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Indexed Annuities: The New Retirement Pensions?

Tucker Advisors

Indexed Annuities: The New Retirement Pensions? In other words, the large majority of us can no longer rely on our employers to fund our retirement plans. For one, it can be a better instrument for growing retirement savings. But, without pensions, employees also can’t predict an exact monthly income for their retirement.

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Understanding Money & Investing

Discipline Funds

Understanding Money If you start with the following book, white paper and videos you’ll have a very solid starting point for understanding money: Pragmatic Capitalism – What Every Investor Needs to Know About Money and Finance (the only item on this page that is not free.

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Are Insurance Companies Safe?

Tucker Advisors

This trend is causing ripple effects in the general public, especially among those who are getting closer to retirement age and want to protect their savings from market volatility. Private policyholders of indexed annuities enjoy the same protection from risk as these giant corporations. References. Sources: 1.

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Transcript: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

The Big Picture

Elizabeth Burton : I think it’s because I went into risk management straight out school on the risk side of fund to funds and, and various other industries. So I applied to Maryland State retirement. The acronym for the Hawaii Investment Employ Retirement System or, or words to that effect. Absolutely.

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Should you die and go to hell before selling an annuity?

Sara Grillo

In today’s show we’re going to be debating a variety of topics related to the retirement crisis in America, the role that financial advisors and insurance agents play, and how to harmonize the two together (if even possible, lol). Harmonizing the two sides to solve the American retirement crisis. Let’s talk about it.