December 22, 2014
by The Morning Pulse
December 22, 2014
401(k) STYLE RETIREMENT PLANS
- Do Tax Incentives Increase 401(k) Retirement Saving? Evidence from the Adoption of Catch-Up Contributions
- Bipartisan SAVE Act Looks to Help Small Business Retirement Plans
- Most New DC Participants Use TDF or Balanced Fund
- Are Retirees Falling Short? Reconciling the Conflicting Evidence
- Lockheed Settles Revenue Sharing Lawsuit Hours Before Trial
- Did Your 401(k) Balance Increase $50000 This Year? If Not, You May Be Falling Behind
- Target-Date Funds: Twice As Popular Vs. 15 Years Ago
- Advisers Expect More Than Products from Wholesalers
- Boomers, employers split on retirement age readiness
- 401(k) loan balances remain stagnant for fifth straight year
- DCIO Providers to Compete for Market Share
- Targeted Education Can Boost Retirement Readiness
- Non-retirees Prefer 401(k) to Pension
- Army reverses forced retirement policy after lawmakers say it hurt officers
- Regulators Got Real About In-Plan Annuities in 2014
PENSION PLANS
- What Retirees Need to Know about the New Federal PensionRules
- Creditor to Oppose San Bernardino Bankruptcy Plan Favoring CalPERS
- Making a pension last over retirees’ increasing golden years
- Cuomo Vetoes Bill Letting Pensions Add More to Hedge Funds
- Angels, Red Sox discontinue pension plans for non-uniformed personnel
- Pension Problem? Rockford Police and Fire say Their Pensionsare Underfunded
- Like the Cheshire Cat, Defined Benefit Plans Are Slow in Vanishing
- Evaluating a Pension Buyout Offer
- Administration hints at privatization for KPERS
- Pensions jolt Scranton councilmen
- Cutting pension benefits is bad but necessary
ECONOMICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Weighing The Week Ahead: Pundit Forecasts For 2015
- The Fed Remains Optimistic On The U.S. Economy For 2015
- Bumpy 2015 for Money Market Funds?
- Jobless Claims Better Than Expected
- No Sign Yet of Labor Cost Inflation in US or UK
- What The Next Generation Of Economists Is Working On
- Parsing the Fed: How the Statement Changed
- Investors return to high-yield debt on Fed rate promise
- Institutional investors look to stocks in 2015
- Air Travelers Aren’t Getting a Break From Lower Oil Prices
- Business Groups Welcome Historic Cuba Move
- Justice official chides companies for compliance laziness
- China revises estimated gross domestic product for 2013 upward 3.4%
- Economics pushes many young adults to do without cars
NON TRADITIONAL INVESTMENTS
- Alternative Investment Trends For 2015 And Outlook For 2014
- Don’t get drunk on liquid alternatives
- Putting the JOBS Act to Work: New Platforms for Building Hedge FundReputation
- Hedge funds shrug off volatility with $30B in gains
- Fed extends deadline for banks to divest from hedge funds
- U.S. REIT Space Short On Bargains
- Broader acceptance of REITinvestment
- Alternative Investment Funds Face A Communications Imperative
- Largest pension funds still slow on infrastructure despite higher alts allocations
PERSONAL FINANCE
- Business development lacking among advisers
- Guaranteed Income Key To Retirement
- A time for gloom and boom for annuities
- Using Preferred Stocks For Retirement Income
- Fitting Social Security into a retirement strategy
- How To Cut Your Credit Card Interest Payments
HEALTH CARE
- Is Interest in Private Benefits Exchanges Moderating?
- Medicaid Rolls Surge Under ACA
- Do Americans think their health care costs are affordable?
- 257,000 Doctors Will Get Medicare Pay Cut for Using Paper Records
- HMOs Offer Lower Price Increases in Health Care Marketplaces
- Vermont Abandons Single Payer, for Now
- How the High Cost of Medical Care Is Affecting Americans
Jeffrey H. Snyder
President & CEO
The Morning Pulse, Inc.
jeffrey.snyder@themorningpulse.com
646-484-0188