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Do Index Annuities Have High Surrender Fees?

Do Index Annuities Have High Surrender Fees?

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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Get Your 401k and IRA on Track and Arrive at Retirement on Time: 6 Key Points

Get Your 401k and IRA on Track and Arrive at Retirement on Time: 6 Key Points

Written By: Jeffrey Kiesel in Chester Springs, PA Remind yourself verbally, especially when you are listening to the business reports with all of their expert opinions about what will happen in the next quarter or next year: “There is absolutely nobody who knows what’s going to happen in the future. Not next week, month, year or decade. If they did, why didn’t they avoid the latest economic debacle or market disaster? Or why didn’t they retire on all the money they would have made?” Later...

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