How Annuities Can Help Achieve Your Retirement Goals

How Annuities Can Help Achieve Your Retirement Goals

Today's topic is a good one. That's the reason you clicked it, right? How annuities can help you achieve your retirement goals. Easy for me to say. Now, for all you haters who clicked it and said, "That's not happening with me, man. That's not going to happen." It's already happening, player.
How to Talk Annuities With a Spouse

How to Talk Annuities With a Spouse

Today's topic is interesting: talking to your spouse or partner about annuities and telling them about contractual guarantees. For most people, when you hear the word annuity, it either equals hate or a curse word. I mean, they've heard nothing but bad things about annuities.
How Early Should I Buy Annuities?

How Early Should I Buy Annuities?

What we're going to talk about today is a call I get a lot from people who are too young to buy an annuity or who might be really old and not need an annuity. But we're going to talk about age. Is it too early to buy? How do you determine that? Can you time it?
What Is the Primary Reason for Buying an Annuity?

What Is the Primary Reason for Buying an Annuity?

What is the most common use of an annuity? Well, to answer that question properly, as Stan The Annuity Man, I have to do a little bit of a history lesson. Annuities were put on the planet in Roman times as a pension-type gift for the dutiful Roman soldiers and their families.
Get Your Annuity Income Ducks in a Row: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Get Your Annuity Income Ducks in a Row: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Chapter two of your life or retirement, whatever that means to you, is when you just need money hitting the bank account to go live your life. You can go however long that's going to be. Chapter two is going to be about you. It's going to be about lifestyle; it's going to be about reclaiming your health.
How Do Annuities Solve for Inflation?

How Do Annuities Solve for Inflation?

Hi there. Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent licensed in all 50 states. I am so glad you joined me today because today's topic is key. A lot of people ask me this, "Stan The Annuity Man, how do annuities help solve for inflation?"
What Happens When an Annuity Owner Dies Before Annuitization?

What Happens When an Annuity Owner Dies Before Annuitization?

So, what happens when an annuity owner dies before annuitization? It's a sad thought. Hi, I'm Stan the Annuity Man. Typically I'm bouncing off the walls, I'm happy, but we're talking about death, so I'm just going to bring it down a little bit.
Your Retirement Plan Is Not an Annuity Game: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Your Retirement Plan Is Not an Annuity Game: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is a good one. Listen up, lean in, get comfortable, and grab a coffee because what we will talk about is your retirement plan is not an annuity game. There are a lot of people in the annuity industry who are just looking for nails, and they're the hammer.
What Happens at the End of a MYGA Term?

What Happens at the End of a MYGA Term?

Hi, my name is Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent licensed in all 50 states. That's yours as well. Yes, I do sell annuities when they're appropriate and suitable, and I do encourage you to go to my site and get all of my books.
How Much Do You Really Need to Retire?

How Much Do You Really Need to Retire?

Today's topic is how much do you need to retire? In this case, we're talking about money, but I will cover other things because that's what I do. I can free form this, but how much money do you need to retire? I'm going to tell you how to do that. It's very simple.
Annuities vs Market Volatility

Annuities vs Market Volatility

Hi there, Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent, licensed in all 50 states. Boy, today's topic is a good one. My director and all the smart people in the room were like, "Stan, don't yell. Please don't yell for this topic."
How Much Do You Need to Start an Annuity?

How Much Do You Need to Start an Annuity?

How much do you need to start an annuity? Promise me one thing. Do not ask anyone that but me, because that is a salesperson's dream. And you know, The Annuity Man is where annuities are bought, not sold.
Annuities Will Do What You Contractually Need: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Annuities Will Do What You Contractually Need: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is a very good one and one that I want to stick in the back of your head, your cerebellum, whatever that is. I want it to be what they say in the music industry, an earworm, meaning it's just stuck in there.
Don’t Buy Annuity Hypothetical Annuity Returns: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Don’t Buy Annuity Hypothetical Annuity Returns: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is a good one that will inform the masses and upset some people trying to sell annuities, and it's titled 'Do Not Buy Annuity Hypothetical Returns.'
Lifetime Income Annuity: Single Or Joint Life

Lifetime Income Annuity: Single Or Joint Life

Hello, Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent licensed in all 50 states. That would include yours and yes, I do sell annuities, but only if they're appropriate and suitable. Let's talk about lifetime income annuities and whether you should set it up as single life or joint life. We're going to do that right now.