January 13, 2021 SUBSCRIBE
- Americans dipped into retirement funds to make ends meet during pandemic ; Fewer than 4 in 10 Americans could pay a surprise $1000 bill from savings ; A Pandemic Shift in Finances: Simplifying and Saving ; 6 strategies for financial planning in the unknown ; 4 financial ‘experts’ who could steer you wrong
- Watch for these trends in credit cards this year ; How to Attack Your Holiday Debt: 8 Strategies to Get You Back on Track ; Why wealth management leaders need to develop emotional intelligence
- Cryptocurrency’s value plummets. Here’s what it means for your taxes ; Yes—You Might Owe More Taxes Under President Biden. Here’s How to Avoid It
- How Will Stimulus Checks Affect Rent Payments? ; Should I refinance my mortgage? Here’s how to decide ; Houston real estate agents caught on tape steering buyers away from homes with less commission
- How to Navigate Corporate Giving in 2021 ; Moving to a New State? Be Sure to Update Your Estate Plan
HEALTHY AGING
- When is it time to take the car keys from an aging parent? It starts with a conversation ; Seniors should have health-related legal documents in order
- What to know about Medicare and partial hospitalization programs ; Should Medicare Enrollees Be ‘Nudged’?: New Research Reveals Impact of Default Insurance Plans ; Collecting Overpayments from Medicaid Providers
HEALTHCARE
- Regeneron says COVID-19 antibody therapy will likely help against variants ; Local healthcare systems expand COVID-19 vaccine availability to community healthcare personnel
- What Happened to Haven Healthcare? ; Potential jurors favor use of artificial intelligence in precision medicine
EDUCATION
- Financial literacy gap for women is “notable and worrisome” ; Show Me the Money: Teaching children about financial literacy
- 11 Post-COVID-19 Higher Ed Questions
- Higher education’s reopening decisions affected the most vulnerable students ; New Mexico governor supports tapping endowment for education ; Gov. Little unveils state budget, calls for more spending on education, transportation and health care
TECH
- Cybersecurity Insurance Has a Big Problem ; This CEO Sees Metrics As Key To Maximizing Cybersecurity Spending ; Protecting Data Breach Investigations From Disclosure ; Second Data Breach in 2020 for T-Mobile Exposed Customer and Call-Related Information of 200,000 callers. ; United Nations discloses possible data breach
- Wearables market to grow to USD 81.5 billion this year – Gartner
- Fintech in the midst of global pandemic: Predictions for 2021 ; Walmart Creates Fintech Startup, Speeding Push Beyond Retail ; Jobs in fintech bounce back after brief lockdown lull
- The Future of Blockchain in Intellectual Property
RETIREMENT
- Hopes rising for retirement readiness in 2021 ; How to prepare for retirement by 60 ; Dear Penny: How do I save for retirement with 3 kids on a teacher’s salary? ; The Social Security Retirement Age Increases in 2021 ; Don’t Get Distracted By Retirement Planning Bling ; Should I Own Rental Properties in Retirement?
- 6 Barriers to In-Plan Retirement Income Adoption; Pandemic sheds light on importance of reviewing secure retirement options for employees
- Why Fixed Index Annuities Work Right Now ; Are Annuities a Good Investment in this Financial Climate? ; Mystery Variable Annuity Holders Tend to Drift Away ; More States Rush To Adopt Best Interest Annuity Sales Rules
- Insurer Hits Back at Excessive Fee Litigation Plaintiffs
PENSIONS
- Strong End to 2020 Puts DB Plan Funded Status Back to Where It Started the Year
- Bill to increase some firefighters’ pensions advances
- State slashes retirement health benefits for new hires
- Retirement fund blues
INTERNATIONAL
- The ‘big five’ benefits trends for 2021
- What Montrealers can expect from government pensions in 2021
- Pensions Rise, Indexation Introduced in 2021
- National Pension Service of Korea Wagers Offices, Hotels Will Recover
- How to Boost a Paltry Pension Pot
- Ex-pilot’s pension stopped after he is assumed dead – twice
- Finance ministry hiring actuarial services to assess retirement schemes
- 8 ways to track down forgotten cash including energy bill refunds and lost pensions
MARKETS
- US public debt rises by 20%, surpassing GDP by 30% ; CEO Confidence Continues To Climb In January ; Stock market exuberance is here to stay. Here’s why investors can be positive ; Stock markets’ extreme valuation gaps divide veteran investors ;Fed’s Bostic sees possible interest rate hike as soon as the second half of next year ; Money markets ramp up bets on US interest rate hikes by 2023 ; We stayed home. We are still there. What does that mean for spending?
- Planning and equipment upgrades amid stronger markets; How COVID-19 has impacted indoor farming ; Here’s how the new small-business relief program start will work. ; Colorado small business owners await new round of PPP loans to keep dreams alive
- Gasoline prices surge as oil markets rally ; Prepare to spend more on gas this year ; Strengthening dollar stalls oil price rally’s momentum ; Why The Last Leg Of The Oil Demand Recovery Is The Hardest ;Why natural gas demand fell only slightly despite pandemic ; Cold Snap Sparks Record Rise in Natural Gas Prices in Asia
- Why ESG Funds Fail to Scale ; The rise and rise of sustainable investing ; UN chief calls for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy ; The farm of the future could be hiding inside this shipping container
- Central banks sold gold in November as prices dropped below $1800 ; Criticism of the Fed is going mainstream ; China’s central bank steps up anti-money laundering supervision ; China Removes Limits on Credit Card Interest Rates ; Brexit Bites For Small Businesses: Reality Hits As Retailers Grapple With New Rules ; Israel 2020 budget deficit 11.7% of GDP as virus spending spikes
ALTERNATIVES
- The Hot Alternative Investments to Watch in 2021
- These Were the Best-Performing Hedge Fund Strategies in 2020 ; The top 10 hedge fund trends of 2021 ; Supreme Court orders 2nd Circ to revisit hedge fund insider trading case ; Hedge Funds Head for Cover as Dollar Rebound Gathers Momentum
- The December 2020 US Venture Capital Funding Report
- US ETF Could Sap Bitcoin Price ; $200 Billion Wiped Off Cryptocurrency Market in 24 Hours as Bitcoin Pulls Back ; Crypto investors ‘should be prepared to lose all their money,’ top UK regulator warns
- 16 Challenges For Real Estate Investors And How To Deal With Them
