PERSONAL FINANCE
- Financial literacy program moves to teaching online
- Close to retirement? How not to panic when the market swings ; Strategies for retirement planning in the age of coronavirus ; Emergency savings accounts can soften financial blows
- How Ordinary US Investors Own a Piece of China ; From robo-advisers to cashless society, fintech vexes Congress
- The Tumultuous First Quarter Weighed On Robo-Advisor Portfolios, Too
- As stimulus checks arrive, consider paying off credit card debt ; Don’t need your stimulus check? Consider giving it to your hometown.
- Income Annuities: The Guaranteed Stream Of Income In Retirement ; Can Withdrawal Strategies Be Customized for Clients?
- SLU sees $20M deficit this fiscal year, outlines cuts ; Public Higher Ed Funding Still Has Not Recovered From 2008 Recession
- Law Firm Sees Surge in Estate Planning Activity
- Average savings interest rates for 2020
- Pandemic forces foundation to adjust grant plans
- Seven Scams to Avoid When Traveling
HEALTHY AGING
- 25 Years After the 1995 White House Aging Conference, Where We Are Now
- Older Coders Answer the Call to Help
- Oregon reports drop in elder abuse calls during COVID-19 epidemic
- Cognition and gait speed often decline together, study shows
HEALTHCARE
- Healthcare Needs New Skills To Build On Its COVID Inspired Digital Transformation ; Here come COVID-19 tracing apps – and privacy trade-offs
- Losing employer-sponsored health insurance during the coronavirus pandemic ; Redesigning your healthcare plan during coronavirus
- What you need to know as you plan to bring employees back to the office post-Covid-19
- 28 health system cyberattacks, data breaches so far in 2020
- I Want to Retire, But I Can’t Quite Say Goodbye ; Senior doctors: Protect your retirement assets amid COVID-19 downturn
- Stanford researchers working on wearables for early detection of infectious diseases
TECH
- GoDaddy Confirms Data Breach: What 19 Million Customers Need To Know ; SAP discloses security lapses; says there was no data breach ; UK Cybersecurity Chief Pivots to New Coronavirus Threats
- App Users Say Plaid Collects Bank Logins Without Consent
- Uber, Lyft investors want to hear plans to get riders back in cars ; Uber Eats Ditches Seven Countries, Subsidiary Careem Cuts Staff
- Property Investors See Fiber-Optic Cables as ‘Railroads of the Future’
- Amazon Prime Members Say They’re Still Paying For Expedited Shipping, But Not Getting It ; Free One-Day Shipping Is Costing Amazon a Fortune
RETIREMENT
- So Far, Easing 401(k) Access Prevails During COVID-19 Pandemic ; What retirement plan sponsors and participants need to know about the CARES Act
- More 401(k) Plans Are Liberalizing Rules Than Cutting Benefits: Survey; Combating The Washington Post’s Ridiculous 401k Criticism
- Tax Data Show High Rate of Retirement Plan Participation ; Few DC Plan Participants Withdrew Funds in 2019, ICI Finds
- Prudent Investment Review Processes Need Not Change During Volatility ; In an era of scale, when is a more nimble firm a better fit?
- White House Makes Appointments That Could Impact Pension Fund Decision to Invest in China
- Excessive Fee Suit Makes Landfall Against Hurricanes
PENSIONS
- Funding for Corporate Plans Ticks Up After Record April ; Public pension funds are a net gain for state and local revenue – study ; State Bankruptcy Is Harsh, but Might Help Some Workers
- Coronavirus Side Effect: CalPERS Drops to 60% Funded
- Report shows continued deterioration of Chicago-area local pensions
- New York braces for negative impact on state pensions due to COVID-19 pandemic
- California Supreme Court hears suit on public pension law aimed at saving billions
- Retirees Ordered To Repay $11 Million In Pension Benefits
INTERNATIONAL
- FTSE 350 pensions return to deficit ; UK Corporate Pension Funding Hammered by Pandemic in April
- Pension savers exposed as watchdog fails to ramp up scrutiny of poor transfer advice
MARKETS
- Drop in healthcare spending major driver of GDP decline, report finds
- ‘Buffer’ Funds Lure Investors Seeking Protection in Market Turmoil ; The II Fear Index: Investors Think Private Equity Should Pay ; Central Banks’ Pandemic Battle Could Stretch Into an Infinity War
- Small-business loan forgiveness clouded by confusion, uncertainty ; California is first state to borrow federal cash to pay out unemployment benefits
- Oil Climbs for a Fifth Day With Output Cuts Easing Glut Concern ; How COVID-19 is Affecting Oil and Gas Prices
- Are your asset managers as sustainable as they claim? ; California Accuses Gasoline Companies of Price Gouging
- A new asset class joins the ETF story: sukuk
- How blockchain is addressing key problem patterns in the financial services sector ; The Research Investors Depend on in Latin America
- Sweden’s central bank hits legal blockade amid COVID-19 crisis ; Consumer sentiment improves slightly in Canada after collapse ; UK Consumer Confidence Nosedives To 8-Year Low As COVID-19 Cripples Economy
ALTERNATIVES
- Hedge funds bet on gold as refuge from ‘unfettered’ currency printing ; Hedge Funds Aren’t What They Were in Buffett’s Day ; Too Much Leverage, Too Much Risk Are Weighing Down Hedge Funds
- Private-Equity Numbers Aren’t as Ugly as They Appear ; Private Equity, Lobbying the US for Help, Is Mostly Hearing ‘No’ ; The Best — And Worst — Private Equity Vintages
- FBI warns of increased number of cryptocurrency-related scams during coronavirus ; US Investors Forced Out Of Telegram Cryptocurrency Project Due To Regulatory Hurdles
- Office REITs collected more than 90% of rent due in April ; How Struggling Businesses Can Renegotiate Rent ; How Interest Rates Impact Your Reverse Mortgage Options
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.