PERSONAL FINANCE
- Survey: 31% of Americans expecting a stimulus check say it won’t keep them going a month ; Consumer Confidence Plunges 31 Points Since January, LIMRA Reports ; Teens score a D minus in new financial education survey ; Free financial literacy programs for the entire family
- How coronavirus could hurt retirement plans in a big way ; Opinion: Should you use the CARES Act to access your retirement funds? ; Skipping a mandatory distribution from your IRA? Everything you need to know
- When Your Employer Insists You Go Into Work During the Pandemic
- Social Security Tapped More in Downturn ; Plunging annuity rates: A strategy for new retirees ; Bear Markets and DC Plan Drawdown Strategies
- How robo-advisors are helping people make smarter money decisions
HEALTHY AGING
- Our Parents Were Healthier at Ages 54-60
- Experts draw attention to the ‘hidden sorrows’ of COVID-19 and Parkinson’s ; Modifiable risk factors could play a role in Alzheimer’s disease
- Medicare Recipients Can Still See A Doctor, Through Telemedicine
- Nursing Home Workers Agree to Live On-Site to Protect Residents
- Aging Parents and Their Finances: A Delicate Discussion
- Ways Programs for Older Adults In Need Are Adapting Due to COVID-19
HEALTHCARE
- What Will US Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?
- Rural Communities Step Up to Help Their Hospitals ; Hospitals Continue to Conserve Personal Protective Equipment
- Vermont private doctors go remote during coronavirus pandemic, worry about the future ; Many Dermatology Practices Stay Open, Ignoring Public Health Pleas
- COVID-19 costs adding up for Regina’s emergency shelters
- Data can be a powerful tool against coronavirus
- Meditation Apps Like Headspace Are Offering Free Subscriptions To Healthcare Workers Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
TECH
- A student created a computer program that tells you when an Amazon Fresh or Whole Foods delivery slots open up ; Amazon, Walmart and the low-income grocery-shopping divide exposed by the coronavirus ; Coronavirus-related demand sidelines Amazon’s third-party shipping
- Ensuring Cybersecurity in a Remote Work Environment
- EU to adopt unified policy on coronavirus mobile apps
- Founder worries increase as investors pump the brakes
- Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ a coronavirus quarantine hit, ratings show
RETIREMENT
- How Do DC Plan Participants Behave in Volatile Markets?
- Coronavirus Tax Relief for Health Plans and Retirement Plans ; Five Policies Needed To Save Retirement In The Next Stimulus Package ; Archdiocese announces financial plan responding to COVID-19 crisis
- Millionaires club takes stock — no pun intended ; Will COVID-19 Impact TSP Options?
- Few Plan Sponsors Planning Retirement Benefit Cuts Right Now ; Retirement Contributions and the Paycheck Protection Program
- ERISA Fiduciary Best Practices During Market Instability
PENSIONS
- No Bailout for Broke Pensions ; Critical Qualified Plan Fiduciary Issues For Employers To Consider In Light Of Covid-19 ; Local governments shift away from DB plans – report
- Pension Risk Transfer Capacity Is Still Out There
- New Jersey Is Enlisting State Pensioners to Return to Work
- BAE Systems to raise $1.3 billion in debt to fund pension deficit
INTERNATIONAL
- Coronavirus impact on defined benefit pension schemes ; Are CAP sponsors changing contribution rates amid coronavirus?
- Europeans Worry About Financial Future in Low Interest Rate Environment
- Dutch pension experts predict further delays in rights cuts
- Why Switzerland is struggling to guarantee pensions for the next generation
- Tesco plans one-time payment to plug UK pension deficit
MARKETS
- The Coronavirus Stock Market: A Market Gone Wild ; Biggest stock-market price swings since 1929 make for tough trading environment ; US national debt tops $24 trillion for the 1st time
- US Consumer Sentiment Sees Largest One Month Decline Since 2008; US Consumer Comfort Suffers Biggest Weekly Drop on Record
- Gas prices may remain low for a long time ; Oil companies cut production, bracing for ‘lower for longer’ crude prices ;Higher Natural Gas Prices Could Lead Recovery Of US Energy Industry
- How China could become a sustainable investing leader ; OPINION: Vaccinating the global financial system against climate crisis
- China’s central bank to step up easing, won’t borrow Fed playbook – sources ; France, Germany face historic economic declines ; Virus Is Shock Test of Brexit Britain’s Economic Flexibility
ALTERNATIVES
- Hedge fund performance down sharply in the first quarter ; Hedge Fund Stars Have to Learn to Take ‘No’ for an Answer ; Hedge-Fund Geniuses Failed Again. When Will We Learn?
- Private Equity Denied Access Again in Senate’s New Loan Bill
- Nearly One-Third of People Believe Cryptocurrency is Used Primarily for Illegal Purchases ; 38% Spend Cryptocurrency To Buy Food, 34% Clothes: Study
- The Top 10 Metros for Renters in 2020 ; One-third of Americans missed rent payments in April ; Data Centers Present Rare Bright Spot For Tumbling REIT Stocks
- Why Family Offices Must Avoid the Customisation Trap
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Jeffrey H. Snyder currently serves as Founder for The Morning Pulse, Inc and lead anchor for the Broadcast Retirement Network Considered an “industry insider”, thought-leader and an independent voice on retirement, personal finance and related issues, he has appeared in both television and print discussing the issues related to retirement and the capital markets.
ABOUT THE BROADCAST RETIREMENT NETWORK
The Broadcast Retirement Network (BRN) is the first lifestyle media platform focused on helping Americans achieve financial independence and to make retirement and savings culturally relevant. The content is informative and engages the viewer. Most importantly – No agendas, no sales pitches, no product pushes.
Our morning show, BRN AM, provides an assessment of daily issues so that Americans can create a plan of action for themselves and their families. BRN AM focuses on delivering headline news via brief interviews with real Americans working toward their financial goals.
Unlike financial shows which prioritize institutional investment managers and public policy organizations, BRN AM is a lifestyle show that brings the stories and ideas of regular Americans to the forefront. We engage with a range of topics pertaining to retirement, focusing individual episodes on personal finance, healthcare, social security, home-ownership and so on to provide viewers with the full picture regarding the future of financial security in America.