Shootin’ It Straight with Stan®

Today's topic is, do you have lifetime income insurance? I know what you're saying. "Stan, that's sappy. We know where you're headed with this. You're going to talk about." No, I'm going to start out by asking you some questions. Do you have car insurance? Do you have home insurance?

Today's topic is “Can you actually cross the retirement finish line?” I'm running into this a lot right now. I had a call the other day and these people had enough money that they never had to worry about another thing. All they had to do was just peel off interest, and never touch the principal. It was done.

We are all familiar with the red hat MAGA, Make America Great Again. We know all the baggage that comes with that. Some people are in it. Some people hate it. I don't care, I'm not political. I'm Stan, the Annuity Man®. But instead of MAGA, Making America Great Again. I have a new red hat. It's MYGA, Making Yield Great Again.

Today's topic is a motivational one. It's called you need an annuity cancer doctor. You're saying, "Wait, whoa, whoa, don't you cross a line there with old cancer word." You know what? I can do that because I am a recovering cancer survivor.

I'm going to cover a topic that is timely, especially in these markets where things are up and down and all over the place. The topic of today is "it's okay to miss out." Obviously, I'm talking about market gains or the next Bitcoin or the next Tesla or the next Apple.

Today's topic is a good one, the industry uses this phrase to sell Indexed Annuities. I'm a big fan of Indexed Annuities, we probably sell more than anyone on the planet, but I tell people all the time, "These are CD products.

Today's topic, fear and greed loses to contractual and simple. I always tell people, if it sounds too good to be true, it is every single time. And if you're looking for the perfect product, eventually you will find a person that will tell you that they have it and they'll try to sell it to you.

Today's topic is I bond, no brainer. Yes, I only sell annuities. Yes, I only sell annuities for their contractual guarantees. You own an annuity for what it will do. Not what it might do®. I used to be with Dean Witter and Morgan Stanley, UBS PaineWebber.

The topic is there's a limit to how many annuities you can buy. There's a limit to annuity purchases. You may say, "Wait a minute. You're saying that if I wanted to put everything I had in annuities you wouldn't make the transaction? You wouldn't sell it to me?

The topic of the day, it's time for a financial intervention, or is it time for a financial intervention? I guess you have to ask yourself that question. I was on a phone call with a guy today and it was one of those things where I told him “You've already won the game, why are you still playing?”

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.