The Morning Pulse – Tuesday, December 15, 2020

December 15, 2020                                                                                SUBSCRIBE

• Can three questions help you live a better life? ; Do You Have Enough Money to Start Investing? ; People do crazy things with money. Avoiding these blind spots can help prevent future regrets ; Calibrate your emergency fund to a crisis-prone world
• Review Your Finances Now to Keep on Track in 2021
• Mutual Funds Bleed $469 Billion as ETFs Triumph in Zero-Sum 2020 ; Managers focus on employee health, preserving culture
• Mortgage escrow account pros and cons
• What You Can’t Write in Your Will and Why ; No, verbal wills are not a good option ; Remote management of estate plan possible
• Donations soar but nonprofits still struggle with pandemic ; FBI warns scammers are using the pandemic to steal charitable donations

• Seniors concerned about COVID-19 vaccine availability, cost
• Successful Aging: How to prevent falls and injury as we get older by assessing risks
• A strong bond with the animals who take care of us
• Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Log Almost 30% Fewer SNF Days Than Traditional Medicare  ; Medicaid Expansion May Result in Earlier Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Study Says ; Lawmakers need to prioritize Medicaid reimbursements for home health care

• How Much Will Healthcare Cost in Retirement? The Answer May Shock You.
• Amazon rolls out tool to help healthcare companies manage a deluge of data
• The Importance of COVID-19 Vaccination for Healthcare Personnel ; Vague Vaccine Distribution Details Likely Due to Safety: Cybersecurity Expert
• Hospitals ‘Forced to Face the Fact People Don’t Want to Go There’
• Could Smart Wearables Be The Key To Beating COVID-19? ; Social-distance wearables donned Orders on the rise as pandemic worsens, startup firms say ; How artificial intelligence helped me overcome my dyslexia

• Credit union bringing financial services to south Modesto’s bustling Crows Landing
• Can I Roll a Traditional IRA Into a 529 Plan for My Grandchild?
• Higher education is under severe stress

• Treasury Department reportedly breached by hackers ; US agencies investigating hacking of government networks
• Covid-19: OTT platforms go over the top amid pandemic
• ‘We’ve got a lot of work to do’: Venture capital makes diversity push
• Elon Musk is leaving Silicon Valley for Texas. These millionaires and companies are joining him ; New York City business owners haunted by Amazon loss amid pandemic

• The special retirement plan rules of 2020: What you need to know as year comes to end ; Even better than Roth IRA? HSA is best retirement tool
• 5 Social Security Steps to Take 10 Years Before You Retire ; Beware these 15 worst states for taxes on your retirement
• Fiduciary Liability Insurance Premiums Are Soaring-What Are Plan Sponsors To Do? ; Pass It Forward-Why Fiduciaries Should Consider Outsourcing Plan Investment Responsibility

• Illinois Pension Strategies Discussed
• State Of New York To End Pension Fund Investments In Fossil Fuels

• A cashless society in the UAE cannot happen without financial inclusion
• 1 600 municipal employees’ pensions have lapsed due to ‘non-payment of pension fund contributions’
• State Pension increase: How much will State Pension go up by in 2021?
• New Pension Reform Will Not Affect Retirement Age, Size of Pensions
• ‘State Budget Does Not Plan, Neither Indexing or Salary Increase’
• Scam bitcoin ads using unauthorised celebrity images fool tens of thousands of Australians
• Working past retirement age

• The Long Leading Indicators Are Roaring For An Economic Takeoff In 2021 ; Inflation Expectations Rise Even As The Economy Cools ; Are IPO Rockets Good Or Bad For The Stock Market? ; Why stock investors should not be worried about expensive valuation ; Restaurant Owners Consider Loans, House Sales to Keep Afloat ; Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Application Deadline Looms This Week
• Gasoline prices up for 3rd straight week; diesel and kerosene for 6th Tuesday ; Oil prices find new strength as financial markets prep for a 2021 recovery ;Natural Gas…The Gift That Keeps on Giving ; China’s natural gas consumption rises in first 10 months
• A $7 trillion climate change warning to the stock market from its biggest shareholder ; Don’t Count Out The US Oil & Gas Industry Just Yet ; As Sustainable Investing Takes Off, China’s Poor ESG Ratings Are A Major Problem ; New EU ‘greenwashing’ rules will force automakers to be transparent
• Asian markets rise as Japan reports better business sentiment ; ECB’s Grasp on Inflation Is Weakening With the Pandemic Slump ; UK housing prices set to rise in 2021 ; Iran Says Economy Grew During Pandemic on Industry, Farming ; Germany will go into a strict lockdown over Christmas to curb COVID-19 cases ; Emerging Markets Look to Vaccine Rollout, Stimulus for Next Spur

• How to pick an ethical fund and the risks with alternative investments, explained by an expert ; Overcoming Investing Bias: Part One
• Big Losses, Steep Asset Declines Humble a Hedge Fund Pioneer
• Asset Management Firms Rapidly Increasing Private Equity Funds
• Aren’t You Glad You Kept Your Bitcoin? Don’t Sell It. ; JPMorgan Says MassMutual’s Bitcoin Foray Signals Widening Demand ; The digital assets of the future: tokenised, programmable and more secure ; Is DeFi the Next Step in an Expanding Crypto World, or Simply a Bubble?
• Commercial Real Estate Vacancies Rising During Pandemic ; Why the Office Isn’t Going Away; Hedge funds eye distressed malls and hotels ; Wildfire Risk: What Investors Need to Know