Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Talking Real Money - Investing Talk
Don McDonald
Ep. 1974: Who Watches the Insurers?
31 minutes Posted Sep 9, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
Barbershop To Insurance
Insurance Industry Exposed
Who Funds The Regulators?
State Insurance Failures
Protecting Yourself From Sales
Retirement Glide Path Debate
AVGE Versus VT Explained
Edward Jones and Fund Access
Ask An Advisor
Legal Disclosures
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Who is looking out for insurance customers—and who is paying the people who set the standards? Don and Tom examine insurance-industry incentives, questions about the NAIC’s funding and transparency, and why consumers should ask about commissions and costs. Then a listener challenges their take on rising equity glide paths and sequence-of-returns risk. They revisit the competing research and the role of personal risk tolerance, explain AVGE’s fund-of-funds expenses, and compare a broad-market ...