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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 16. Annuity risk

 

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

 
 --Franklin Roosevelt

For many people, the choice to purchase an annuity is one made out of fear—the fear that they will outlive their savings. Perhaps Franklin Roosevelt was right about fear. However, even if the only thing we have to fear is fear itself (not to mention tsunamis), piggy backing the fear that you will outlive your savings on top of the fear that your savings themselves are not safe is still a lot of fear.

The concern as to the safety of their savings is what drives many people, particularly those wary of the stock market, to Certificates ...

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