Why is an ‘insurance person’ writing about a tax issue? When it comes to annuities, it may end up connected if the President has his way. Unfortunately. An article in Investment News by Dan Jamieson on February 22 indicates that President Obama wants to have the 2.9% Medicare tax apply now to unearned income. This [...]
Taxes on annuity earnings? Are you kidding me?
February 27th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Annuities · fixed annuities · fixed indexed annuities
What about Annuities in this crazy time?
September 30th, 2008 No Comments
Can it get much crazier? If you’ve never considered an annuity for anything before, you should consider it now. An annuity is actually an insurance product that gives people a guarantee on their investment. At least the fixed annuities and fixed indexed annuities do. The stock market is a scary place to have your money [...]
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Annuities–what are they, and why should I consider having one?
July 13th, 2008 1 Comment
Annuities can be a good things for a lot of people depending on their retirement status, financial situation and age. There are essentially two categories–fixed and variable. In the fixed category, you have the regular old fixed annuity and fixed indexed annuities. Variable annuities I’ll touch on briefly–only briefly because I don’t sell them, but [...]
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