Shootin’ It Straight with Stan®

Today's topic is a good one. With all the cryptocurrencies and currency, this and that. And is the new administration going to create its own cryptocurrency? And are they going to make it all digital? And is it going to go global? And will it be a global currency, or will they take out my money? Are they going to tax me in real-time? All of that talk about currency and currency traders.

Today's topic is a good one. With all the cryptocurrencies and currency, this and that. And is the new administration going to create its own cryptocurrency? And are they going to make it all digital? And is it going to go global? And will it be a global currency, or will they take out my money? Are they going to tax me in real-time? All of that talk about currency and currency traders.

The topic of the day is Monte Carlo or Stanicarlo Simulation. And you're like, "Wait a minute. What? Monte Carlo?" "Let me tell you something, son, Monte Carlo. I used to have a Monte Carlo, and I loved that car. It was a two-seater, and the women loved it." Now I'm not talking about that, Chester.

Today's topic is lifestyle income guarantee, not lifetime, lifestyle. Now, annuities as a category is the only category that provides income as long as you are breathing. There's no ROI until you die. Some say, "Well, I don't know about annuities, and I don't know about the return on that thing."

Today's topic is 4 Contractual Paths to Income Later. Income later is when I ask the two questions, what do you want the money to contractually do, and when do you want those contractual guarantees to start? An example answer to the first question is, "I want lifetime income," and an example answer to the second question is, "I want it to start in two or three years or five years or seven years or 10 years."

Today's topic is Annuity Companies Aren't Smarter Than Banks. They're not, just more regulated. Let me tell you a little story. A long time ago, a few years ago, there was this pandemic. Some say it came from a wet market where turtles were making out with bats, who were loving on ducks, who were then kissing the snakes. I didn't know what was going on.

Welcome to another Shooting It Straight With Stan blog. I am Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent, licensed in all 50 states, every single one of them. I do that all the time, and then someone on a YouTube video the other day commented, "Are you licensed in Kentucky?" Yes, I'm licensed in Kentucky, but I'm revved up today because the topic is "live off the interest until you can't." What am I talking about, Stan The Annuity Man? I'm talking about current interest rates.

Today's topic is if you'd have owned it 10 years ago. Now, if you've been to the bad chicken dinner seminar, the expensive steak dinner seminar, the marble office with the guy that says he has a too-good-to-be-true product and gives you upfront funds, market upside with no downside, unicorns chasing butterflies, and you're saying to yourself, wait a minute, that sounds too good to be true.

Thank you so much for joining us on this hot topic. Not a Hot Pocket, those are the things you eat if you're a computer dude or dude-ette. It's a hot topic. The topic is, If It Sounds Too Good to Be True, It Is. Every single time with annuities without exception.

Today's topic comes from a client of mine. I was on a phone call with her today, and she said something, and I said, "Stop. Stop talking. I got to write this down," because most of my really good video and blog ideas come from you. When I get on the phone with you, I use my mouth and ears proportionately, two ears, one mouth. I'm listening to you.

Today's topic is, Are You Surfing Beside a Cruise Ship? I want you to think about that. Have you ever been on a cruise and you're like, "Man, that is a big boat." I always wondered how does that boat float with all that weight? I don't get it. No one ever really explained cruise ships and how they float to me.

Today's topic is Chapter Two Should Be All About You. What is chapter two, Stan The Annuity Man®? Are we talking about books? Are we talking about movies? What are we talking about? Chapter two is the second part of your life after you stop working.

Today's topic is four words. Never touch the principal. Those are the four words I want you to focus on. Never touch the principal. What am I talking about? I am talking about the interest rate environment we're in right now at the time of this blog.

Today's topic is a heady one, one that will make you scratch your head a little bit and go, "Man, Stan, I didn't know you were that smart. I didn't know you were that well-read. My goodness."

Great topic today. It's a head-scratcher, and it's going to make you think. The topic is Market Needle or Annuity Haystack. We'll talk about markets, ups and downs, volatility, crypto, people trying to thread the needle to get these market returns, and if you're dependent upon so much unknown.