Shootin’ It Straight with Stan®

In the annuity world, there are no good answers, just bad sales pitches. On the internet, you see things like, "Oh, get up to an 18% return with market protection, with principal protection." Give me a break.

The topic is pension plans for narcissists. So you might say, "Stan, what's a narcissist." Let me give you a southern version of what a narcissist is. It's a person that says, "Hey, enough about you. Let's talk about me." In other words, it's all about them. So, what is a pension plan for a narcissist?

Today's topic's a good one. If you've won the game, then why are you still playing? I was on a call the other day, and yes, you can schedule a call with me at theannuityman.com. You can also run quotes on our proprietary calculators and get my books and watch videos and all that stuff.

Today's topic is called Sign Now, Decide Later. Sign the paperwork now, Mrs. Jones, just sign it and we'll just have it here and then you can make a decision. Never ever, ever, ever do that. This drives me crazy in the annuity business.

The topic of today is MYGA 2 SPIA income strategies. MYGA, Multi-Year Guarantee Annuity, 2 SPIA, Single Premium Immediate Annuity, income strategies. Let's talk about commissions first.

Today's topic is, "Don't buy annuity stories." That's a big one to unpack, but let's start unpacking it. In the world of sales, everybody that ever talked to me like a manager or salesperson, they're like, "Stories sell. You need to tell stories to the people because they can relate to it.

The topic for today? Biscuits and annuities. Yeah, biscuits like the biscuits you eat. See, you're saying, "Wait a minute, Stan, what do biscuits have to do with annuities?" Well, first of all, I'm from the south. I love biscuits. I've always loved biscuits. I love biscuits with gravy.

Today's topic is a unique one. I just thought, let's get down and dirty with annuities. It's called annuity P.I.G.S. P-I-G-S. Yes, like the pigs. Annuity P.I.G.S. “What's P.I.G. stand for Stan?” Good question. Portfolio Income Guarantees. Yes. It's trademarked so don't run to your lawyer.

The topic of today is the financial advice, racism, and classism crisis. I'm talking about advisors targeting people for their skin color or their working-class situation and if they're not up on all things financial. It's driving me crazy.

The topic is squeezing annuity yield. I want you to close your eyes and envision that you were in an orange grove in the state of Florida, and you pick the orange of the tree, you cut into it, and you hold it over your head, a foot away from your mouth, and you squeeze, squeeze that wonderful orange juice into your mouth.

Today's topic is unique, and when I told my CEO, She was like, "I don't know about that one." The topic is having annuity companies buy bonds for you. Now for the people that are listening to me on the podcast platforms, thank you so much, and I guess you could look at me on my Fun With Annuities YouTube channel to see my scruffy face.

Today's topic is you already own at least two annuities. You say, what? Wait. Stan, The Annuity Man®, I hate all annuities. I was told to hate all annuities. I was told that if I buy annuities, I should enter the gates of hell. Somebody told me that on TV or something to that effect. I disagree with you, Stan, The Annuity Man, person with no last name. I do not own any annuities.

Today's topic is a good one. It's your CPA is not your financial advisor. I got a call the other day, and this is not a unicorn call. I get these all of the time. The lady that called me was, unfortunately, just widowed.

Today's topic is payout rates versus interest rates. This is a big one. I recently did a talk on this to a large audience, and I thought I would bring it to you on my Shooting it Straight with Stan videos so you can hear it. There's a lot of confusion on this in the annuity world, payout rate, interest rate.

Today's topic is the inverted annuity yield curve. Now, CNBC, Fox Business, and everybody in the newspapers and the Wall Street Journal are just writing these articles about the inverted yield curve. What is that?