variable annuities
variable annuities
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by William Smith - 2006-12-06
Annuities have received a lot of bad press recently, and much of it for good reason. Life insurance agents and securities brokers often foist annuities upon their clients without properly explaining t...
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by Greg Costa - 2007-02-03
With insurance company competing for potential investors, today's variable annuities off all kind of wonderful, client friendly features and benefits that were not available just a few years ago. The ...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-05-03
I've disliked variable annuities for many years because of their high fees and onerous surrender penalties. Now, low-cost variable annuities are available that slash fees and do away with the surrende...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-05-05
Our nation has just enjoyed one of its most popular annual rituals: the Super Bowl. One can draw many lessons from the drama on the gridiron and all the hoopla surrounding it. But as I watched this ye...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-05-08
The sale of Equity-Indexed Annuities has increased 45% the first 6 months of this year. I'm concerned that the vast majority of those sales are unsuitable for the investors buying them. Oversight by t...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-05-14
Variable Annuities now offer a Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit which allows you to earn 5% or 6% even if the market drops significantly. Undoubtedly, you will be pitched a variable annuity or pr...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-05-17
I've been predicting for some time now that Equity-Indexed Annuities and the sales practices associated with them will be the Next Big Scandal of the financial services industry. And now my prediction...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-05-23
Seniors in your community may be targets of financial charlatans. I've received a number of disturbing reports recently from seniors about the abusive tactics of some advisors. Their actions are not o...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-05-30
Q. Jeff, I've been approached by someone touting the benefits of equity indexed annuity with "Company-X". They say my money will be safe, there's a minimum return and a cap with a participation rate o...
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by Jeffrey Voudrie - 2007-06-05
Everybody wants to find the secret to investing on Wall Street. But the truth is, you don't have to be a genius to be a successful equity investor. And you don't have to lock your money into restricti...