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May 30, 2024
Annuity Sales Pitches: The Facts Behind the Most Popular One
Today's topic is a good one for me because this is the one that makes the top of my head pop off. This is the one that makes the veins pop out of my neck. This is the one when my producer saw me this morning before we got going, and they had to do makeup; I had this vein popping out of my eye.

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May 27, 2024
Annuity Ladder: Does It Create a Higher Payment?
What are we talking about today? Annuity ladders. Do annuity ladders, laddering annuities, create a higher income stream? Maybe. Good question, but let's dig deeper into how to structure annuity ladders, how they work, and why you should consider them.

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May 26, 2024
How Does a Fixed Index Annuity Work?
This is a hot topic, not the clothing line for you youngsters out there. How does a Fixed Indexed Annuity work? The Panacea product, the too good to be true, the bad chicken dinner seminar, the good steak dinner seminar where you get the filet mignon.

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May 19, 2024
An Immediate Annuity Has Been Purchased With a Single Premium (SPIA)
Hi, I'm Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent, licensed in all 50 states. Yes, we will talk about Single Premium Immediate Annuities, the granddaddy of all annuities, how that works, and why you might consider that for a lifetime income stream.

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May 16, 2024
Retirement Lifestyle: 3 Tips to Financially Care for Your Loved Ones
I'm Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent, licensed in all 50 states. What I'm doing is kind of answering the questions of how do I do this? How do I take care of my loved ones financially? Now, there's a myriad of ways to do that.

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May 13, 2024
MYGA: The Annuity Industry’s CD
The simplicity of the shirt is what we're going to be talking about today. The simplicity of Multi-Year Guarantee Annuities and how they work. And, by the way, Multi-Year Guarantee Annuities are the industry's version of a CD, a Certificate of Deposit.

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May 12, 2024
The Reality of Life With 20 Year Certain Annuities
Today's topic is one that I've wanted to do for a long time, and I got a call the other day that triggered it. The topic is the realities of life with a 20-year certain or joint life with a 20-year period certain, Immediate Annuity, or Deferred Income Annuity.

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May 9, 2024
Retirement Tips: How to Talk Annuities With a Spouse
Today's topic is interesting: how to talk to your spouse or partner about annuities and how to start telling them about contractual guarantees because most people, when you hear the word annuity, it either equals hate or it's a curse word.

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April 28, 2024
Are Fixed Index Annuities for You?
Today’s topic is going to inform a lot of people. It's going to save a lot of people from bad decisions. Hopefully, it will help the industry. I like doing that because this product is causing some issues. And the topic is, Are Fixed Index Annuities for You?