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Index Compendium

Special Annuity Reporting Series - Report #1

A close look at Kimberly Lankford's 2010 Kiplinger's Finance Magazine annuity article and what it meant for you 10 years ago.
Index Compendium

Special Annuity Reporting Series - Report #2

Index annuities are purchased by consumers that don't want to read the paper each day to see if they're winners or losers, because with index annuities they know they are never losers.
Index Compendium

Special Annuity Reporting Series - Report #3

Examine the facts on index annuities' competitive performance in times of both high and low interest, and rising and falling stock markets.
Karlan Tucker - Author

The Power and Protection of an Indexed Annuity

For years, if Americans wanted opportunity, they would put their savings in the stock market. If they wanted safety, they used bank CDs or government bonds. The problem was you could have money positioned for opportunity or safety, but not both on the same dollar at the same time.
Putnam Investments

Retirement Optimal Asset Allocation

Once an individual has retired, asset allocation becomes a critical investment decision. Unfortunately, there is no consensus on what the optimal allocation should be for retirees of varying age, gender, and risk tolerance.
MetLife

Retirement Income

When would you rather lose money? That question might sound odd, since a casual reader’s reaction is likely to be “never.” But the fact is that when you are investing in the stock market over long periods of time, experiencing a bear market (down market) is an inevitable fact of financial life.
Market Watch

Retirees need fewer stocks, more annuities

Fewer stocks, more annuities. That, in essence, is the advice gleaned from two just-published reports for the benefit of those living in or approaching retirement.
Bloomberg

Fixed Indexed Annuities and the Small Business Owner

Many business owners rely on the success of their business as their sole source of income and retirement savings. Normally, financial advisers recommend diversifying portfolios among stocks and bonds.
American Equity

The "REAL BENEFITS" of Indexed Annuities with the Annual Reset Design

A history of American Equity's Index-5
Insurance News Net

Immediate Gratification: New Studies Show That Immediate Annuities Add Both Income And Stability To A Retirement Portfolio.

Immediate Gratification: New studies show that Immediate annuities add both income and stability to a retirement portfolio. Donald Jay Korn
FOX News

Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, Holds Annuities

The chairman's financial disclosure form, released Tuesday, showed that Bernanke is a millionaire, with holdings last year in no-frills investments, including U.S. Treasury securities, mutual funds and annuities.
Senior Market Advisor

One vs. 114 complaints

My annual study on index annuity complaints shows on a sales volume adjusted-basis, annuity complaints have fallen 75 percent since 2007.
T. Rowe Price

Dismal Decade Offers Cautionary Lessons for Retirees

Retirees should have a sound financial strategy for sustaining their income throughout retirement. But as the last decade has shown, the stock market is capable of upending even the best-laid plans.