MAY 7, 2020 SUBSCRIBE
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
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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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