October 28, 2020 SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE
- A capital-gains tax hike would only temporarily slow the stock market’s rally, Goldman Sachs says
- Don’t wait for the end of the year to do year-end financial planning ; Financial Planning With Gen Z Gig Workers ; Robo to the Rescue: Why Millennials and Wealthtech Need Each Other
- I Refinanced My Mortgage. Here’s What Happened to My Credit Score ; First American Shareholders Sue Over Mortgage Data Breach
- 7 Little-Known Financial Benefits of Divorce
- Re-Humanizing Fundraising With Artificial Intelligence ; 10 Common Myths About Estate Planning ; How Much Do You Know About Estate Planning for Digital Assets? ; Once You Create a Living Trust, Don’t Forget to Fund It
HEALTHY AGING
- Rethinking aging societies: Growing young as you get old ; Pitt Study Shows How HIV and Cancer Drugs Accelerate Cellular Aging
- Boomers, here’s your 5-point plan to fight back against low savings interest rates ; How reverse mortgages could backfire for many retirees
- Why Science Labs Love Older Scientists
HEALTHCARE
- 5 Medicare Myths That Could Destroy Your Retirement
- COVID-19 pandemic driving increased focus on healthcare consumerism
- Fitbit CEO reveals the company’s plan to conquer fitness wearables and telemedicine
- Three CalPERS health plans are in a ‘death spiral.’ Saving them could involve price hikes
EDUCATION
- Financial education is the foundation for this adviser’s retirement strategy ; Ally leans into gamification to combat falling financial literacy rates ; Why Fewer Students Are Applying for College Money
- Falling enrollment, lost tuition puts colleges in extreme financial distress ; Lawmakers eye higher ed, nonprofits for state bailout as COVID continues ; Privacy Considerations in Higher Education Online Learning
- A Financial Framework for the COVID Crisis ; A University Endowment Got Sued for Lagging the S&P 500. Now, It’s Fighting Back.
TECH
- Cybersecurity Awareness Month: If you Connect it, Protect it ; 3 Steps US Officials Can Take to Shore Up Election Cybersecurity ; Independent Cybersecurity audit of government websites shows ongoing threats
- Cyber risk literacy should be part of every defensive strategy
- Even Intel’s Cloud Business Slowed Way Down
- Investors line up for Ant Group’s record $34.4 billion IPO
- Amazon has created fertile ground for bribery schemes, sellers say
RETIREMENT
- Inflation, Health Care Costs Are Major Retirement Worries ; Do you have a positive or negative attitude toward your retirement?
- Avoid These Federal Retirement Mistakes ; TSP’s G fund has steadily declined for 30 years, belying reputation for stability
- Retirement Planning for Married Couples ; What you can do if you find yourself suddenly retired ; How to shop your way to a $400000 retirement
- What’s the Difference Between 403(b) vs. 401(a) Plans? ; Contribution Limits Unchanged for 2021
- 4 Dangerous Assumptions You’re Making About Your Future Social Security ; Rethinking Retirement: Should you have an annuity in your portfolio?
- Election holds little sway for challenges facing retirement industry
- 401(k) Fee Lawsuits: What Can a Plan Sponsor Do? ; What the SEC Thinks of Reg BI Compliance So Far
- AIG Aims to Split Off Life & Retirement Business
PENSIONS
- US State Liability Burdens Fall to 5%; Five States Top 20% Driven by Pensions
- FDNY firefighter with annual $136K disability pension moonlights as stuntman
- Disabled firefighter claims Decatur defrauded her out of pension in lawsuit
- Burlingame keeps eye on pension debt
- Calpers Seeks Five-Year Commitment From Next Investment Chief
- Managing in Uncertain Times ; Trump Administration to Look at Pensions Transferred to PBGC
INTERNATIONAL
- Netherlands and Denmark have best pension systems in the world
- Sweden roundup: Agency softens predicted hit to income pension
- Pension fund deficit crackdown ‘could hit economic recovery’
- One in eight younger workers expect to retire by 55, survey finds
- Covid-19 highlights importance of financial literacy, says deputy finance minister
- Pension fund management services provided to defined benefit schemes not exempt from VAT
- Ontario offers deferral of DB employer contributions
MARKETS
- Investors Pare Bets on Postelection Currency Volatility ; Yield curve flatter on coronavirus, election concerns ; Don’t let flashy 3rd quarter GDP growth fool you, the economy is still in a big hole
- Gasoline demand shows “staggering” decrease from last year ; US oil refineries slow as gasoline demand softens
- US greenhouse gas emitters hear from investors group ; Election could affect trillions in sustainability investments ; ESG Investing Is Wildly Popular But Little Known: Poll
- World Economic Outlook: A long and difficult ascent ; South African Stocks Fall as Virus Cases Surge and US Stimulus Deal Elusive ; Sterling strengthens vs euro on Brexit talks extension; slips vs stronger dollar ; Slovenia’s consumer sentiment continues to worsen in October ; Australia GDP growth likely turned positive in third quarter
ALTERNATIVES
- Fed Chair: 80% of global central banks considering digital currencies ; Central bank digital currencies have the power to upend global finance ; Hacker steals $24 million from cryptocurrency service ‘Harvest Finance’ ; US Regulators to Define Cryptocurrency as Money to Combat Terrorism Financing
- Why home builders are on the rise despite the pandemic ; Nareit Says Study Shows Two Decades of REITs Rocking
- Threats to Family Offices Due to COVID-19
