Annuity Comparison Chart

Not all annuity comparison charts are created equal. In this video, I explain what to look for in a useful annuity comparison chart, why contractual guarantees matter more than projections, and how to compare products based on what they are guaranteed to do. Learn how to evaluate fixed-rate annuities and lifetime income options, compare guarantees across carriers, and avoid charts or sales pitches built around hypothetical performance rather than the contract itself.
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00:00 Introduction to the Video
00:46 Bad Annuity Comparison Charts
01:50 Truth About Most Annuity Charts
02:37 Real Annuity Comparison Charts
03:26 How You Can Compare Annuity Quotes Anonymously
05:19 How To Choose The Best Annuity Carrier
06:29 Important Advice Before Buying Annuities
06:54 Helpful Resources
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- 0:00 Introduction to the Video
- 0:46 Bad Annuity Comparison Charts
- 1:50 Truth About Most Annuity Charts
- 2:37 Real Annuity Comparison Charts
- 3:26 How You Can Compare Annuity Quotes Anonymously
- 5:19 How To Choose The Best Annuity Carrier
- 6:29 Important Advice Before Buying Annuities
- 6:54 Helpful Resources
- 7:34 Next Video To Watch
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Hi there, Stan the Annuity Man,
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America's annuity agent, licensed in all
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50 states of Puerto Rico. Founder of CGO
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contractual guarantees only. What that
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means, you own an annuity for what it
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will do, not what it might do. Never buy
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hypotheticals or theoreticals or
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potential growth. Buy the contractual
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guarantees and you will be very happy
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with the annuity that you purchase.
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Today's uh topic is a little weird, but
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if you're looking for this, I'm going to
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explain it to you. It's it's called
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annuity comparison charts.
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Are there such things as annuity
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comparison charts? There's good ones and
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then there's bad ones. And we're going
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to talk about both of those after this.
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[music]
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Let's start with the bad annuity
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comparison charts. There's a lot of
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services out there now and one of them
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is run by a very good friend of mine.
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Um, and I always make fun of him. I'm
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like, you're showing unicorns chasing
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butterflies and you're charging people
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for it. It's with non-G guaranteed
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return scenarios, whether it be Rias,
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variable annuities, or index annuities.
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Those are non-G guaranteed returns. I
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only do contractual guarantees. So,
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there's a lot of comparison analysis on
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those, which is insane. It's crazy. And
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if you're trying to analyze that, go
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just go buy stocks, ETFs, just just I
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said this the other day, and it was
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pretty controversial, but I'm g say it
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again. Real market growth does not have
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surrender charges.
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Let me say it again. If someone pitches
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you something and they say, "This is
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going to get you market growth." You
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ask, "Does it have surrender charges?"
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If the answer is yes, you don't need it.
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Go buy stocks and ETFs and all. Just go
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just go get that market.
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So there's a lot of annuity comparison
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charts out there for hypotheticals,
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theoreticals, projections, back tested
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historical unicorns chasing the
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butterflies. I love historical, sir.
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It's historical. What's historical? The
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the what would have happened 10 years
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ago, savant? You mean that? Give me a
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break. I had two consultants come into
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my office a couple years ago and I
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kicked them out of course but after they
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gave the presentation of the
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hypotheticals and the theoreticals of
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the index annuity return scenario and I
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said to them so how do you project that
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when the annuity companies can change
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the rules at their discretion crickets
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what's that cricket sound I think real
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annuity comparison charts are what you
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can find at my site
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No way, Stan. Did you get ahead of this?
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You think I did? So, let's just say
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multi-year guarantee annuities.
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It's the annuity industry version of a
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CD. I call them annuity bonds because
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you're buying a guaranteed for
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guaranteed interest rate for a specific
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period of time from a specific annuity
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company. Life insurance companies issue
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annuities. Specific life
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insurance/anuity company. It's
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guaranteed. It's contractual. If you go
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to my site, you put in your state of
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residence, put in the duration you're
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looking at. Up pops the comparison
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chart. We list them from top to bottom.
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From the top yield of surrender all the
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way down. That's pretty simple, right?
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24/7 365. You don't have to put in any
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personal information. But here's where
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it gets fun.
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And here's what sets us apart. When you
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do lifetime income quotes, spdsqlx
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income writers on my site, first of all,
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you don't have to put in your name. You
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don't have to put in your email address.
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And you do not have to put in your phone
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number. All you need to put in is your
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date of birth, your gender, and your
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state of residence. You can quote it
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anonymously. I'm going to I'm going to
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let you pause for a second and think
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about that. You can get real quotes
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anonymously, and I'm proud of that. I'm
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not some data company. I'm not trying to
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sell your your name like other sites do.
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They're getting your name. Guess what
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they're doing? They're selling it. $150
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to $300 a pop every time you sign up is
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potentially what they're going to charge
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to sell your your name and your phone
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number. Be careful out there, player.
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It's the reason we pulled it down.
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People would ask, "Do you sell my No, I
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don't sell it." I finally went, "Let's
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not even ask for it. If I'm a consumer
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and I'm looking for annuities, I want
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the quotes. You don't need to know about
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me, Stan, until I want you to know about
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me. Until I'm thinking about you being
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my agent. Makes sense, right? Some
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annuity comparison quote, the MA stuff
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that we do, no brainer. The the lifetime
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income stuff that we do, those quotes,
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we show comparisons. We show life only,
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life with 10, life with cash refund,
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life with installment refund, period
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certain
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comparing how the companies
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price those guarantees in
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price the life expectancy in combination
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with the guarantee and we and we quote
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all carriers comparison quote and we're
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always trying to get better. We're
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always pushing the the companies to give
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us more to give us more information and
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then we try to make it simple for you to
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decipher. Annuities are commodity
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products. Not one's better than the
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other. You shop all carriers for the
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highest contractual guarantee. For
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lifetime income, it's A+ or better. No
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exceptions.
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No exceptions. Period. Lifetime income.
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We're going to marry that company for
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life as long as you're breathing and or
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on a respirator.
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for MAS, fixed rate annuities, annuity
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bonds, we're dating them. It could be
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less than A+, but I'm going to make that
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call. I'm going to make that
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recommendation. I'm going to be the one
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looking under the hood. I'm going to be
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the one making the determination. Does
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not only that company have good
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financials to back up the claim, but are
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they good to work with administratively,
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even though we're the ones working with
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them on your behalf? I have the largest
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staff in the country. They're all under
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one roof in Las Vegas, Nevada. We're
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open 12 hours a day, Monday through
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Friday, and eight hours a day on on
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Saturday. Unmatched.
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Unmatched. Every single person in that
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office, including the receptionist, is
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licensed in all 50 states because they
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legally have to be, but they're not on
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commission. They are on salary and they
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work as a team on your situation and for
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our clients. And we want you as a
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client.
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So, annuity comparison charts, yeah, you
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can get them. Just be careful and be
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careful with agents, advisors with
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agendas trying to steer you in the
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direction of a product. Choose the
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product for the highest contractual
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guarantee. Annuities solve for four
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things. Principal protection, income for
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life, legacy, and long-term care. You
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ask two questions. What do you want the
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money to contractually do and when do
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you want those contractual guarantees to
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start? That's it. That's how it works.
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Then you go to our site and you run
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quotes. And then when you're ready to go
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and engage, email me
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stantheanuityman.com
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or book a call and we'll take it across
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the finish line. It's that simple. So
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yes, there are annuity comparison charts
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out there. We have the best. That's not
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being a homer. That's just, hey, me
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being competitive, looking at everybody,
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what everybody has, what we had, and
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making ours better.
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[laughter]
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That's capitalism, right?
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You know, we're going to outwork you,
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outthink you, and outspend you. I mean,
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I played division one basketball. You
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know, I had to survive
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for you. I'm trying to give you the best
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product out there. One last thing, there
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is a video I did on how to utilize the
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quote system and the calculators. It's a
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video above me. It's spinning clock.
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You'll see it. I would encourage you to
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check that out just to drive it home and
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then start going to my site on a weekly
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basis, running quotes, seeing what the
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numbers are, and then engaging with us.
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We're not hammers looking for nails.
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We're We're here to help. We're the
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biggest. We're the baddest. We're the
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largest, but we're not hammers looking
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for nails. Annuities are contracts.
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There's no urgency to buy it. The
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urgency is for you to understand what
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you're buying. Hello.
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Nod your head. My name is Stan the
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Annuity Man. See you next time.
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