How do Annuities Compare to CD’s?

Quite well.  To begin with, the interest compounds, tax deferred.  With a Certificate of Deposit, or CD, you must declare the interest each year on your tax return.  Secondly, annuities pay a higher interest rate.  You’d have to lock in a CD for 10-years to get the...

How do Annuities Compare to Mutual Funds?

It depends on what you want the money to do.  Annuities are end-of-working-life solutions.  If you have read this far, I’m sure you have heard of the 4% rules in financial planning.  It states that if you start taking 4% out of your investments each year after you...