By the way just how much money did people lose
in Equity Index annuities this past year, two years, three years or ever due to the market??? Oh, opps that would be NONE as in Zero.
There are a number of factors one should evaluate before investing
in an equity indexed annuity (including but not limited to: rates, indexes, crediting strategies, surrender charges, surrender fees, riders, etc.).
Not exact matches
Prior to that, he served as head of quantitative
equity for ING Investment Management, (doing business as Voya Investment Management May 1, 2014), building and developing the group and managing more than $ 20 billion
in assets with 15 global active,
index and enhanced
index strategies for pension funds, variable
annuities and mutual funds.
Despite a drop
in fixed
indexed annuity sales last year, the president of American
Equity Investment Life Insurance Co. said Friday the company has no intention of steering sales away from the independent agent channel.
Jane — As a former RIA I decided to move ALL my clients out of the rigged stock market
in March of 2000 and into
Equity Indexed annuities for the sole purpose of protecting their investments.
Although there are many different variations, the basic idea is the same:
Equity - indexed annuities typically promise some guaranteed rate of return, much like a fixed annuity, but they also offer participation in equity market re
Equity -
indexed annuities typically promise some guaranteed rate of return, much like a fixed
annuity, but they also offer participation
in equity market re
equity market returns.
As with the other
annuities, earnings
in equity -
indexed annuities increase on a tax - deferred basis, and holders pay income tax on their distributions.
An
Equity Indexed annuity is a Fixed
Annuity where the rate of interest is typically set to an
index like the S&P 500 Index (but there are many more in today's mar
index like the S&P 500
Index (but there are many more in today's mar
Index (but there are many more
in today's market).
The two examples above only represent a very small percentage of the many methods used to credit interest
in an
equity -
indexed annuity.
An
indexed annuity is not an investment
in an
index, is not a security or stock market investment and does not participate
in any stock or
equity investments.
Over the last few years a few very creative insurance agents have come up with names for fixed
indexed annuities (or
equity indexed annuities)
in order to make the public believe they had the «magic bullet»
annuity.
Indexed annuities do not directly participate
in any stock or
equity investments.
Taking $ 100,000 out of Balanced
Index Fund and putting it
in an
annuity would reduce your
equity investment down to only 21.4 percent of your portfolio.
They know of no Canadian insurance company that offers a true deferred income
annuity (DIA or ALDA), not do they offer a variable income
annuity or
equity -
indexed annuities with living benefits: all available
in the US.
In general, I think that small investors are best served through simplicity, and the various variable and
equity -
indexed annuities don't pass that test.
American
Equity Investment Life Holding Company is engaged
in the development and sale of
index and fixed rate
annuity products.
Albert Einstein The majority of people who purchase
equity -
indexed annuities have no idea they could accomplish their goals
in a much cheaper, simpler way.
Tom follows new developments
in regulatory issues, and guides his clients
in matters affecting mutual funds, variable insurance products, fixed
annuity contracts and
equity index products.
The death benefit on most
equity -
indexed annuities is equal to the full contract value, i.e. premium plus accrued gains compounded annually minus any prior withdrawals, calculated as of the date of death, or
in some cases, as of the last contract anniversary.
While once upon a time there were few reasons to purchase a deferred
annuity besides the preferential tax - deferral treatment, since the early 2000s
annuities has been increasingly popular for their guaranteed living benefit riders, along with enhanced death benefit, unique investment features (
in the case of certain
equity -
indexed annuities), or outright superior fixed income yields (with some fixed
annuities).