May 6, 2019
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The Weekly Pulse Podcast for Sunday, May 5, 2019
In this episode: (1) Road trip: catching up with singer / songwriter Pentley Holmes, (2) lessons from the Milken Conference and the ‘Returnship’ for Working Mothers, (3) Netflix cancellations increase and Apple Earnings continue to grow, (4) Great economic numbers, but where are the holes?, (5) retirement data: we need more, or so says the GAO and (6) DOL Secretary Acosta hints at a new Fiduciary rule. Special guest this week is singer / songwriter Pentley Holmes.
TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS
- LinkedIn at the Milken Institute Global Conference
- The Best Cities to Work Without a Bachelor’s Degree
- Companies Help Women Return to Work
PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ANNUITIES, TAXES & FINANCIAL LITERACY
- The most-Googled personal finance questions reveal so much about our money anxieties
- This may be why Americans are so bad at saving for retirement ; What to do in your 20s and 30s to be set in your 60s and 70s
- How Much Cash Should You Hold in Retirement? ; Can this couple ‘melt down’ their $4.9-million retirement savings in a tax-wise way?
- Can Annuities Help Grow Your Retirement Nest Egg? ; FINRA Arbitration Panel Awards A Record $3M Egg-Farming Family In Annuity Case ; ‘We were just conned,’ client says of advisor’s alleged $8M Ponzi scheme
- New apps are teaching children how to manage their money ; Is cryptocurrency the answer to financial inclusion issues?
- Mortgage rates pull back on weak inflation data ; 3 challenges facing first-time homebuyers this spring
- How to Use ETFs to Tap into Global Opportunities
- Higher Ed Leaders Aim to Restore the Public’s Trust
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
- After unusually strong March, healthcare hiring dips in April
- ‘Medicare For All’ Isn’t The Only Way To Get To Universal Coverage
- Medical Costs Slam a Minority of Seniors; Even with health insurance, people are literally sacrificing food to pay for healthcare
- AG: Michigan consumers’ personal info exposed in health-care data breach
TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Increasing data breaches show titanic losses ; Credit Union Sues Fintech Giant Fiserv Over Security Claims
- Campaigns grapple with how to manage cybersecurity in 2020
- Tech Superstars Should Pay a High Price for Keeping Secrets ; What Amazon knows about you
- Facebook Is Finding Problems With Artificial Intelligence Too ; Investors focused on Facebook’s better monetization, not privacy: Internet analyst
401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS & LITIGATION
- IRS expands tax-status determination letter program for retirement plans
- Small Businesses’ Interest in Open MEPs Centers on Fund Options, Cost
- DOL Secretary Says Fiduciary Collaboration with SEC Is Ongoing ; FINRA Fines AXA Advisors Over 401(k) Misrepresentations
- T. Rowe Price Agrees to Class Status in 401(k) Fee Suit ; Pa. Law Firm’s Suit Over Looted 401(k) Moves Forward
- Court Reinstates Claim Penn Mismanaged Pension Fund
PENSIONS
- Kentucky lawmakers briefed on governor’s pension measure ; After Veto, Bevin Crafts New Pension ‘Relief’ Bill ; Bevin’s latest pension proposal faces criticism for high costs to the state
- Accusations, mistrust roil New Mexico pension fund
- Despite committee inaction, tolls and pension cost-sharing proposals remain alive
- California’s pension debt is harming teachers and students now—and it’s going to get worse
- State worker, teacher pension buyouts have mixed results
- Fix New York state’s overtime and pension abuses
- Competing studies to look at Oklahoma state retirees’ pensions
- Majority of Rhode Island’s Locally Run Municipal Pensions Flunk Financial Test
- Oklahoma House Asks for Review on 4% Cost-of-Living Adjustment for State Retirees
- South Dakota Gears Up Emergency Plan
- City of SLO’s $90000 average pension tops in the county
INTERNATIONAL
- UK charities facing ‘double whammy’ as pension deficits climb
- Canadian DB plans post positive returns in first quarter: report
- Norway Pension Fund Honcho Questions ESG Mandates ; Norway’s sovereign wealth fund returns 9.1% in first quarter
- Stagecoach ‘asked to take on £1.6bn pensions risk’
MARKETS
- Jobs surge in April, unemployment rate drops to 49-year low ; Productivity soars 3.6% in first quarter, drives fastest yearly gain since 2010 ; How much lower would the stock market be without corporate buybacks?
- America’s robust economy Fears of recession have faded; The longest bull market in history can’t shake the skeptics
- $5 gas? California gas prices soar as national average approaches $3
- Oil markets face three possible scenarios in Venezuela ; Oil Extends Loss as Rising US Inventories Counter Supply Risks
- UK economy to slow near-term as Brexit preparations halted ; Bank of England holds interest rate at 0.75%, upgrades growth forecast
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS
- The Future of Alternative Investments
- How a Ponzi scheme snagged $14M from Michigan investors
- A 382% Quarter: Hedge Funds Clean Up In Chinese Rally ; Hedge fund co-investments becoming more popular with investors – survey
- SEC Plan to Limit Fund-of-Fund Redemptions Gets Heat From Fund Industry
- Former Private Equity Execs Charged With Fraud
- Fidelity Research Finds Increasing Institutional Interest in Cryptocurrency ; Facebook Building Cryptocurrency-Based Payments System ; China considers phasing out cryptocurrency mining, following similar proposal in 2011 ; The SEC must solve its cryptocurrency custody conundrum; Australia Tax Office Tries To Track Down Cryptocurrency-Tax Evaders
- What Family Offices Need To Understand About Real Estate Opportunities
- VC Firms Polish Their Own Brands to Chase the Next Consumer Hit
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