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Annuities in 401 (k) Plans
2007-04-10 18:29:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); In a recent Investmentnews.com article there was a debate about annuities in 401 (k) plans, specifically adding immediate annuities to these plans. While I generally agree that adding an income annuity to a retirement plan may not be a ba... More About: Plans , Plan , Nuit , Annuities
Alternatives to Variable Annuities
2007-04-04 18:58:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); There was a recent article posted on thestreet.com talking about four alternatives to variable annuities. What the author failed to mention was there is no true alternative to a variable annuity and the suggestions made have totally diffe... More About: Alternative , Vari , Aria , Alternatives , Varia
Free Lunch Annuity Seminars
2007-04-04 01:47:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); There has been a crack down on free lunch seminars in Florida, Missouri and many other states. The crack down is because of a few rogue brokers or agents recommending unsuitable investments to the elderly. While this is a very serious iss... More About: Lunch , Seminars , Free , Seminar , Semi
Personal Savings Rate Still Negative
2007-04-02 16:09:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); According to the BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis, the personal savings rate as compared to disposable income is still negative 1.2%. This means that Americans continue to spend more than they earn. Even more disturbing is the fact that p... More About: Personal , Stil , Still , Person , Negative
?The Perils of Annuities??
2007-04-02 02:29:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); The anti-annuity bias is alive and well in the press and by many financial writers. I watch for Annuity news everyday so I can point out irregularities and flat outright misinformation being told about these products. I do this because, f... More About: Peri , Nuit , Annuities
New Legislation Could Mean Boom for Annuities
2007-03-30 16:54:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); There is legislation that is being introduced called The Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007. Basically, the proposal would allow for a portion of income, up to $20,000 a year derived from an annuity that offers a lifetime income gua... More About: Legislation , Boom , Legi , Nuit , Annuities
Variable Annuities Are Dead!
2007-03-29 17:38:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); This is the headline that a certain, previously mentioned, financial writer wrote back in 1997. I would just like to point out that he was, and still is, wrong. NAVA just released their fourth quarter variable annuity sales data yesterday... More About: Vari , Dead , Aria , Varia , Nuit
Be Careful Out There!
2007-03-28 17:29:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); When shopping or looking for annuity information you will find many websites that are offering free information. These websites are more than happy to help you make an Annuity decision, simply give them your name, contact information and ... More About: Out There , Care , Here , Careful , There
Mr. Burns At It Again
2007-03-12 20:18:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); There are certainly a lot of anti-annuity financial writers around, but there is one who is totally anti-Annuity. That would be Mr. Burn s who writes for a newspaper in Texas. Now, I do not disagree with everything Mr. Burns writes about, ... More About: Again
The Fool?s are At It Again
More articles from this author:2007-02-07 16:04:00 Loading... @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/css/gsearc h.css"); window._uds_nbw_donotrepair = true; @import url("http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/ newsbar/gsnewsbar.css"); function LoadNewsBar() { var newsBar; var options = { largeResultSet : false, title : "In the news", horizontal : true, autoExecuteList : { executeList : ["annuity", "variable annuity", "index annuity", "mutual funds", "taxes"] } } newsBar = new GSnewsBar(document.getElementById("newsBa r-bar"), options); } // arrange for this function to be called during body.onload // event processing GSearch.setOnLoadCallback(LoadNewsBar); I have RSS feeds from all the main news sources that pick up on any annuity story, so I see most, if not all stories written about annuities. This allows me to do my part and try to correct mistakes the authors make, which are usually vas... More About: Fool , Again 1, 2 |
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