May 14, 2019SUBSCRIBE
PERSONAL FINANCE, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ANNUITIES, TAXES & FINANCIAL LITERACY

• Here’s Why Early Retirement Sounds Like a Terrible Idea to Me
• Financial planning advice for ‘boomerang’ parents and kids ; The latest victims of the student debt crisis — parents
• What Women Really Think About Retirement
• Lack of urgency lamented in repairing Social Security
• Millions of Americans have errors on their credit reports — do you?

HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

• Teva, drugmakers, accused of price-fixing
• Record keepers take front seat on HSA bandwagon
• How Can Health Care Innovate With Cybersecurity in Mind? ; Rattled by Cyberattacks, Hospitals Push Device Makers to Improve Security
• Medicare for All makes sense and would cost less and give better healthcare to Americans | Opinion ; Washington Passes a Public Option, But Insurance Companies Will Still Get Their Cut
• Adapt wearable technology to expand penetration of health insurance
• Violence Against Healthcare Workers: A Rising Epidemic

TECH & SOCIAL MEDIA

• G7 countries to simulate cross-border cyber attack next month: France ; Nasdaq Lawsuit Over Cybersecurity ETF Fees Goes to Trial
• Fintech Companies Are Shifting Gears and Focusing on the Elderly
• Why Rewards for Loyal Spenders Are ‘a Honey Pot for Hackers’ ; Marriott hasn’t paid the price for its massive data breach
• Uber fares are cheap, thanks to venture capital. But is that free ride ending? ; Uber, Lyft: Gig economy employees are facing a heightened retirement crisis
• San Francisco mulls ‘IPO tax’ to share tech riches
• Amazon’s shift to one-day Prime shipping could prove a big challenge to 2 breeds of retailers

401k, 403b, 457b, NONQUALIFIED, STATE-RUN PLANS & LITIGATION

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PENSIONS

• Baseball’s pension rules changed after legally blind pitcher last played. Now he needs help.
• Judge: Pension plan analysis wrongfully withheld from public
• Gov. Lamont’s plan to fund teacher pensions could hit towns and cities hard
• Editorial | Tax measures revisited amid new budget shortfalls
• Oregon Democrats propose pension reform amid Republican walkout
• AK Steel union leadership ‘appalled and shocked’ by Machinists’ pension fund cuts

INTERNATIONAL

• Be warned: the State Pension is under direct attack
• The lost £19bn: how to trace those forgotten pension pots
• Number of public sector pensioners on £100k trebles in seven years
• Croatian unions say they have enough support for referendum on retirement age
• Sri Lanka to defuse the pension payment time bomb
• EU red tape ‘threatens pension schemes at small businesses’
• Currency aided Danish pension funds in first quarter
• Nigeria: From Jumbo Pay to Life Pension
• Members ‘blissfully’ unaware of pension minefield ahead

MARKETS

• Why the stock market is at the mercy of the US consumer ; How Far Is The Next Recession? Experts Debate Yield Curve Inversion
• Trump’s new tariff war with China boosts speculation the Fed may cut US interest rates later this year
• Oil prices mixed amid US-China trade impasse
• ADR case will test reach of investors on overseas firms
• Muni Bond Market Heats Up As Fund Inflows Swell
• Investment firms see cannabis as a growth industry
• Asian Economies Set to Dominate 7% Growth Club During 2020s
• China Invites US Negotiators to Continue Trade Talks
• Fight to replace PM May complicating Brexit talks ; Europe’s populist nightmare won’t end with Brexit

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

• Investors still stalwart despite 2018 setback
• Crypto hedge funds live to fight another day ; Lawsuit Over KRS Hedge Fund Investments Being Pushed and Pulled in Court
• Private equity’s allure poses big risks for the stock market and its investors in the next recession ; Buyout bonus boom – the gift that keeps giving ; Private equity lets no opportunity go to waste
• Why the Bitcoin price defines the cryptocurrency market ; US investor awarded $75 million in cryptocurrency crime case ; Hackers allegedly stole $2.4 million in cryptocurrency in a six-month SIM hijacking spree
• Return of Volatility Emphasizes Need for Smart Beta Strategies ; Smart beta suffers from crisis of intuition
• What’s Behind the REIT Rebound?