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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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Even With A 401k Annuity, Most Have to Work Until 70

Around half of Americans should be prepared to work until they are 70 years old, according to BankRate’s article “Are you ready to work to 70?”  Jennie L. Phipps says that Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research determined this age by calculating the retirement readiness …

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Immediate Annuity Protects Against Dementia Decision Making

Almost one-third of Americans 85 and older suffer from dementia and many more than that suffer a milder form of cognitive development at an even younger age.  While annuities aren’t usually thought of as protection against dementia or other memory loss in older age, they …

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Nearly 3/4 of Americans Have No Retirement Plan

Some scary statistics came out of ING’s Retirement Research Institute last year.  A whopping 71% of Americans don’t have any kind of formal retirement plan in place.  That’s nearly 3/4 of America that either won’t be able to retire or will have to struggle financially …

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