APRIL 2, 2020 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE
- Majority of Americans have cut their spending because of coronavirus concerns
- Robo Advisors Gain New, Younger Clients Amid Market Turmoil ; Life (and your career) after coronavirus
- The coronavirus stimulus package lets you withdraw from your 401(k), but should you? ; 3 Ways the COVID-19 Stimulus Law May Help Your Financial Problems ; Retiring In A Bear Market Is Different. 4 Ways To Simplify It. ; Women: 3 Facts That Complicate Your Retirement
- Think very hard before you make these 6 retirement decisions ; Annuity Interest Rates: How it affects pricing
- How to Get Your Estate Plan Done While Under Coronavirus Quarantine
- Stimulus bill to delay federal student loan payments for 6 months ; Do Colleges Really Need a Federal Bailout? ; The downturn may be worse for charitable giving than any past economic freefall.
HEALTHY AGING
- How to Navigate Life Independently
- New Tools Help Document Care Wishes for Advanced-Stage Dementia
- Will Imports and Robots Push Older Workers into Nontraditional Jobs?
- 9 ways to help isolated neighbors ; How to combat social isolation with supportive services ; Local nursing homes get creative to help combat isolation
HEALTHCARE
- COVID-19 will add to employers’ already increasing health care costs ; The US Sought Passenger Data, but Airlines Said No
- Wearable Retooled For COVID-19 ; Wearable device lets patients with type 2 diabetes safely use affordable insulin option
- Already taxed health care workers not ‘immune’ from layoffs and less pay ; Out of Retirement, Into the Coronavirus Fight
- Ford, GE Healthcare team up to produce 50000 ventilators in Michigan
TECH
- Marriott says new data breach affects 5.2 million guests ; Personal identifiable information of 4.9 million Georgians found online
- Coronavirus Lockdown: Massive Surge in the Use of Fintech Apps ; How is coronavirus changing your purchase or use of technology?
- State agencies warn of COVID-19 fraud and scams
- Amazon workers strike over virus protection ; We Need Amazon During the Coronavirus. That’s a Problem.
RETIREMENT
- Small DC plans risk termination amid coronavirus outbreak; Employers may drop 401(k) matches as companies look to cut expenses ; Companies Pausing 401(k) Matches, Some Weighing Halting Plans ;Village employees see their 401(k) plans frozen
- Court Rules Fidelity Breached Erisa in Its Own 401(k)
PENSIONS
- Retirement Plan Relief and Temporary Student Loan Benefits in the CARES Act ; Estimated cost of retiree pension risk transfer climbs from 104.6% to 105.2% in February ; Millennials Given Responsibility to Pay for Retirement Programs Investment Deficiencies ; Democrats to seek aid for troubled union pensions in next relief package
- US pension funds may pour $400 billion into stocks, lifting virus-hit markets
- City Manager Details How Much Pasadena’s Economy Is Hurting
- 2nd Mississippi rep resigns over pension and pay dispute
- The coronavirus has been devastating for Providence’s pension fund
- NYC pension system negotiates deals with 5 firms on gender discrimination
- Anheuser-Busch stumbles in bid to have ERISA complaint tossed
INTERNATIONAL
- British Gov’t Delays Levy Hike On Pension Schemes
- GPIF hunts for overseas bonds to escape Japan’s low yields
MARKETS
- US markets cling to positive news, but eco data loom… ; Market reactions to COVID-19: Stocks have worst quarter since 2008; How Much Will US GDP Shrink This Year? Try 5.4% ; Consumer confidence nosedives, as America braces for more economic pain to come
- What’s the Fed doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis? What more could it do?
- Average Gas Prices Are Below $2. A Few Stations Are Even Selling For Under $1 ; Oil rises after 18-year lows prompt US-Russia talks plan ; Natural Gas Market in ‘Interesting and Unpredictable Time’ as Prices Close to Even ; Eggs and orange juice are the best performing assets this year
- South Africa Loosens Pollution Limits Even as Virus Sets In ; Energy Jobs Could Be Greener After Coronavirus
- ETFs see net outflows as investors sell bond funds ; New ETF Offerings Dried Up During a Volatile March
- MMF Yields Fall to 0.5 Percent
- Fed Launches New Lending Facility for Foreign Central Banks ; Denmark’s GDP May Contract 10% This Year, Central Bank Says ; Italy’s EconMin sees 6% fall in 2020 GDP as ‘realistic’ estimate ; Soaring Unemployment Means One in Five Canadians Could Miss Payments
ALTERNATIVES
- Now’s an Intriguing Time to Invest in Alternatives — Here’s How to Get Started
- Credit Hedge Fund Suspends Redemptions in Sign of Market Stress ; If You Survive This, You Might Be An Accredited Investor On The Other Side
- Private equity fundraising totals sure to tumble thanks to the coronavirus ; Private Equity Frets That It’s a Loser in $2 Trillion Virus Bill ; Asia private equity squeezed for funds amid coronavirus outbreak ; Private Equity Can’t Just Hide Out in a Wooded Bungalow ; Pandemic Turns Europe’s Private Equity Dealmakers Into Rescuers ; Private equity groups seek US small business rescue loans
- Venture capital isn’t escaping the downward spiral of the global economy
- Some Single Family Offices Benefit From Turmoil
- Europe’s Vision On Central Bank Digital Currency Offers Cautionary Lessons For Cryptocurrency
- February Home Sales Were on the Rise, but March May Tell Another Tale ; These Features Are the Biggest Deal Breakers for Homebuyers in 2020 ; Real-Estate Lending Funds Feeling Squeezed by Banks and Developers
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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.
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