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A qualified longevity annuity contract (QLAC) is a type of annuity contract specifically designed to keep you from outliving your retirement savings. As a deferred annuity, QLACs provide you with a guaranteed stream of income later in life.

Let's talk about how non-qualified annuities are taxed. I'll give you the 30,000-foot view from the B-2 bomber. But you got to come down here to the fighter pilot, and that's the tax lawyer, when you get down to the end, and you're trying to make a decision. So, we will cover all that and all types of annuities in a non-qualified account.

Welcome to Shooting it Straight with Stan. I'm your host Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent licensed in all 50 states. Today's topic is 'Traditional or Reverse MYGA Ladder Strategies', so traditional laddering strategies with MYGAs or reverse MYGA strategies. I'm going to explain both.

With QLACs, SPIAs, and DIAs, there's no annual fees. There's no market attachment; it’s a straight transfer risk. You're saying to the issuing QLAC company, here's the money, and you are on the hook to pay me, or me and my wife, or me and my husband forever as long as one of us is breathing, but you don't get to keep a penny.

Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent is here to answer the burning question because everyone thinks every annuity is like this. What's the definition of a life-only annuity? That's the call I get from everyone who says, "I'd never buy an annuity because when I die, the annuity company keeps the money."

What is a non-qualified annuity? It's an excellent question. When I do annuity edutainment, as you're reading right now, I'm going to break it down into English that we all understand because I'm from the South, and we speak very plain English here even though we talk with a little twang. Nothing wrong with that.

Stan The Annuity Man here excited to answer this question. Is a pension the same as an annuity? Yeah, pretty much because what they both do is provide a lifetime income stream that you cannot outlive. So, for all the haters out there that hate annuities, "I hate annuities, all annuities stink, all annuities," whatever. Then you need to also say, "I hate my pension.”

Today's topic, Create Your Own Pension. And yes, I'm talking to you, that person out there that doesn't have a pension, or the person that has a pension and wants more money, or all of you out there that already have a pension, and it's called Social Security, the best inflation annuity on the planet.

Today, we're going to talk about annuity comparisons. SPIAs versus DIAs. Immediate Annuities versus Deferred Income Annuities. Explain them both to me, Stan The Annuity Man. What's the difference? How do I use them? Should I use them? Should I have them? We will discuss all of that.

So today, we're going to talk about annuity fees and commissions. You'll like this topic because no one talks about annuity fees and commissions, so let's go through them. Commissions with annuities: Once again, life insurance companies issue annuities, but commissions to us agents out here are built-in and hidden from you, so it's a net transaction.

Man, am I glad you clicked that button to read this because you're trying to figure out why people are always saying they hate annuities? Why do some people hate annuities? Annuities are the financial curse word. That's for sure.

Today's topic is Don't Be an Annuity Hypocrite. I keep pounding the table all the time about this. I'm growing weary of the stupid people out there that are saying, "I hate all annuities, annuities are all bad, annuities are all expensive, or never look at an annuity." Those types of things.

Do you have “chicken money” – money that you want to protect from risk? If so, it should be in short-term CDs, or money market accounts, or short term Treasury Bills – IOUs from the Federal government. Those are the safe places to stash your cash.

The biggest psychological hurdle to buying an annuity is the fear of missing out. You need to overcome the fear of missing out on market returns and replace it with the fear of missing out on your chapter two, where you should live the life you have earned.

So, you're doing annuity research? That's pretty cool. I mean, you must be leaning in to see, "Hey, does this make sense for me?" The question is, "What are annuities commonly used for?" People try to use them for many things, but they buy most annuity types primarily for their unique benefit proposition.