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Words Matter When it Comes to Annuities
5 ways the new Department of Labor rule is a positive for the annuity industry
The Department of Labor’s version of an indexed annuity has arrived
Which annuity type do you hate?
Compare guarantees before transferring your annuity
Bring your common sense to the annuity game
The short-term danger of ‘FiduciaryCare’
Buck the ‘annuity establishment’ when choosing what to buy
The two best ways to structure a QLAC
Annuity up-front bonuses are not what they appear to be
Why the country stands in line for annuities every week
Backtesting potential returns is an indexed-annuity joke
Don’t let the annuity world’s ‘killer app’ handcuff you
The one thing that drives most annuity recommendations
Annuities are ‘Yellen’ for a rate hike
Give a gift, get a tax break with charitable gift annuities
Labor Department has indexed annuities in its crosshairs
Annuities are actually commodities
Elizabeth Warren is right about annuity sales incentives
Robo-annuities are coming soon
The only two annuity questions that matter
Take your company pension, or buy an annuity?
What retirees should be asking about QLACs
Why the hesitancy for income insurance?
One way to kill market time without getting killed
What happens when you stop accumulating cash and start spending it
The best way to get your ‘salt money’ after retiring
The ‘Trumping’ up of annuities
Annuity sharks smell blood with market volatility
‘Joint life’ may be the best gift you could ever give
Don’t fall for misleading annuity advertisements
Should retirees shoulder the risk or transfer it?
Should retirees shoulder the risk or transfer it?
The interest-rate struggle with annuities
How the annuity ‘free look’ can save you from a big mistake
Why the last check you write before you die should bounce
Why an annuity? ‘It’s the income, stupid’
QLACs mark first year in traditional IRAs
Do you have a financial-identity disorder?
Why immediate annuities still matter
Charitable gift annuities are the gifts that keep on giving
Why that ‘guarantee’ on your annuity might be a red flag
‘*8% guaranteed’? Follow the asterisk before buying
Busting the most enduring annuity myths
Probe by Elizabeth Warren into annuity incentives long overdue
How to spot empty promises in an annuity pitch
Sound too good to be true? It’s probably an indexed annuity
Why we hate annuities
Make sure to max out your ‘mortality credit card’
How to time annuity purchases
