Annuities: the Perfect Investment if Your Goal Is to Die Penniless
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A frequently aired commercial for a large insurance company presents an 800-pound gorilla, a common metaphor for a hugely important issue somehow often ignored. The gorilla in the ad is looming retirement. Annuities, championed as a source of “guaranteed income for life,”