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Registered Rep. June 1, 2008 Stan Luxenberg	Pay It Out Now that the Baby Boomer generation is retiring in droves, fund companies are focusing on a thorny question: How can retirees obtain reliable income from their investments?
Financial Advisor July 2011 Gail Liberm	Aiming For Advisors New annuity products and platforms are being designed to appeal to fee-only advisors.
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien	Foundation for Retirement Foundations and endowments can teach advisors strategies for constructing and maintaining retirement income portfolios. Here's a look at how.
Registered Rep. May 18, 2010 Alan Lavine	No-Load Annuities Gain Momentum As more wirehouse registered reps join RIAs or start their own, as income tax rates rise, and as Baby Boomers continue their march into retirement, expect investments in no-load variable annuities to grow.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 J. Graham	Beware of Brokers Bearing Annuities Annuities may sound good, but their costs overwhelm their benefits. Stockbrokers and financial advisors love to sell annuities because of the high commissions they reap. My ex-broker sold one to me, and it has proven to be the most restrictive, highest-cost, least-liquid, and poorest-performing investment in my portfolio.
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Financial Advisor May 2010 Alan Lavine	Sizing Up Annuities In the wake of the recent financial meltdown, the income guarantees offered by annuities have become quite attractive. The payouts are appealing, but do your homework.
Financial Advisor February 2005 Tracey Longo	Guarantees Spur Income Variable Annuities Sales Burgeoning investor interest in guaranteeing some part of their retirement income, especially in this era of diminishing pensions, is spurring more companies to develop a host of new variable products and features.
Financial Advisor January 2008 Marla Brill	Great Expectations The latest version of retirement income funds from Fidelity and Vanguard mark the mutual fund industry's most ambitious effort yet to remove much of the decision-making associated with retirement investment and distribution planning.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg	The Best of Both Worlds Is the line between funds and annuities disappearing? Not yet; regulators and corporate bureaucracies insist on separating the two investments. But in the next decade, the distinctions could blur.
Financial Advisor November 2006 Mary Rowland	The Future Is Immediate Annuities Forget plastics and hedge funds. Clients sleep better with a steady income. Financial advisors know about immediate annuities. But do you use them?
Financial Advisor October 2007 William Glasgall	The New Retirement Wave Planners will need to seek innovative ways to help keep the baby boomers from exhausting their nest eggs.
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On Wall Street October 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff	Indexed Annuities Grab the Spotlight Indexed annuities have gained popularity while variable annuities have softened, as the players on the buy and sell side change.
Financial Advisor July 2008 Alan Lavine	On Target, Or Not Think you can plunk down money on any target date fund as a low-risk way to accumulate retirement savings? Think again.
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Ilana Polyak	Annuities, Revisited Financial advisors who once sneered at annuities are now realizing that they could be a magic bullet.
Financial Advisor May 2008 Tracey Longo	Living Long, Living Well A handful of insurers and advisors have been touting "longevity insurance" for several years now -- an income annuity-based product they hoped would catch fire with retirees frightened of going broke.
Financial Advisor June 2006 Matt Hougan	Death And Taxes? Capital gains distributions. Dividend taxes. 1099s. The very words send a shiver down the spine of prudent investors. What's an advisor to do? Well for starters, you should take a close look at exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill	A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios.
Registered Rep. June 21, 2011 Alan Lavine	A Good Match: Managed Payout Funds and Annuities Combining a managed payout mutual fund with a deferred immediate annuity may be a simple way to help clients plan for retirement.
Financial Advisor September 2007 Alan Lavine	Looking For Certainty Sponsors of 401(k) and 403(b) plans want employees to draw a stable source of retirement income from them. But it's a daunting task to manage a portfolio of mutual funds while withdrawing money, based on government-mandated minimum distribution rules. A few plan sponsors already have begun adding income replacement funds to solve this problem.
Financial Advisor February 2006 Tracey Longo	A Push For Lifetime Income Variable annuity providers hope to jump-start their business by selling security to worried baby boomers.
Financial Advisor January 2009 Marla Brill	Failure To Launch Advisors have little or no leeway to adjust positions in needs-based or all-in-one investment vehicles, such as 529 plans and target funds, and make changes when the market is melting down.
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn	New-Wave Annuities From reduced-risk participation in the stock market to longevity insurance, financial planners have an expanding array of annuities to meet client needs.
Registered Rep. June 13, 2011 Mark Miller	Insure Against Longevity Risk with Immediate Annuities There are signs that the SPIA is poised to play an even larger role in the retirement landscape.
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Registered Rep. August 12, 2011 Diana Britton	Retirement Income Fever The industry has responded to the great wave of retirees that has just begun with an increased focus on creating retirement income streams -- successfully. It's always a tough feat, what with expanding life expectancies and estimating health care needs far out in the future.
On Wall Street November 1, 2008 Elizabeth Wine	Seeking Unsexy Annuities Annuities have received a bad rap of late for their high fees and confusing contracts. But as other investments tank, clients are once again looking for guaranteed income streams from their portfolios.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Ken Ziesenheim	The Income Barista Here is how investment advisors can build diversified dividend portfolios for their clients' retirements.
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Investment Advisor July 2008 Melanie Waddell	Drivers of Annuity Sales Assets in annuities will jump to $2.9 trillion by 2012 -- a compound annual growth rate of 7.9% -- sparked by demographic trends and product development that addresses both guaranteed income and principal protection.
Investment Advisor November 2007	News & Products Second wave of products help address the retirement income conundrum... Fidelity Investments has unveiled a group of retirement income products... etc.
Financial Advisor March 2004 Marla Brill	Filling The Tax-Favored Dividend Void Investors seem to covet higher dividends and lower taxes. Forty-three percent of respondents to a recent survey of 600 individuals conducted by American Century Investments said they are more likely to buy stocks that pay dividends qualifying for the new tax rate.
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Financial Advisor March 2007 Raymond Fazzi	Annuities Anew No-load variable annuities begin to attract interest among fee-based advisors.
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Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Pamela J. Black	The Pros and Cons of Annuities With retirement accounts battered by the bear market, guaranteed income from a fixed annuity now has more appeal, especially for clients who may be too close to retirement to count on a rebound from equity markets alone. This article surveys types of annuities, tax implications, and fees.
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