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Registered Rep. June 21, 2011 Alan Lavine |
A Good Match: Managed Payout Funds and Annuities Combining a managed payout mutual fund with a deferred immediate annuity may be a simple way to help clients plan for retirement.  |
Registered Rep. April 15, 2014 Alan Lavine |
Rethinking the Need for Immediate Annuities With today's low interest rates, immediate annuities may serve as a good proxy for bonds in older clients' investment portfolios.  |
Financial Advisor May 2012 Alan Lavine |
Sudden Impact How can advisors minimize the effect of large losses in a retirement portfolio just when clients want to begin withdrawals?  |
Financial Advisor August 2010 Alan Lavine |
A Good Fit Immediate annuities fit well in retirement income plans.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Retirement Income Products: A Wish List America faces a retirement crisis that is perhaps even bigger than the "47 million uninsured" crisis we face in healthcare. Which financial products can individuals purchase today to reduce the risk of outliving their assets?  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Strategy Will Save Your Retirement It's not just about income. Even retired investors can afford to invest a modest amount in growth stocks.  |
The Motley Fool October 24, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Get Income for Life: Part 2 Today's retirees can look forward to longer lives than their parents and grandparents enjoyed. With that longer lifespan, however, comes the need to save more. Different types of annuities offer different benefits and pitfalls.  |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2012 Alan Lavine |
Insuring Income You'd like to insure at least part of your client's income for life. But do you choose a variable annuity with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit? Or an immediate annuity?  |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 J. Graham |
Beware of Brokers Bearing Annuities Annuities may sound good, but their costs overwhelm their benefits. Stockbrokers and financial advisors love to sell annuities because of the high commissions they reap. My ex-broker sold one to me, and it has proven to be the most restrictive, highest-cost, least-liquid, and poorest-performing investment in my portfolio.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg |
The Problem With a Long Life Academics are stepping forward, seeking to describe portfolios that will produce maximum returns while ensuring that retirees don't outlive their assets  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Income Choices Retirement income is a growth industry, and the menu of products is expanding fast. Immediate annuities and variable annuities with living benefits are established products, while longevity insurance and standalone living benefits are more recent additions.  |
Knowledge@Wharton August 27, 2003 |
How Much Money Will You Need for Retirement? More Than You Think What you don't know can't hurt you, according to the old saying. When it comes to retirement planning, though, the old saying doesn't apply.  |
Registered Rep. January 15, 2013 Alan Lavine |
Solving the Riddle of the Immediate Annuity Clients torn between leaving money to heirs or buying an immediate annuity? Here's how to help them decide.  |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Melanie Waddell |
New Options in 401(k)s Immediate annuities and longevity insurance help tackle retirees' income conundrum.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Live Long and Prosper How can you help clients balance their asset needs with longer life expectancies? Longevity insurance may do the trick.  |
Financial Advisor September 2012 Alan Lavine |
The Price Of Old Age Longevity insurance may appeal to some clients who want guaranteed income late in life.  |
Investment Advisor March 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Searching for Security As affluent retirees' worries about their financial well-being continue to mount due to the market and economic swoon, sales of immediate annuities are seeing a significant spike.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Mark Miller |
Five Ways to Change Your Clients' Retirement Math These basic moves can make a big difference.  |
Financial Advisor October 2006 Mary Rowland |
The Fountain Of Extended Longevity Increasing life expectancies are -- or should be -- changing fundamental financial planning.  |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Defer Paying Tax: Part 2 Simple rules of thumb are handy for investors; in general, taking advantage of opportunities to eliminate or defer payment of tax is a smart move.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Dave Lindorff |
Annuity Ladders People facing retirement want guaranteed income, and they also want liquidity, so purchasing annuities over a period of time, even into retirement, makes sense.  |
Registered Rep. September 18, 2012 Mark Miller |
Advisors, plan sponsors falling short on Social Security advice Most Americans need help when it comes to understanding how to get the most out of their Social Security benefits. But a new study shows that financial advisors aren't very knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the program, either.  |
Registered Rep. July 12, 2013 Mark Miller |
Retirement Spending Is Not A Straight Line The standard method of projecting a client's spending pattern may have them saving too much.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Ilana Polyak |
You Should Live So Long Offered only since 2005, longevity insurance can protect against living a very, very long time by providing income at the tail end of retirement.  |
Financial Advisor November 2011 Jim Frederick |
Building A Moat Advisors give longevity insurance another look as clients face longer life spans and financial anxiety.  |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Mary Rowland |
The Future Is Immediate Annuities Forget plastics and hedge funds. Clients sleep better with a steady income. Financial advisors know about immediate annuities. But do you use them?  |
Registered Rep. June 13, 2011 Mark Miller |
Insure Against Longevity Risk with Immediate Annuities There are signs that the SPIA is poised to play an even larger role in the retirement landscape.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 Robert Brokamp |
Annuities: Who Needs Them? Looking for an expensive, ho-hum way to save for retirement? Then an annuity might be for you.  |
Registered Rep. June 17, 2014 Alan Lavine |
Who Should Buy an Income Annuity? Pre-retirees looking to secure future income might be attracted to deferred income annuities, and indeed sales of the policies are accelerating.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Pamela J. Black |
The Pros and Cons of Annuities With retirement accounts battered by the bear market, guaranteed income from a fixed annuity now has more appeal, especially for clients who may be too close to retirement to count on a rebound from equity markets alone. This article surveys types of annuities, tax implications, and fees.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Are the Times Changing? A new study shows that 75% of advisors say they provide a written plan for their clients' retirement planning. Read on to see more specifically what they are doing.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Kevin McKinley |
Immediate Annuities Equal Tax Rewards Thanks to a quirk in the tax code, using an immediate annuity may give your clients both higher income and lower taxes -- catapulting the after-tax return on an immediate annuity well beyond what is offered by other conservative fixed-income investments.  |
Investment Advisor July 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Drivers of Annuity Sales Assets in annuities will jump to $2.9 trillion by 2012 -- a compound annual growth rate of 7.9% -- sparked by demographic trends and product development that addresses both guaranteed income and principal protection.  |
Registered Rep. February 8, 2013 Mark Miller |
What's a Safe Withdrawal Rate in Retirement? For years, the rule-of-thumb answer has been 4 percent, adjusted annually for inflation. But a growing number of financial planning experts are re-thinking that number.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Ilana Polyak |
Annuities, Revisited Financial advisors who once sneered at annuities are now realizing that they could be a magic bullet.  |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Tracey Longo |
Living Long, Living Well A handful of insurers and advisors have been touting "longevity insurance" for several years now -- an income annuity-based product they hoped would catch fire with retirees frightened of going broke.  |
Financial Advisor September 2007 Alan Lavine |
Looking For Certainty Sponsors of 401(k) and 403(b) plans want employees to draw a stable source of retirement income from them. But it's a daunting task to manage a portfolio of mutual funds while withdrawing money, based on government-mandated minimum distribution rules. A few plan sponsors already have begun adding income replacement funds to solve this problem.  |
On Wall Street December 1, 2009 Geoffrey Stiff |
When Your Client's Retirement Plan Is Washed Away, You Can Rebuild it Investors who are close to retirement are emerging from their storm cellars to assess the damage their retirement portfolios suffered during last year's financial tornados.  |
The Motley Fool October 24, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Get Income for Life Today's retirees can look forward to longer lives than their parents and grandparents enjoyed. With that longer lifespan, however, comes the need to save more to last throughout a longer retirement. Immediate annuities can reduce longevity risk, but be aware of costs.  |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Eric Rasmussen |
Switching From Offense To Defense Financial planners look at the critical zone in the five years before and after retirement.  |
Registered Rep. August 12, 2011 Diana Britton |
Retirement Income Fever The industry has responded to the great wave of retirees that has just begun with an increased focus on creating retirement income streams -- successfully. It's always a tough feat, what with expanding life expectancies and estimating health care needs far out in the future.  |
Registered Rep. November 14, 2014 Kevin McKinley |
Tapping Annuities for an Early Retirement Annuities can offer nearly unlimited savings potential and unique benefits that can pique the interest of would-be early retirees.  |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Ellen Hoffman |
Annuities: Don't Believe The Hype Many of the tax benefits of variable annuities no longer exist, but the hard sell continues  |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Kevin McKinley |
The Case For (and Against) Immediate Annuities Right now your retired clients face a number of conundrums as they search for reliable sources of income. Retirees looking for safe, predictable income can get a big boost from immediate annuities when compared to other options.  |
Investment Advisor March 3, 2011 Danielle Andrus |
Does the Federal Government Have a Future in Annuities? Two professors propose a solution to pay for retirement  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
Immediate Gratification New studies show that Immediate annuities add both income and stability to a retirement portfolio.  |
Registered Rep. June 26, 2015 Mark Miller |
When Retirement Comes Early Planners need to consider a range of more practical questions with clients weighing an early retirement.  |
Financial Advisor November 2011 Alan Lavine |
Finding A Floor Annuities gain traction in a world of low returns.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Ed Slott |
Newfangled Annuities A new tool has been proposed to help their clients manage the pace of distributions from their retirement accounts and to ease their fears about outliving their life expectancy. In February, the IRS released proposed regulations about the establishment of "qualified longevity annuity contracts."  |
Registered Rep. November 16, 2010 Alan Lavine |
Growth Opportunities: Immediate Annuities And Qualified Retirement Plans There's a window of opportunity for financial advisors to build business: They can use annuities available in 401k plans to help workers with their post-retirement income.  |