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Nutshell of my argument below:
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This strikes me as deeply unwise:
Chicago police vaccine mandate: New CPD memo threatens discipline, firing for non-compliance
- A second memo, obtained by the I-Team, was distributed throughout CPD Sunday. The latest memo threatens the firing of officers who do not follow the city’s vaccine policy and orders...
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A week ago, the National Public Pension Coalition posted Why Truth in Accounting’s Recent Claims about Pensions are Inaccurate. Back in October 2020, the group posted a similar piece: Texas Stands Up to Truth in Accounting.
There are some major points the NPPC (National Public Pension Coalition)...
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Quick capsule: PSERS (Pennsylvania School Employees Retirement System) is in a pickle because someone mis-calculated their 9-year average return.
They originally said it was 6.38%, but now it’s been found to be 6.34%.
The issue is that there’s a target of 6.36%, and if the fund makes more than...
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Back in 2017, I made a ranking table of alternative asset holdings by public pension funds.
There have been 4 more years, so let’s update the data.
Frankly, if your pension fund makes the pages of the New York Times, it’s not...
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I haven’t forgotten the MoneyPalooza Monstrosity — while I have addressed the multiemployer pension bailout portion, I have yet to address the much bigger portion, funds going directly to state and local governments.
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Let me step away from the mortality analysis and consider something entertaining: the current GameStop (and Nokia, Blockbuster(?!), silver, and…) mania.
I am not going to explain this myself — plenty of others have explained what is going on. Indeed, I’ve been gathering stories on...
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This will be an all-public pensions post (and yeah, there is Illinois content. You have been warned.)
With the White House, House of Reps, and Senate on the Dem side, we will likely get a return of the Money-Palooza Monstrosity, but I imagine there may be changes...
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Precis of all the following: the sole fiduciary of the New York state pension funds says that in twenty years the funds would be net-zero carbon emissions.
Huzzahs all around, but no mainstream press recognition that the pensions of hundreds of thousands of people would be affected… because a...
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Howdy, new readers! I noticed I’ve picked up some new subscribers after recent COVID mortality posts. Just an FYI: I also post a lot about public pensions and finance.
Today I’m mainly doing a news link dump with minimal commentary. I build these up over time for...
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