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Are Annuities the Donald Trump of Retirement Income Planning?

For The Wall Street Journal article, “Why Investors Should Consider Annuities,” Morningstar’s David Blanchett looked into whether or not annuities are good for personal retirement planning. He likened annuity products to Donald Trump because people tend to love them or hate them, much like the …

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Genworth No Longer Selling Fixed Annuities

There will be a big shake-up at Genworth Financial in about 2 weeks. As of March 7, they will stop selling their popular fixed annuities and life insurance products. This information comes from the Insurance News Net article, “Genworth Stops Life, Annuity Sales, May Split” …

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Annuities Offer Benefits, But Ask Questions Before Purchasing

In a recent article for The Wall Street Journal, the American Association of Individual Investors’ Charles Rotblut offered “A Guide to Avoiding the Biggest Annuity Mistakes.” Annuities confuse many people, so it is the responsibility of advisors and insurance companies to make sure that these …

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Don’t Generalize Annuities as Good or Bad

Jefferson National’s President Laurence Greenberg wrote a rebuttal to anti-annuities Ken Fisher in an article for Think Advisor. Greenberg says that “Annuities Are Neither Good nor Bad – as Long as Clients Come First.” In the Q & A with Fisher, he basically said that …

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