Income

Income can refer to cash flow derived from a variety of sources, including personal earnings, investment earnings, businesses or even real estate. These forms of income are generally referred to as earned income. There are also sources of unearned income, particularly when discussing investments. Dividends, capital gains and interest are common examples of unearned income.

Retirement Planning with TIPS and Longevity Annuities

Gowri Shankar of the University of Washington has published an article on the use of Treasury Inflation -Protected Securities ( TIPS ) and longevity annuities. Shankar suggests that a combination of TIPS and longevity insurance provides an optimal strategy when the objective is guaranteed retirement income. Shankar demonstrates that the combination affords the ability to sustain relatively high withdrawal rates while minimizing the probability of financial ruin in retirement. The strategy also...

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Putnam CEO Sees Market for Annuities and Other Retirement Income Products Reaching $5.5 Trillion by 2020

Putnam Investments President and CEO Robert Reynolds has been a consistently vocal advocate of retirement reform. Reynolds believes that the retirement planning landscape requires revamping so that annuities and other sources of guaranteed retirement income play a more prominent role. During a recent industry conference, Reynolds discussed the notion of a "product allocation" in the context of retirement finances: A crucial part of the reform effort is helping to protect workers` savings as...

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The Top Reasons to Consider an Annuity

Annuities are complex, largely misunderstood, and often misrepresented in popular financial media.

The reality, though, is that these financial products are becoming an increasingly important part of the financial plans of millions of people around the world. In fact, annuities are a vital component of the...

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