Annuities Or Stocks Which Should You Choose

The debate will rage on as long as we invest our money. Are there better investments than annuities? What are the best annuity rates? What are the best stocks for long term growth? The questions are a bit more complex than that so lets take a look. Stocks seem to be the darlings of the [...]

Are Annuities Right For You , Pros And Cons

Annuities offer the security many retirement investments don’t. These are especially true of people unwilling to risk their investments dollars to volatile markets, but are annuities right for you? What percentage of your investment dollars should be committed to the annuities portion of your portfolio? To start with if any investment adviser tells you all [...]

Investing In Index Annuities

Index Annuities have gained in popularity. Preservation of capital is the number one rule of investing and Index annuities offer an opportunity to implement that rule. For the more conservative investor who is concerned with market down turns Index annuities may be your answer. Index annuities let you contribute and participate in the potential growth [...]

Are Annuities Right For Your Portfolio ?

When deciding about investing in annuities you will read and hear some negativity. Some financial adviser steer their clients away from annuities. There are several reasons for this but lets explore a few.  Either because they don’t offer annuities or they don’t believe in the investment model, sometimes annuities get a bad rap. Annuities offer [...]

How to Buy Annuities

While annuities should not be your sole investment vehicle to fund your retirement, annuities do provide an important component source for funding your retirement years. Knowing how annuities function, how to buy annuities can determine the outcome of your retirement plan, before you retire. We have listed a few tips on how to buy annuities [...]

Investing in Tax Sheltered Annuities Makes Sense

Most educated investors have the same goal with their investments. Long-term growth and wealth accumulation. Some people have no aversion to watching their investments bounce up and down on a day-to-day basis. Still others insist on more stability even at the risk of a lower return. The older an investor becomes the more likely their [...]

Investing in Variable Annuities A Valuable Option

A variable annuity offers a broad spectrum of investment options to accommodate your particular investment strategy. The value of your investment will vary depending on the performance of the particular options you choose. Variable annuities are typically mutual funds that invest in stocks, bonds, and money market instruments or combination thereof. Variable annuities differ from [...]

Investing In Fixed Annuities For Your Retirement

An annuity is a contract between you and an insurance company; they can be either fixed or variable annuities. Under that contract, the insurer agrees to make periodic payments to you, either immediately or at some point in the future. In a fixed annuity, the insurance company guarantees that you will earn a minimum rate [...]