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A contract that involves the insured paying a premium to an insurance company in exchange for protection against the risk of a large loss.

View Retirement Planning Calculators with a Heavy Dose of Skepticism

Consumers and financial advisors are encouraged to view retirement planning calculators and software as useful but limited tools. Consider, for example: All models are based on assumptions, so poor assumptions can lead to faulty results and decisions. Any model result is probabilistic. In other words, there is no certainty with the output. Be conservative when assessing the validity and likelihood of results. Hire a fiduciary as your "pilot." The person driving the model results should have...

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Equity-Indexed Annuities Can be a Shell Game for Consumers

The first time I visited New York I was taken in a sidewalk shell-game within 45 minutes of being in the city—no kidding. Shell games involve trying to guess where a card or any other item might reside after being shuffled among various covers by a dealer.

There are basically three reasons why I lost $40 within 45 minutes of arriving in NYC: 1) I was naïve; 2) I was overconfident in my card-spotting abilities, and; 3) there was a large amount of asymmetric information—in other words, the “dealers” (to use a polite term) had a heck of...

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Longevity Risk Listed as Top Retirement Risk - "Biggest and Most Difficult to Figure Out"

A list of ten risks faced by retirees includes the obvious such as stock market risk , but also includes issues that may not be top-of-mind for many retirees such as inflation risk and interest rate risk . Longevity risk is at the top of the list. Immediate annuities and the longevity annuity are mentioned as a potential solutions to the risk of outliving one's assets: "Given that, what's the best way to manage that risk? Social Security , traditional pensions and payout annuities all promise...

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Longevity Insurance Creates Spending and Investment Flexibility for Retirees

One in three baby boomers is expected to live into their nineties. Longevity risk or the possibility of outliving one's assets is something that should be considered by all near and current retirees. Longevity insurance or a longevity annuity is one of the most efficient ways to hedge longevity risk. Relatively large amounts of guaranteed income later in life can provide peace-of-mind and financial flexibility earlier in retirement. "Because the insurance company has held your money for a long...

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