Do Index Annuities Have High Surrender Fees? |
December 30, 2013 |
Jeffrey Kiesel, Member Posts, Surrender Charges
Surrender fees for Fixed and Fixed Index Annuities can be very high and should be avoided at all costs; especially with your retirement funds. The surrender fees could be as high as 18% or more for some annuities. This would put a real dent in your nest egg if you have to pay it in the event you ever had to liquidate an annuity. Fortunately, there is a very easy way to not have to worry about surrender fees… don’t use annuities for short term...
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Best 10 Reasons to Own Annuities |
July 19, 2013 |
Annuity Beneficiaries, Annuity Taxes, Jeffrey Kiesel, Member Posts, Miscellaneous Annuity Info
Written By: Jeffrey Kiesel in Chester Springs, PA As Baby Boomers look ahead to a retirement with life expectancies which could be the longest part of their lives, they need to have an adequate, dependable and long lasting stream of income. This means their nest eggs should provide the funds to allow them to enjoy their retirement years and to not outlive the source of their income. For this reason retirement planning is extremely important. Besides being a complicated and somewhat threatening process, it is...
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Hold Off On Your Retirement |
June 12, 2013 |
Jeffrey Kiesel, Member Posts, Retirement Planning, Your Retirement
Written By: Jeffrey Kiesel | Solid Rock Retirement Before you do anything else to plan for your retirement, do yourself a favor and read the “Gathering List” below. When you have read and done all of the items on this list you will be ready to make your preliminary retirement plan. Once you have done that, you should make an appointment to speak with a financial retirement specialist or advisor. You want that person to have a working knowledge of all or most of these...
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