Immediate vs Longevity Annuities
Updated: 2011-05-27 23:09:12
Both of these products offer a guaranteed income for life. Immediate annuities, as the name suggests, immediately begin to generate lifetime income. Longevity annuities delay payments until the retiree hits an advanced age, such as 80 or 85. New research by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds that, generally, either type of annuity [...]

There’s a terrible problem in retirement investing that concerns how much risk you should take with your retirement funds. It’s a seemingly unsolvable financial conundrm of investing in retirement. Let’s take a closer look. On the one hand, you’d like to put all your retirement funds in the bank and keep it safe and secure in FDIC insured accounts. [...]
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has developed a free downloadable application (app) to assist the blind and visually impaired denominate US currency. The app is called EyeNote™. EyeNote™ is a mobile device app designed for Apple iPhone (3G, 3Gs, 4), and the 4th Generation iPod Touch and iPad2 platforms, and is available through [...]
In retirement planning, many factors must be considered and are used as inputs to retirement calculators. The typical variables are the amount of assets you have, how much retirement income you need, your tax rate and most importantly, your estimated life expectancy. However, it is this author’s opinion that life expectancy is often mishandled in [...]