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Today's topic is a great one, and you probably saw it and went, "I'm going to have to listen to this one because I want to see what he's going to say." And the topic is "All Annuities Are..." I'm going to give credit to this topic to a good friend of mine. His name is John Olsen, and he's a treasure to the annuity industry.

We're going to talk about long-term care annuity pros and cons. We're going to get into that. The short answer to you, the pro, is that you will have that coverage. It's a transfer of risk that you can depend upon. Just like any annuity-type plan, it's a transfer-risk contractual guarantee.

The question is, how do I set up a pension income? It is a really good one because with 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day, a chief demand I get is, "How do we set up this pension income? We need more income guaranteed like Social Security." That's what annuities do, and we will talk about that.

Today's topic is a good one and a question that I always get, so let's address that now. Is it a good time to buy an annuity? Now, that's a loaded sales question. Most salespeople are an automatic yes, "Yes, it's a great time to buy an annuity. My annuity, the one I like." But it's bigger than that.

Hi, I'm Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent. You own an annuity for what it will do, not what it might do. You own it for the contractual guarantees only. Never buy an annuity for the hypothetical, theoretical, back tested, projected, agent hopeful return scenarios, meaning juice numbers, because that never happens.

Welcome to Shooting it Straight with Stan. I am your host Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent, licensed in all 50 states. Today's topic is a good one. It's the reason you clicked because you read it and you went what? Ventilator annuity lifetime income.

Today, we will discuss whether you can buy an annuity inside your IRA. Many people are out there who, when they hear that, just go crazy and say, "You should never buy an annuity inside of an IRA." That's just complete and utter garbage. And you can take this blog and shoot it to your financial advisor if they're the ones who said that.

Hi there. Stan The Annuity Man. Americas annuity agent licensed in all 50 states, talking about annuities or annuities in financial management, annuities in your financial plan, and annuities in your financial portfolio. Does it fit? Why does my master of the universe, stockbroker, wealth architect person almost do a projectile vomit when you bring up an annuity?

The question of the day is, are all annuities tax-deferred? Short answer: no. But we need more than that, right? You need more than just the no. You need to know the details of all that. So, hang in there with me, and I'm going to go through all of that in detail so you can fully understand what tax-deferred means.

Joint and survivor annuity, what does that mean? That means that you have a spouse you love that's put up with your crap for a long, long time, and you want to create a lifetime income stream that will pay each of you as long as you are breathing.

What are we here for? We're here to talk about Immediate Annuities, life with a period certain. What does life with a period certain mean? It sounds crazy and kind of complicated. It's really not. I'm going to explain it and dig a bit deeper.

How do you know which retirement track, decision, or product is right for you? What are the annuity alternatives for that? And let's stop right there. Annuities aren't for everyone. Even though every single person watching this video who's a US citizen with a Social Security number already owns the best inflation annuity on the planet called Social Security.

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 compared to the vast majority of Americans.

Hey, Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent here with you to talk about a subject that I know you're sitting there going, "Oh, I don't even want to talk about this," but I'm glad you did. I'm glad you clicked on this blog. Today, we will talk about long-term care annuity pros and cons.

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.