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The Actuarial Outpost, as it was, is finally dead. For actuarial chatter, join us at Go Actuary.
For those who used to keep up with my “watch” threads, I will be sharing the links on my blogs for now. I’m looking for a content management solution for what I want to do with that stuff. (I prefer my memory to be external to me and my computers.) It may end up being...
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My usual way to do a post is to go chronologically, building up from a base, and working toward a conclusion.
I’m going to give you my conclusions first, and then, if you’re interested, you can read how I got there.
I have shown this...
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This one is a real grab-bag of fun.
For certain definitions of “fun”. [Reminder: I check mortality trends for my own interest.]
The Vatican invested in risky derivatives on Hertz using donated funds, a report says
The Vatican used charitable proceeds to buy derivatives that...
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The leaves have changed color (or completely fallen off the trees) so that means it’s time for the Social Security Administration to announce the COLAs (cost-of-living adjustments) for benefits in 2021:
PLANSPONSOR: Social Security Announces COLA for 2021
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will...
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Let’s take a look at U.S. COVID mortality, and some other COVID-related issues.
Using data from the CDC, the official (provisional) COVID death count is 204,613 as of 16 October 2020.
With total deaths of 2,226,473 recorded...
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Thanks to Bill Bergman of Truth in Accounting for pointing me in this direction… because it started in a particular place I am all too familiar with and ended up somewhere I wasn’t expecting.
So come on this ride with me.
[note: not in the order of the ride-taking… if you think...
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