Comments on: Annuities Or Stocks Which Should You Choose http://fisherannuity.com/understanding-annuities/annuities-or-stocks-which-should-you-choose/ Your Online Resource for Understanding Annuities Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:42:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Paul Petillo http://fisherannuity.com/understanding-annuities/annuities-or-stocks-which-should-you-choose/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Paul Petillo Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:35:34 +0000 http://fisherannuity.com/?p=35#comment-22 I took Professor Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard business School and a winner of the 1997 Noel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to task over his idea that annuities are something worth considering. They are not and the combination of stocks and annuities in the wrong (read:less experienced) hands can be the death knell for a borderline portfolio. And we know that many of them currently are. I took Professor Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard business School and a winner of the 1997 Noel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to task over his idea that annuities are something worth considering.

They are not and the combination of stocks and annuities in the wrong (read:less experienced) hands can be the death knell for a borderline portfolio. And we know that many of them currently are.

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