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The Truth About Buying Annuities
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The Truth About Buying Annuities

by Steve Weisman
August 2008
Beginner content levelBeginner
208 pages
3h 51m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 9. Equity indexed annuities

 

“The four most dangerous words in investing are ‘This time it’s different.’”

 
 --John Templeton

Investors in annuities quite often are people who are not risk takers. They are concerned about the security of their investments. But many conservative investors would still like a shot at the opportunity for higher rewards made possible by investing in the stock market, but are fearful of inevitable stock market downturns. It is to these people that insurance companies have targeted Equity Indexed Annuities.

An Equity Indexed Annuity is a fixed annuity—it offers a guaranteed interest rate during the accumulation period, which is the period from the time that the investor invests his or her money in the annuity until ...

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