In another blow to the lousy financial advice promulgated by Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, three major sources have sung the praises of annuities.  Especially significant is how annuities can be used to help delay Social Security benefits to full retirement age.  I’ll give my sources credit for this info.  See the following link:Robert Powell from […]

Go to this link to read for yourself a very intelligent (finally) appraisal of annuities, oddly enough, in the financial press:  http://webreprints.djreprints.com/44207.htmlAdvisers like myself who have been recommending annuities for the last four years don’t need a journalist to tell us how good they are; we have direct experience.  Annuities are ideal for avoiding at […]

Even an old goat like myself can learn something new (several times a day, as a matter of fact).  Until today, I did not know there was such a thing as the Death Master File.  Although one may think this is one of Satan’s nefarious databases, rather, it is issued weekly by the Social Security […]

Yours truly used to spout this myth, about betting on the ingenuity and hard work of the American worker, that “productive America”, (which at the time implied Wall Street & the Banksters as opposed to actual workers actually working) would perpetually deliver us the American dream.  I also used to- and still do -issue the […]

It is clear that Ken Fisher dislikes annuities.  It is also clear why:  they make him unnecessary.What is unclear is, “Then why do investors love them??”  Well because of: Protection of principal Predictable future minimum values Lack of market risk Guaranteed lifetime income Leveraged death benefits for heirs Inflation protection I’m not saying one can […]