Get Smarter

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.

The fabulously smart Jay Zawatsky made his second appearance on my Fun With Annuities podcast to cover one of the most fascinating topics I’ve covered in a while…How Debt and Energy Connect.

Hi there, Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent licensed in all 50 states, aka The Annuity Whisperer. I whisper the facts. So, the question today is, do historical annuity rates even matter?

Today's topic is annuity calculator comparisons. Of course, we have the best annuity calculators on the planet, but some other people out there are trying to provide quotes as well, and that's fine.

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, we're talking about rolling your 401K into an annuity. Should you do that? Could you do that? Why should you do that? Somebody's trying to make you do that.

What are we talking about today? Retirement planning. Do you even need an annuity? I know you're saying, "What? What did you say? You're Stan the Annuity Man and licensed in all 50 states.

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.

Mark Iwry has been called “A UNIQUELY POWERFUL Washington wonk.” A hero of our retirement system. A pension rock star. One of the world’s 30 top financial players. A legend. An inspiration.

I'm glad you joined me for this blog. It's on joint and survivor annuity. And for whatever reason, that verbiage has survived. We're going to talk about it so that Martha and Chester can understand it.

Someone asked a great question: "How do annuity payouts work?" "Hey, Stan, I thought all annuities were the same. Hey, Stan, this guy on television said, 'I hate all annuities.' Hey, Stan, my broker, advisor, and master of the universe said never to look at annuities."

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."

I saw something the other day where the amount of people whose 401ks and IRAs have gone past a million dollars is a lot, and it is a boatload, as they say.

The question of the day is sent in from one of our subscribers from our Stan The Annuity Man YouTube. The question is, "When you said fund from an IRA or other sources, is my understanding correct that funding from a traditional IRA or a Roth IRA is not a taxed event?"

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.