This week on "Money Talks," Chief Economic Adviser Roger Tutterow, Ph.D., joins Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, and Managing Associate K.C. Smith, CFP®, to discuss the week’s economic releases, including the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, both new and existing home sales, and the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence reading. The experts delve deeper into the economic reports, looking at the yield curve of U.S. Treasury bonds, and how close the curve has come to inverting. They also discuss fiscal policy and what it may mean for our economy. The hosts also answer listeners’ questions on using life insurance for expenses if one becomes terminally ill, how gas prices are rising and if that is a harbinger of a recession, and how an investor can begin to estimate their spending needs in retirement. They also answer a stock question on Bemis Company, a manufacturer of packaging products.