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Don’t Write Off Annuities, Despite Interest Rates

While you get a larger annuity payout when interest rates are higher, they are still a good investment choice even in this low annuity rate environment.  In “An annuity can still make sense,” Andrea Coombes of The Wall Street Journal says that this is still …

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Why Indexed Annuities are Worth a Fresh Look

Near-retirees have purchased indexed annuities (also called fixed indexed annuities or equity-indexed annuities) in relatively modest but nonetheless record numbers in the past year or so. The reason: the guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWB) of these products are now in some cases more generous than …

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New York Life Separates Annuities & Insurance

The retirement income business and the broker-dealer unit have been combined by New York Life Insurance Co.  They just reorganized their company into two separate businesses.  Their insurance group will remain a separate entity from the other business of retirement income.  New York Life Investments, …

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Fix Social Security with Variable Annuities

The Annuity News Journal’s Christi Roberts says that “Variable Annuities Could Save Social Security.”  I think there is a valid argument for this point, but can’t imagine how long of a road it would be to get the government on board.  Social Security has been …

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