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3 Years-in-or-3-Years-Out-for-MYGAs-and-CDs:-Shootin'-It-Straight-With-Stan-(TAM-Classic)

3 Years in or 3 Years Out for MYGAs and CDs: Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

Today's topic is 3 Years in or 3 Years Out when looking at fixed rates. My rule is that if it's three years or in, you're buying CDs and Treasuries. If it's three years in out, you're buying Multi-Year Guarantee Annuities, Fixed Rate Annuities, the annuity industry version of a CD.
Lifetime-or-Interest-Income:-Shootin'-It-Straight-With-Stan-(TAM-Classic)

Lifetime or Interest Income: Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

Today's topic is lifetime or interest income. Now, I always say you can't just say I hate all annuities.
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Start Acting Annuity Rich (Wear a Suit!) Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is a really good one, and I want you to listen because I'm talking to most of you out there. And it's called Start Acting Annuity Rich. Now all of you out there, "Well, Stan, I'm not rich. I'm not rich. I'm just telling you I'm not rich." I'm telling you, you are.
Automate Your Income: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Automate Your Income: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is from a friend of mine, Michael Finke, a smart guy in the room, the Mount Rushmore of smart guys. His face is on that Mount Rushmore, Mount Annuitymore, Michael Finke, F-I-N-K-E.
The Older You Are, the Higher the Annuity Payment: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

The Older You Are, the Higher the Annuity Payment: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

Today's topic is a good one, and it's one that is a no-brainer but one that I keep repeating, so I'm going to hammer it factually as only Stan The Annuity Man can do. It's the older you are, the higher the annuity payment.
Increase Your Annuity Income Floor As You Age: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Increase Your Annuity Income Floor As You Age: Shootin' It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is a good one: increase your income floor as you age. In other words, that income floor, that amount that's hitting your bank account every single month, needs to be increased as you get older.
You Already Won! Why Are You Still Playing?: Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

You Already Won! Why Are You Still Playing?: Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

Today's topic is a good one, and it is this. If you've won the game, then why are you still playing? I want you to think about that for a second.
25%-Annuity-Bonus…Is-It-Real?:-Shootin'-It-Straight-With-Stan-(TAM-Classic)

25% Annuity Bonus…Is It Real?: Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

Today's topic is a really good one and timely: 25% annuity bonuses, 35% annuity bonuses. Is this stuff real? Is there actually a philanthropist at an annuity company, the CEO, who wakes up in the morning and says, "You know what? I think I'm going to give money away.
Understanding-Annuity-Payout-Options:-Shootin'-It-Straight-with-Stan

Understanding Annuity Payout Options: Shootin' It Straight with Stan

Today's topic is a very good one, and we're talking about it because some things have happened this week that have pointed us in this direction. It's understanding annuity payout options.
Live off the Interest Until You Can’t: Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

Live off the Interest Until You Can’t: Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

I'm revved up today because the topic is live off the interest until you can't. What am I talking about? I'm talking about current interest rates.
Defer 2 SPIA (MYGA-2-SPIA): Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

Defer 2 SPIA (MYGA-2-SPIA): Shootin' It Straight With Stan (TAM Classic)

Today's topic is a very good one, and unfortunately, it's a unique one for the annuity industry, but hopefully, this strategy will spread like wildfire across the fruited annuity plane.
Annuity Fancy or Annuity Contractual?: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Annuity Fancy or Annuity Contractual?: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is this question: annuity fancy or annuity contractual? Now, there are many types of annuities. You already own one. It's called Social Security. It's the best inflation annuity on the planet.
Annuity Doublers Gives Your Money Back Quicker When You Get Sicker: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Annuity Doublers Gives Your Money Back Quicker When You Get Sicker: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is a good one that you need to listen to. If you go to the bad chicken dinner seminar, expensive steak dinner seminar, Italian dinner seminar, whatever, you'll hear about this, and it's going to sound phenomenal.
Annuity Doublers Gives Your Money Back Quicker When You Get Sicker: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Annuity Doublers Gives Your Money Back Quicker When You Get Sicker: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is a good one that you need to listen to. If you go to the bad chicken dinner seminar, expensive steak dinner seminar, Italian dinner seminar, whatever, you'll hear about this, and it's going to sound phenomenal.
There’s No ROI Until You Die With Lifetime Income Annuities: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

There’s No ROI Until You Die With Lifetime Income Annuities: Shootin’ It Straight With Stan

Today's topic is: There’s No ROI Until You Die With Lifetime Income Annuities. It's a great little quippy rhyme: there's no ROI until you die. ROI is the return on investment.