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What are the two ways to earn interest and delay taxes? Great question and I'm glad you're here.

The CPA world is split—half love me for it, the other half, the ones trying to sell annuities and do taxes, hate me. However, the bottom line is that if you need tax advice, you need to see a CPA or a tax lawyer.

Okay, so you must be a CD buyer. Are you a CD buyer? Because if you are, you will love Multi-Year Guarantee Annuities (MYGAs).

How do you calculate an annuity and get the right quotes? First things first, you need to figure out if you need an annuity at all. And then, if you do, what type works best?

We're here today to talk about Deferred Annuities. What are they? When should you consider them? Who should buy one? These are very good questions, and we're going to go through the details.

The topic today is the general question that everybody asks me because they think all annuities are one type, work the same, and are all priced the same.

Today, we're going to talk about something really important. Not all annuity calculators are the same.

Today, we're talking about guaranteed income annuities. What comprises that guaranteed income floor? Let's talk about it.

Hi there. Stan The Annuity Man. Today, we're talking about inflation-adjusted annuities, how they work, if they're too good to be true, if they're better than sliced bread, and more.

Today, we will answer the burning question: how long will a million dollars last for retirement? There's no good answer, but I will go into the details. And if you have a million dollars, what does that mean? It might be enough, depending on your lifestyle, but let's dive into it.

"What is Annuitization?" What the heck is that? It's hard to spell and pronounce, but annuitization is a way of getting income from an annuity, whether for lifetime income or a specific period of time. We're going to go through all of that now.