As you look toward retirement, you may consider different strategies to ensure a steady stream of income. Annuities are one way to accomplish that goal. These financial products usually require you to ...

A variable annuity is an insurance contract that invests in market-based subaccounts and grows tax-deferred. It may offer ...

A variable annuity is an investment product that pays out a stream of payments to the investor, based on the performance of underlying investments. A fixed index annuity is very similar, but instead ...

Rolling your 401 (k) into an annuity might sound like a safe, conservative move, but it can be risky if you don’t think it ...

“A variable annuity offers no guarantees on either principal or earnings and its premiums are invested and grow much differently than those of a fixed index annuity.” — Lyle Boss Shopping for an ...

A fixed annuity is a long-term investment that provides a predictable income stream. Offered by insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions, it guarantees a fixed interest rate and ...

Deferred variable annuities allow the investor to accumulate value in the annuity over time without paying taxes, unless they withdraw money during this phase. Immediate variable annuities require a ...

Annuities are a powerful retirement tool that often go overlooked because of their complexity and people’s misunderstandings about how they work, but they are a great way to protect your assets. An ...

In a recent episode of her “Women and Money” podcast, Suze Orman warned about the pitfalls of variable annuities. While she acknowledged the value of certain types of annuities, variable annuities ...

In a reversal of recent trends, LIMRA predicts a decline in fixed annuity sales and an increase in variable annuity sales in 2025. Fixed annuity sales typically track changes in interest rates, said ...

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Total U.S. annuity sales increased 4% to $63.6 billion, according to preliminary results from the Secure Retirement Institute U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey, with fixed products benefitting from ...