?
- How Years of Caregiving Led to Bankruptcy
HEALTHCARE
- Milestones Agency on Aging working to connect seniors with vaccine information
- Do one-size-fits-all benefits plans serve workers’ needs?
- North Dakota hospital informs 1500 patients of data breach
- The Pandemic Tested Healthcare R&D. Now the Future Looks Bright.
- Hospitals likely upcoding severity levels for Medicare patients, OIG says ; Biden’s Virus Relief Plan Threatens to Trigger Medicare Cuts
EDUCATION
- How To Involve Your Kids In Your Family Budget ; These ‘fin-influencers’ share how to improve the way personal finance is taught ; New Apartments Include Financial Literacy Class ; Tips for increasing wealth and financial literacy ; Expert discusses how to better address financial literacy in Black communities
- Letter: Better homework apps will not help deprived pupils
- Disabled Recipients of Stimulus Aid Are Urged to Save Some in Special Accounts
TECH
- Basic cybersecurity standards must start with procurements, experts say ; 45000 patients at Covenant HealthCare potentially exposed by data breach ; Washington to Notify 1.3M Unemployment Data Breach Victims
- Amazon Moves From Film Industry’s Margins to the Mainstream ; Walmart Looks To Win Customers By Wooing Businesses As Amazon Prime’s Lead Shrinks
- How To Keep The Human Side Of Real Estate In A Modern Age
- Proposals to meet global challenges in artificial intelligence and technology regulation ; Nevada Governor Lays Out Plans for a City Built on Blockchain
- SPAC Frenzy Emboldens Silicon Valley Startups to Forgo Venture Funding
- UK’s $10 Billion Fintech Sector Needs Brexit Lift, Review Says
RETIREMENT
- Here’s How to Save for Retirement Without Quitting Those Daily Coffees or Cigarettes ; Should you buy a vacation home as a place to retire? ; Little-Known Rules And Strategies For Required Minimum Distributions From IRAs
- The Tech Stock Rout Is Raising Risks for American Retirement Plans ; WFH savings could cushion employee retirement plans
- Why Annuities Are So Helpful in Today’s Market Environment
- Can Biden’s Plan Fix Social Security? ; Without a national retirement policy, Americans face a future of pension crises
- Fidelity Workers’ Attys Get $9M Cut Of 401(k) Settlement ; Clearview Group Must Face Sutherland Workers’ 401(k) Fee Suit
PENSIONS
- Pension plan sponsors should consider hedging labilities more evenly ; Is Relief For The Plight Of Multiemployer Pension Plans In The Works?
- ‘Costs will be everything’: Bradley Airport operator looks to cut employee retirement spending
- ‘Not fiscally responsible’: Mayor vetoes bill returning pension control to firefighters
- Welch backs off graduated-tax move, but won’t rule out pension amendment
- Pension risk transfer premiums tick up to 102.4% in January
INTERNATIONAL
- CEO of Canada’s top pension fund resigns after getting Covid-19 shot abroad
- Wealthy savers to be hit by pensions tax grab
- German liberal party’s proposal of a Swedish-style pension system faces criticism
- Malaysia’s Biggest Pension Fund Says Performed Strongly in 2020
MARKETS
- US Consumer Sentiment Fell in February to a Six-Month Low ; US Consumer Sentiment Ticks Up in the Second Half of February ; Rising interest rates may continue to test the stock market in the week ahead ; Steeper Yield Curve Bodes Well For Small-Caps ; Federal deficit hits $248.2 billion for first nine months of 2020-21 fiscal year
- Oil dips, but posts gains for the week and month ; Why natural-gas prices underperformed oil prices in February by a long shot ; Cold weather results in near-record withdrawals from underground natural gas storage
- Central Banks Fight Bond Rout With Action and Promise of More ; Russia seen holding interest rates throughout 2021: Reuters poll ; FTSE 100 slumps 2.5% on rising interest rate fears ; As yields creep up, BOJ’s Kuroda calls for ‘stably low’ rates ; EU and UK Near First, Small Step for Post-Brexit Finance ; India Central Bank Report Suggests Issuing Debt to Mop Hot Money ; World’s largest oil importer running out of storage capacity
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- How to make financial markets a force for good ; ‘The production of gasoline and diesel is unprofitable for companies today’; Why So Many Subsidies For Electric Vehicles? ; Harvard endowment is on the path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions
- GameStop Resurgence Reinforces New Reality for Hedge Funds ; Emerging markets hedge funds surge on vaccine optimism and lockdown easing ; Fidelity’s Charitable Arm Wins in Hedge-Fund Founders’ Lawsuit
- Cryptocurrency Millionaires Fuel a Boom in Digital Art Market ; Local dealership accepts cryptocurrency for cars ; Bitcoin Slides in Worst Weekly Drop Since March Amid Selloff ; Analysis: Feds Crack Down on Cryptocurrency Scams
- BLS Revised Jobs Projections: What It Means for Investors ; Homebuilder ETFs Maintain Their Strong Momentum ; COVID-19 showed a developer that offices could be unhealthy. So he’s building a healthy one in Malvern. ; Office employers are keeping workers home. How the decision is impacting downtown Indy ; How to invest in real estate during COVID ; With Galleries Closed, Art Dealers Rethink Their Real Estate Needs
- Future returns: why family offices are drawn toward venture capital
