With the retirement playing field littered with crushed investments and dreams, the safety of guaranteed income streams looks more attractive each day. Some annuities can provide such a guarantee. If ...

If there is one investment that sparks both deep confusion and heated debate, it’s annuities. It starts with the fact that these are insurance products, even when they are combined with mutual funds.

The pricing of an income annuity is typically described using either the monthly income amount it generates, or as the annual payout rate of the income received as a percentage of the premium amount.

The investment business is full of theories and recommendations about how to accumulate wealth. But the field has very little to say about the best ways to decumulate, or spend down wealth. This is an ...

Often, annuities and trusts are the best way to save for retirement and leave a legacy for your loved ones. However, when combined into what’s known as an annuity trust, they can provide powerful ...

A new study titled “How Much Do People Value Annuities and Their Added Features?” from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College finds that while just 12% of investors with assets of more ...