Launching India’s Microinsurance Revolution: How the Sector Can Build Upon Growing Customer Awareness Due to COVID-19 – NextBillion
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When to Tap Social Security: The Sometimes Surprising Answer From Online Calculators https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-to-tap-social-security-the-sometimes-surprising-answer-from-online-calculators-11610144634
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Zillow’s Zestimate Is the Algorithm We Love to Hate. Why Can’t We Quit It? https://www.wsj.com/articles/zillows-zestimate-is-the-algorithm-we-love-to-hate-11603981690
Article argues a more nuanced view of student debt and how the burden is largely born by higher income households. Article argues against wholesale debt forgiveness. https://www-brookings-edu.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/10/09/who-owes-the-most-in-student-loans-new-data-from-the-fed/amp/
Sensible discussion of target date funds. Article discusses variations across different funds in terms of allocation and glidepath (ie how the portfolio changes as it approaches the target date). https://soundmindinvesting.com/articles/view/dont-be-surprised-if-target-date-funds-miss-the-mark
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Several issues to consider – 1) how much have loan modifications and forbearance artificially suppressed defaults and delinquencies, 2) how many jobs have been permanently lost due to downsizing and company BK, 3) how many jobs are vulnerable to the ebb and flow of reopening economy. The reopening economy jobs should be targeted by directly …
A perennial problem especially with public pension funds. https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsiedle/2020/05/24/state-pension-overseers-lack-investment-experiencewhat-could-possibly-go-wrong/#59f69e0127aa