How Much Annuity Income Would the Median 401k Balance Produce?
The Lifetime Income Disclosure Act introduced by the U.S. Senate last year would require...
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Why Indexed Financial Products are Appealing
I am currently researching and am likely to purchase an indexed universal life insurance product. This first-hand research and learning process...
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Why the CPI-E should be the Focus of Seniors Concerned about Inflation
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Why Low Interest Rates Increase the Cost of Your Personal Pension Plan
Retirees and those saving for retirement should think of themselves as the managers of their own personal pension plan.
Many people used to have access to a traditional, defined benefit pension plan through their employers. With a defined benefit pension plan, someone else (an employer or professional managers hired by an employer) assumes responsibility for managing plan contributions, investments and...
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Understanding Swiss Annuities
While it might be an unusual time to provide an explanation of Swiss annuities given what has been taking place of late with the Swiss franc and related decisions made by the Swiss National Bank, it still makes sense for any financial services consumer to understand potential benefits of these products.
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Five Questions for Don McNay
Don MaNay is a financial columnist, a Huffington Post contributor and an expert in the field of structured settlements.
Don’s financial guidance is refreshingly straightforward, filled with good common sense, and geared towards a Main Street audience. His most recent book is titled Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money.
We had an opportunity to speak to Don about his financial practice and his most recent book.
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Does Buy and Hold Now Require a Floor?
The Wall Street Journal recently published an interview (see the video below) with entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
The interview is interesting for a number of reasons. Cuban talks about investing his own money and he offers some suggestions for regular, non high net worth investors.
In a nutshell, Cuban strongly believes that the “buy and hold” approach to investing is a worthless strategy.
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SOA Paper Examines Retirement Income Reality Gap
A recent paper sponsored by the...
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Calculating the Extra Yield Provided by a Life Annuity
A common question is how annuities compare to other financial products that seem similar such as bonds, certificates of deposit (CD) and money market funds. After all, each of these products promises to provide some type of fixed return in exchange for your investment.
Looking at a simple life annuity can help answer this...
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Why Low Interest Rates Have a Silver Lining
As discussed in a recent post, ultra low interest rates are an...
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