How permanent life insurance can be an effective tool for retirement planning. Topics covered include: What is the difference between term and whole life insuranceHow many people let their life insurance policies lapse each yearWhat are strengths that insurance companies have that are beneficial to individual investorsWhat are the benefits of whole life insurance policiesHow the infinite banking concept works and who should it be usedHow asset allocation should differ when investors have a whole life insurance policyWhat are concerns with whole life insuranceHow an integrative approach of using whole life, immediate annuities, and investments can lead to higher retirement spending levels Thanks to today's sponsors: Simplify ETFs and the all-new electric MINI Cooper SE For more information on this episode click here. Show Notes Arthur L. Williams Jr.—Wikipedia, Aug 10, 2021 ACLI 2020 Life Insurers Fact Book—The American Council of Life Insurers Pros And Cons Of Life Insurance For Children by Cameron Huddleston and Amy Danise—Forbes The Four Approaches to Managing Retirement Income Risk by Wade D. Pfau Safety-First Retirement Planning: An Integrated Approach for a Worry-Free Retirement (The Retirement Researcher Guide Series) by Wade D. Pfau Integrating Whole Life Insurance into a Retirement Income Plan: Emphasis on Cash Value as a Volatility Buffer Asset by Wade D. Pfau and Michael Finke Related Episodes 279: Why All Retirees Should Consider an Income Annuity 326: The New Math of Retirement Spending and Investing 349: Forward and Reverse Mortgages: When To Take Them Out and When to Pay Them Off See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How the carbon emissions allowances and carbon offset markets are structured and how to invest in them. Topics covered include: How much greater are the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and how much have average temperatures increasedWhy industries and companies are seeking to cut their greenhouse gas emissionsHow cap and trade emissions trading systems workWhat are the demand and supply dynamics of tradable emission allowancesWhat has been the performance of tradeable emission allowancesHow ETFs invest in tradable emission allowancesHow the voluntary carbon offset market is structured and what are the demand and supply dynamicsWhy do companies make voluntary pledges to reduce their carbon footprintsWhat are the types of carbon offset projectsWhy it is more difficult to invest in carbon offset markets and how that is changing The Money For the Rest of Us podcast is ad-supported, but you can support the show and listen to episodes ad-free by becoming a subscriber. Learn about subscribing here. Thanks to Policygenius and Mint Mobile for sponsoring the episode. For more information on this episode click here. Show Notes Vital Signs: Carbon Dioxide—Nasa Global Energy Perspective 2021—McKinsey & Company Climate Change: Global Temperature by Rebecca Lindsey and LuAnn Dahlman—NOAA 2030 Climate Target Plan—European Commission FAQs Carbon Markets & Indices—Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Carbon trading: the ‘one-way’ bet for hedge funds by David Sheppard—Financial Times KRBN KraneShares Global Carbon ETF—Krane Shares The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc. Corporate Carbon Reduction Pledges: An Effective Tool to Mitigate Climate Change? by Stephen Comello, Julia Reichelstein, and Stefan Reichelstein Carbon offset prices set to increase tenfold by 2030 by Michael Holder—GreenBiz Carbon offsetting is essential to tackling climate change—The Economist Cheap cheats—The Economist Future Demand, Supply and Prices for Voluntary Carbon Credits – Keeping the Balance—Trove Research Carbon offsets gird for lift-off as big money gets close to nature by Susanna Twidale and Shadia Nasralla—Reuters CBL Global Emissions Offset Futures – Constract Specs—CME Group CBL Nature-Based Global Emissions Offset (N-GEO) and CBL Global Emissions Offset (GEO) Futures ‒ Frequently Asked Questions—CME Group CME Announces Global Emissions Offset Futures by Filipe Wallin Albuquerque—Nordic Sustainable Investment Platform Related Episodes 251: Impact Investing and Intentionality 262: Better Not Bigger, Circular Not Linear – How the Global Economy Is Changing 340: Climate Change, ESG, and What Should Investors Do? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.