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Annuities For Dummies

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Overview

Looking for steady retirement income? Read this book!

Turning retirement savings into a steady income is a big step toward a worry-free retirement. This book introduces you to how to add annuities to your investment mix. It helps you evaluate how to select the best annuities for your needs and steer clear of the worst. You’ll learn how different types of annuities can help you turn your retirement savings into a monthly paycheck, protect your investments from market ups and downs, postpone taxes, stay in your home for the rest of your life, and even buy long-term care insurance for less..

Written by an annuity thought leader who is a frequent guest-expert on webcasts, podcasts and radio broadcasts as well as editor and publisher of Retirement Income Journal, the book offers the knowledge earned from interviews with hundreds of annuity industry insiders on their own turf. Get insight into which annuities do (or don’t) provide near-retirees and retirees with solid value.

Stretch your savings into lifelong income
Ask smarter questions when talking to an agent, broker or adviser
Retire with less anxiety about the market
Feel more in control of your financial life

Annuities For Dummies is the must-have guide for anyone making retirement plans or managing their retirement savings.

Looking for steady retirement income? Read this book!

Turning retirement savings into a steady income is a big step toward a worry-free retirement. This book introduces you to how to add annuities to your investment mix. It helps you evaluate how to select the best annuities for your needs and steer clear of the worst. You’ll learn how different types of annuities can help you turn your retirement savings into a monthly paycheck, protect your investments from market ups and downs, postpone taxes, stay in your home for the rest of your life, and even buy long-term care insurance for less..

Written by an annuity thought leader who is a frequent guest-expert on webcasts,

podcasts and radio broadcasts as well as editor and publisher of Retirement Income Journal, the book offers the knowledge earned from interviews with hundreds of annuity industry insiders on their own turf. Get insight into which annuities do (or don’t) provide near-retirees and retirees with solid value.

Stretch your savings into lifelong income
Ask smarter questions when talking to an agent, broker or adviser
Retire with less anxiety about the market
Feel more in control of your financial life

Annuities For Dummies is the must-have guide for anyone making retirement plans or managing their retirement savings.

Annuities For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Assess your personal situation and follow some basic guidelines for determining if an annuity is right for you. After you decide to buy an annuity, figure out how to shop for annuity contracts and how to use one to make your retirement years financially safer.

About The Author

Kerry Pechter is the senior editor of Annuity Market News. As a reporter who writes about annuities and the annuity industry full-time and as a former marketing writer who specialized in annuities at The Vanguard Group, he brings both an outsider’s and an insider’s perspective to the writing of this book.
A financial journalist for many years, Kerry has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and many other national and regional publications. His previous books include two career guides, A Big Splash in a Small Pond: How to Get a Job in a Small Company (Fireside) and An Engineer’s Guide to Lifelong Employability (IEEE). He is a graduate of Kenyon College.

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