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Question of the day: is an annuity better than a pension? Tough question, loaded question. I will have to break that question down just like your English teacher broke down sentences. Is an annuity better than a pension because it's a bit broader? It always is in the annuity world. You need to know many more details.

Today's topic is a good one. It's about how annuities transfer risk. Annuities are insurance policies. Insurance companies exist to make a profit. That is correct. Annuities are issued by life insurance companies, all annuity types, and yes, life insurance companies are in the business to make a profit.

So how much do you need to pay yourself? How much will an annuity for lifetime income pay using our calculators? Good question. So if you're looking for a monthly annuity calculator, what will an annuity pay me for life per month? How do I calculate that?

Today's topic is one I screamed at the top of my lungs when I saw because one of my dearly beloved clients emailed me this article that said, "Index annuities are the perfect solution to inflation."

So the question is, how to get out of a fixed annuity? The easy answer is to die, but that's not a very good strategy and undoubtedly not replicable. I love it when people use the word "annuity" as all-encompassing. There are so many different types. So let's just look at the fixed annuity types.

Boy, these ads are starting to pop up, aren't they? Free annuity report. As they say, be careful when it's free, right? You got to dig a little further than that. The annuity industry has earned its bad reputation and sales reputation.

Today's topic is about Single Premium Immediate Annuity death benefits. The death benefits of an immediate annuity. There’s a lot of misinformation out there, as you can only imagine because people are... I read something the other day. It was from a really smart person.

Today's topic is setting up those annuity beneficiaries, so when your Learjet hits the mountain, you make sure that the annuity company doesn't keep a penny, even though they're on the hook to pay for the contractual guarantee you put in place.

I'm going to tell you why this one has been brought to the forefront for me to talk about how to buy an annuity, just the down and dirty basics of why we're doing this.When you see the MYGA feed on my site, I can sell that. I'm not saying you need an annuity, but understand that we sell them.

So, how do I know if my annuity is qualified? So, what is a qualified annuity? It's an annuity where you've used funds that have not been taxed, like your traditional IRA, which leads me to a little bit of a rant.

So, how do you calculate taxable income on an annuity? It's very important for you to understand the taxation of annuities. You can use our proprietary calculators to run quotes on your own terms and timeframe with absolutely no sales pitch.

We're talking about enhanced benefit riders and some examples.

Today we're talking about annuity comparisons, MYGAs, and Multi-Year Guarantee Annuities versus CDs. What's the difference? Are they the same? Should I buy them?

Today, we are looking at Single Premium Immediate Annuities, the granddaddy of all annuity products.

Today’s topic is a great one. Why do people hate Stan the Annuity Man®? He's so intense. Here's the bottom line. We’ll talk about this at length, but at the end of the day, I'm so intense because I want to make sure that you make a good, informed, and factual decision if you're considering annuities.