February 10, 2021 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE
- Millennials Have a Debt vs. Savings Conundrum ; Disappointed GameStop Traders Should Take These Lessons to the Next Mania ; This is how young people can translate their investing savvy to the job market ; The debate over who deserves a stimulus check, explained
- CFP, CPA, CFA, Oh My! What Do Financial Advisor Titles Mean? ; Financial Advisor Fee Trends And The Fee Compression Mirage
- Wealthsimple Invest and Trade Apps ; What is algorithmic trading bot, and is that legit? ; Difference Between Dot Com Bubble And Reddit Game ; Robinhood App Sued by Parents of Investor Who Committed Suicide
- Bad Credit? 6 Ways to Still Get that Loan
- Farmers feeling the springtime planting itch ; Start a small business by capitalizing on these 4 trends
- Gasoline prices still rising as crude rallies ; Higher gas prices to come, analyst says
- How do Car-selling Scams Work? ; Maple Grove financial adviser charged with defrauding clients of $2.25M
- Charitable giving aimed at greatest needs in 2020 ; Estate Planning Checklist: 5 Tasks to Do Now, While You’re Still Well ; More millennials are interested in estate planning
HEALTHY AGING
- New Early Predictor of Mild Cognitive Decline May Be Key to Alzheimer’s Prevention
- What Nursing Home Operators, Home Health Providers Are Saying About SNF-to-Home Diversion
- Department Of Aging To Offer Virtual Grieving Seminar
- Senators Push Bill To Make Charitable Giving Easier For Middle-Income Seniors ; Donor-Advisor Fund Giving Sets New Records
HEALTHCARE
- US healthcare system could save $16.3B through workflow automation
- Local vaccine partnership targets left out healthcare workers ; AI-powered healthcare isn’t without pitfalls, but its potential is vast
- Pay Close Attention to Dental Health
- Where Were All The Masks in the Super Bowl Commercials?
- Fitbit App Now Tracks Your Blood Sugar Levels ; Digital health’s new wearable trend: metabolic monitors
- Missed your Medicare enrollment period? What to know if you’re signing up now
- Hospitals can’t recoup interest from Medicare rate cuts – judge
EDUCATION
- Council on financial literacy expanded to help Wisconsinites build their economic security ; 3 HBCUs partner on pilot to improve financial literacy ; How Mark Cuban uses Dogecoin to teach his son about investing
- HR Professionals Await Biden’s Plans for Student Debt ; State Treasurer encourages students, parents to ‘focus on the future’
- Will the Pandemic Change Higher Education for Good? ; Giving to Higher Education Was Flat in 2020 Fiscal Year, New Report Says
TECH
- The Cybersecurity Challenges Of A New Presidential Administration
- Experian investigating data breach claims in Brazil ; 11th Circuit’s strict new rule for data breach standing will figure in Equifax appeal ; Fertility Patients Sue Following Data Breach
- Ready Or Not, Real Estate Industry Undergoing High-Tech Makeover
- Female founders’ share of venture capital funding shrank to 2.2% in 2020
- Apple can surge another 25% by adding cryptocurrency services to its Wallet app, RBC says
RETIREMENT
- Nudge theory can help strengthen financial wellness initiatives ; Required minimum distributions: The IRS and your TSP ; Understanding Hidden Retirement Account Fees
- Low interest rates make it harder to save for retirement ; Stable Value Income (Best in 401K) ; Lost 401(k) – Advice on finding an account
- Auto-Enrollment, TDFs Continue DC Plan Domination ; Real Estate Investments Can Make a Difference in Retirement Savings Accumulation
- New Administration Backs Out of Lawsuit Against CalSavers ; Another MEP Targeted in Excessive Fee Suit
PENSIONS
- Lawmakers vote to revamp Kentucky Teachers pension plan
- New York’s Retirement Fund Grew Last Quarter
- How some Pa. lawmakers score a ‘golden parachute’ to pad their pensions
- Insurers Have Been Draining Funds from New Jersey’s Pensions for 15 Years
- Dayton woman sentenced for impersonating elderly man, stealing his pension benefits
- Couples urged to share pension wealth information with one another
- Despite retired St. Louis teacher’s death, daughter collected $150k in pension
- State pension systems count on taxpayer contributions, and rightly so
INTERNATIONAL
- NISA Pension Surplus Risk index rises in January
- Australia Pension Reforms Worth A$100000 For Each Young Worker
- Aging should not mean that we become disposable
- Why substituting annuities for some bonds could be a smart move
- New Zealand to Clamp Down on Property Investors as Prices Soar
- The challenge of ballooning defence pensions in India
- Pension plans focusing on streamlining ESG strategies in 2021
- Norway’s political parties agree to expand workplace pension plans
- Pension: Rishi Sunak urged to review automatic enrolment rules in March budget – be aware
- Deloitte admits it partners are expected to retire at 62
MARKETS
- Consumer Price Index Seen Up 0.3% ; Why Main Street banks are doing better than Wall Street firms ; Yields hold near 11-month highs as US stimulus seen near
- Global oil prices have fully recovered from the pandemic ; China helps Brent crude oil prices pass $60 milestone ; US and Canadian natural gas prices soar during arctic freeze
- IMF Warns Surging Virus Threatens to Curb Latin America Rebound ; With trust low, UK calls for “refinement” of Brexit deal ; Global funds ditched JGBs in 2020 for first time in seven years ; Google removes 100 fraudulent instant loan apps in India: Govt ; Wealth funds increase focus on climate change ; Emerging market central bank rate cuts fade further in January ; French economy still on track for 5% growth this year: central bank
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- Big Business squirms as Biden tightens climate regulations; Pension Funds Seek ESG-Conscious Money Managers, Survey Shows ; ESG credentials in demand by pension funds ; The Oil Industry Jumps On The Low Carbon Bandwagon ; Why Are Retirement Plan Sponsors So Far Behind on Sustainable Investing? ; Lack of consistent ESG data a big challenge for investors – survey ; How blockchain could make fashion greener ; What Impact Investors Can Learn from the Organizations They Work with
- What Investors Lose in an Undeveloped Secondary Market
- Here’s How Hedge Funds Fared in January’s Trading Frenzy ; How the rich got richer: Reddit trading frenzy benefited Wall Street elite ; China Hedge Funds Add $200 Billion, Trouncing Wall Street
- US insurance asset sales attract new private equity players, strategies ; Private equity scrambles to comply with latest European sustainability regulation
- Dogecoin, the Cryptocurrency That Started as a Joke, Is Spiking ; US YouTuber unmasks Nigerian cryptocurrency scammer; Elon Musk All-In On Bitcoin, Here’s What Family Offices Should Know ; Tesla spends $A2bn on bitcoin, and may accept it as payment for EVs
- REITs Had Across-the-board Gains Last Week ; Renters in race for space as demand rises, data shows ; What Will Real Estate Look Like In 2021? 3 Homebuying Trends You’ll See This Year
- Why performance needs to be more than just about financial return for family office investors ; Family Offices, Wealth Houses Should Re-Think Fee Structures – Study
