annuity rates

Financial magazines, newspapers, TV programs, and local communities have battered the reputation of a very strong and useful financial product, the annuity. In many cases, the most outspoken opponents of annuities are those who are not licensed to offer them or don’t really understand them.

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An annuity is a contract with an insurance company. The insurance company agrees to provide a stream of income to the individual in exchange for payment. The holder of the annuity cannot outlive the regular income from the investment which makes this attribute especially unique. Therefore, annuities are used as an asset to fund retirement.

What is an Annuity? The word annuity has its origins in a Latin term that means “annual.” Today, an annuity is an investment product sold by insurance companies. Annuities can be purchased through a series of contributions or in one lump sum. The money put into the annuity contract is allowed to grow for a period of time.

Costs Always Affect Performance

There really is no such thing as a free lunch and there is no such thing as a financial product, annuity or otherwise, without some costs to produce and provide that product to you, the consumer. The question is, What is the impact of that cost and what is a reasonable cost to bear?

Here’s the issue: