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Rick Ferri is an absolute unicorn in the world of financial advice. He is one of the best financial advisors in the world, a leader of the Boglehead investment community, and a retired fighter pilot.

Martin Parlato’s name should be as well-known as Jim Cramer from CNBC. In my opinion, he can run factual rings around Cramer when it comes to all things about the markets and money.

Bill Black is a nationally recognized triathlete, 6’ 8” tall, and oh, by the way…the top life insurance expert in the country.

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Question of the day: is an annuity better than a pension? Tough question, loaded question. I will have to break that question down just like your English teacher broke down sentences. Is an annuity better than a pension because it's a bit broader? It always is in the annuity world. You need to know many more details.

Bob Carlson is one of my favorite celebrity guests because it’s like getting an advanced degree every time he’s on Fun With Annuities. We discussed the Social Security report and the good and bad news that came out of it.

The pioneers take all of the arrows, as the saying goes. Sheryl Garrett is a “20-year overnight sensation” in the complicated world of financial planning. Starting her career in the traditional financial planning model decades ago, Shery always knew it could be done better.

One of the rising young stars in the Fee-Only financial planning world is Adam Van Wie. Having previously worked for several Fortune 500 companies, Adam brings a Mechanical Engineering degree to managing money.

Roger Whitney is known across the country as The Retirement Answer Man® and hosts one of the most popular podcasts in the country under the same name. He is the author of the Rock Retirement Bookand founded the Rock Retirement Club.

Today we're talking about retirement cash flow from annuities. Now, you're already participating in a part of the category of retirement cash flow from annuities because all of you have Social Security. If you have your Social Security number, you have Social Security. That's an annuity.

Today's topic is how to use annuity retirement calculators and use SPIAs, DIAs, and QLAC for inflation. On my site, you can run quotes 24/7 365.What does $100,000 pay? What does $1,000,000 pay? Well, it's all about life expectancy when you make the payment.

Let's talk about Single Premium Immediate Annuities, acronym SPIA, S-P-I-A, the oldest annuity type. They were introduced in the Rotimes as a pension gift, a lifetime income stream gift to the dutiful Roman soldiers and their families for laying it on the line for the empire.

So what are the three big retirement withdrawal mistakes? Let's go through them quickly, and then I'm going to dig in, but I know you're saying, "Stan, give me the answer, give me the answer right now."

Yep. A pension plan is an annuity payment that guarantees a lifetime income stream. Now, it depends on your employer and how they've set things up.The key with the pension plan is you have to look at the claims-paying ability of your employer.