May 15, 2024
The Perfect Annuity Does NOT Exist: Shootin' It Straight With Stan
Today's topic is, the perfect annuity does not exist. It does not. Even though you might have heard something at the bad chicken dinner, expensive steak dinner seminar, or some online product presentation where it sounded too good to be true.
The Cost of Waiting to Purchase an Annuity: Shootin' It Straight With Stan
Today's topic is the cost of waiting to purchase an annuity. Now I know what you're saying. Wait a minute. That sounds like a sales pitch. That sounds like some type of an angle for me to buy now, Stan. Are you pushing me to buy now?
February 5, 2024
Annuity Death Benefits: Are They Taxable?
Today, a little bit of motivation. We're going to talk about death. Yes, that's a motivational topic. But we need to talk about annuity death benefits. Are they taxable? How do they work? All that stuff. You need to know that because you must control things from the grave. You need to set things up for your family.
February 4, 2024
Lock and Load Annuity Income Guarantees
Today's topic is lock and load for income guarantees because when you buy an annuity, you're buying a contract and locking in that guarantee. You're loading it for the future, so you're locking and loading that contractual guarantee. I want you to think about that.
February 1, 2024
Why Democrats Love Annuities
Today we're going to talk about why Democrats love annuities. The blue state. We have the red state, which are the Republicans, and then we have the Democrats. I've done a blog on why Republicans love annuities, but I think it's fair to talk about the Democrats.
January 31, 2024
Swallow the Seminar Food, Not the Annuity Pitch: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan
Welcome to Shooting it Straight With Stan. I'm your host, Stan The Annuity Man - America's annuity agent, licensed in all 50 states. I'm so glad you joined me for a great topic. You saw it and said, "Okay, I got to see what he's going to say about this." The topic is: Swallow the Seminar Food, NOT the Annuity Pitch."
January 28, 2024
How Annuities Address Social Security and Inflation
Hi there, Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent licensed in all 50 states, talking about one word and one word only today. Inflation! Inflation Stan The Annuity Man, let's talk about inflation! Let's talk about how annuities and Social Security can address inflation.
January 18, 2024
Annuity Expert Rants: Annuities and the Media
I've got a little bit of an issue with annuities and how the media treats annuities. Now, the last time I went on one of these rants, I guess, for lack of a better phrase, I got emotional about it because I was talking about the stock market decline, etc., but I'm upset about how the media talks about annuities.
January 14, 2024
Roth IRA Annuity: Are the Payments Taxed?
Let's talk about Roth IRAs in general and my take on Roth IRAs. In a perfect world where unicorns chase the butterflies, Roth IRAs should be used for non-annuity assets. You've already paid the taxes on the Roth. That should be where the growth part of your portfolio is.
January 10, 2024
The 2 Questions That Make Annuities Simple: Shootin' It Straight With Stan
Today's topic is what are the two questions that make annuities simple? See, I am Mr. Simplistic out here. Don't ask my wife. She'll probably agree with you on other terms, on other reasons for that, but annuities are simple. They should be simple. They're transfer of risk contracts that primarily solve for four things.
January 4, 2024
Inherited Annuity: What Are Your Options?
What we're talking about today is a pretty interesting subject because many people are getting older. We're living longer. 10,000 baby boomers every single day are reaching retirement age, and a lot of people are calling me because they've inherited an annuity. So, what do you do? What are your options?
January 3, 2024
Annuities Are for Do-It-Yourselfers: Shootin' It Straight With Stan
For all of you do-it-your-selfers out there who have been managing your own money and running it through the Fidelitys and the Vanguards and the TDs and the Schwabs and all those great firms out there, annuities are right up your alley because they are do-it-yourself products.