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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.

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.

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.

Today's topic is a beauty. I can't wait to do this one. Who Should NOT Buy an Annuity? Think about that. Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent. I sell more annuities than anyone on the planet, and I'm going to tell you who shouldn't buy an annuity. And you're going, "What? An agent not trying to make a commission?"

We're going to cover a lot today. We'll cover what a Single Premium Immediate Annuity is, what it solves for, the brief history of Immediate Annuities, and the limitations and benefits because we have to cover them. After all, all annuities have them. Then we're going to talk about where it fits and how do you quote it. Once again, hang in there because I'll give away the book for free at the end of the blog.

Today's topic is MYGAs are NOT Callable, and this is very important in the world that we're living in right now with rising interest rates and people wanting to lock them in. What do you do? How do they differ from bonds or CDs or things like that?

Single life versus joint and survivor life annuity. That's what you're looking for, right? That's what I'm going to tell you about. Stan The Annuity Man, America's annuity agent, licensed in all 50 states. And I know my stuff, and I also know about this topic.