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Don’t Compare Annuities to Unlike Products

Andrea Coombes talks about the “3 annuity mistakes to avoid” in her article for Marketwatch from The Wall Street Journal.  Misunderstandings from advisors and investors alike keep them from using annuity products in their retirement planning.  Deferred and immediate annuities can really be a great …

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Important Steps to Take in the Year Before Retirement

I found a great series of articles about retirement that I’ll be sharing one by one.  CNN Money, the collaboration of Money magazine, Fortune, and CNN gives tips on what you should be doing to prepare for retirement at certain year marks before it hits.  …

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Immediate Annuities May Benefit from Name Change

Financing retirement through annuities is the only way to guarantee income that will last through your lifetime.  If they are so beneficial, why aren’t they more popular?  Mary Beth Franklin of Investment News says that the simplest of annuity products, immediate annuities, may benefit from …

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Annuities Replacing Bonds for Retirees

U.S. News & World Report’s David Hull isn’t the only one asking “Do You Need Bonds in Retirement?”  CFA Dr. Wade Pfau has been researching whether bonds are needed in retirement anymore and believes that traditional retirement thinking needs to be changed.  Financial professionals have …

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