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Today, we're talking about annuity returns potential versus contractual unicorns chasing the butterflies or the contractual realities.

The question is, what happens to an annuity if the stock market crashes? Are fixed index annuities good against a stock market crash? What if the insurance company backing it goes under? What's your protection? So let's take them one at a time.

Okay. So how much money do you need? That's a loaded question because how much money do you need from the standpoint of how much money do you need to work with The Annuity Man®, the minimum, and then how much money you need if you need to put in an income floor, also, if you need to fill in a gap for income, et cetera.

So what are your four choices at the end of your MYGA term? Make sure you know your options so you can make the best decision for your specific situation. Let’s go.

So you're looking for income, and you want to know the difference between a lifetime income benefit rider and what's called annuitization. An annuitization means creating payments. With 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day, most people are looking for income and contractual guarantees.

Today we're talking about annuity comparisons, QLACs, Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts, versus DIAs, Deferred Income Annuities. We are going to compare them. We're going to talk about how they differ, how they're the same, why you should look at them, and why you shouldn't look at them. In other words, the brutal facts, because, as you know, I'm the walking middle finger of annuity truth.

Today we're talking about annuity comparisons, QLACs, Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts, versus DIAs, Deferred Income Annuities. We are going to compare them. We're going to talk about how they differ, how they're the same, why you should look at them, and why you shouldn't look at them.

Today, we're going to talk about the benefits that only annuities offer, and there's two unique benefits that we're going to talk about and go into detail and why it matters and why I think it's important as you consider an annuity in your portfolio.

So you're shopping for the highest MYGA rates? Let's talk about how to find the best and highest MYGA rates because that's how you need to look at them. You need to find the best rates available for your specific situation. For the record, Multi-year guarantee annuities are also known as MYGAs.

Today let’s talk about QLACs, how to use IRA money for lifetime income, how that all sets up, why QLACS are even on the planet, and if it might be a fit for you. It might not be after you take a look at it. Just understand, with QLACs and all annuities, every single time, if it sounds too good to be true, it is. Annuities are contracts.

The question is, how does the economy affect annuity rates? That's a fundamental question to a very detailed answer because annuities are not all the same. The economy affects annuities differently. How does the economy affect annuity rates and annuities in general? Well, let's look at a myriad of ways.

So if you're not familiar with MYGAs, let me go through it quickly. Multi-year guarantee annuity, that's what MYGA stands for. It's the annuity industry's version of a CD. It's very simple; there are no moving parts, there are no market attachments, and you're going to get a guaranteed interest rate for a specific period that you choose.

Shopping for annuities. First of all, understand that regardless of what you hear from an agent or an advisor, annuities are commodity products. There's not one annuity that's better than the other annuity, et cetera.The first thing you need to understand is that there's not a one size fits all product, even though there are many people out there promoting that they have that.

So, annuity companies, how do they make money? There's a reason that annuity companies have significant buildings and that they do very, very well. Why? It's because they know when we're going to die. Property and casualty companies, however, don't know when the hurricane's going to hit. They don't know when the tornado's going to hit.

So you’re looking into exclusion ratios for immediate annuities, SPIAs, also known as Single Premium Immediate Annuities. In essence, the short answer to the exclusion ratio is that, with immediate annuities lifetime income stream, you're going to get a combination of return of principal plus interest based on your life expectancy at the time you make the payment.