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As Americans face growing longevity risk, some are turning to annuities for guaranteed lifetime income as insurance against outliving their assets. Processing Content But while annuities are popular, ...

Charitable gift annuities can be useful tools for clients looking both to transfer assets and to derive an income stream. But planners caution that despite the advantages of CGAs, they also come with ...

Sharon Carson admits she just did something strange. At 49, she wrote a check to an insurance company for a product that won't give her any financial benefit until she's in her 80s. Ms. Carson, a top ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Michela Buttignol The future value of an annuity calculates how much a series ...

The idea of running out of money at some point in life can be scary. But as good a job as you might do of saving for retirement, there’s unfortunately no guarantee that your nest egg will last as long ...

A few months back, a prospective financial planning client came into my office to get my help determining if she has built up enough wealth to retire comfortably. Let’s call her Frazzled Francine (not ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. But here's the thing about annuities: They're not the right move for ...

We all are familiar with the saying put your money where your mouth is, and most of us have used that phrase to flush out someones's true intentions. Because annuities are agreements between you and ...