Retirement Advice | RetirementAdvice.com » variable annuity http://retirementadvice.com Your Source for Retirement Advice Tue, 15 May 2012 15:42:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Fixed Versus Variable Annuity http://retirementadvice.com/fixed-versus-variable-annuity/ http://retirementadvice.com/fixed-versus-variable-annuity/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:58:34 +0000 admin http://retirementadvice.com/?p=239

The annuity is a very unique type of investment. Instead of a bank or stock broker, investors obtain annuities through an insurance company. And while annuities have certain things in common with life insurance, they are not the same thing. They offer low risk while providing an opportunity to receive guaranteed income for a given number of years, or even for the rest of your life. Annuities come in many different flavors. There are immediate annuities, which begin immediately after the annuity is purchased, and deferred annuities, which may begin years or decades later. Fixed period annuities pay out for a...

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