Ep 96: Owen Schrum: Crypto, The Fed, and Other Things Not Said
“Fun With Annuities” The Annuity Man Podcast
Release Date: 02/15/2022
Don’t Buy Annuity Stories: Shootin' It Straight with Stan
“Fun With Annuities” The Annuity Man Podcast
In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: Why do agents tell stories? Protecting yourself from bad pitches Don’t listen to these stories The only two important questions Key Takeaways: In sales, managers will often tell their people that stories sell and that they do, so you have to watch out for hypotheticals, testimonials, and anecdotal “evidence.” Here’s how you can protect yourself from liars who’d sell you stories: write down their sales pitch exactly how they said it and how you understood it. Sign and date it at the bottom...
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Martin Parlato: How Politics Affects Your Investments
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In this episode, The Annuity Man and Martin Parlato discuss: The biggest problem the government created How to send a country into stagflation Cryptocurrency is worthless Planning in six-month projects Key Takeaways: The problem is government spending and the supply chain - which the government can’t fix. People being paid to stay home contributes to production and supply chain problems, leading to a lack of advertisements, resulting in layoffs and further unemployment in advertising sites like Facebook. If you can’t increase supply, then all you can...
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You Won The Game. Why Are You Still Playing?: Shootin' It Straight with Stan
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In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: Not everyone needs to be exposed Bonds and market volatility Looking into lifetime income Questions to ask your advisor Key Takeaways: Financial advisors tend to advise their clients to do 60% equity and 40% bond split or that they always have some exposure, but it doesn’t apply to everybody. People who’ve won the game don’t have to keep playing. Bonds aren’t fool-proof; they go down in value if interest rates go up. If you’ve already accumulated enough to live the life you want and don’t want...
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Sheryl Garrett: Financial Planning On YOUR Terms
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In this episode, The Annuity Man and Sheryl Garrett discuss: The role of a financial planner How the industry should be Hiring the right planner Being aggressive with cash flow Key Takeaways: Many personal, financial, economic, and psychological things are coming together all at once. The planner’s role is to help clients see through all of that and reach out to the appropriate specialist when they need certain products or services fulfilled for the clients. Everybody has questions about their personal finances. People in the industry should be working...
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Sign Now! Decide Later? - Shootin' It Straight with Stan
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In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: Never, ever “sign now, decide later” How agents give annuities a bad name The trouble is not worth it There's never a time for urgency Key Takeaways: Never, ever “sign now, decide later.” If anybody pitches something that sounds too good to be true, it probably is. “Sign now, decide later” types of pitches are a shady sales practice that gives annuity companies a bad name. The only goal of this tactic is to make a sale and not to help the client. These shady tactics done for short-term gain will...
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Adam Van Wie: Safely Surfing Through Volatile Investment Waters
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In this episode, The Annuity Man and Adam Van Wie discuss: Being both analytical and tactical Does the market care about politics? Putin-proofing and pandemic-proofing your investments Two questions to ask your advisor Key Takeaways: You need to be analytical and strategic, investing in the long-term while at the same time looking at short-term trends and figuring out how you could avoid losing, knowing what could happen in the short-term. The market doesn’t care that much about politics. The market has gone up historically on both sides;...
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MYGA 2 SPIA Income Strategies: Shootin' It Straight with Stan
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In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: How do annuity agents get paid? Your two choices for lifetime income The downside to deferred income annuities and indexed annuities Explaining MYGA 2 SPIA to a nine-year-old Key Takeaways: In every annuity type, commissions are built into the policy, hidden from the client, and paid from the reserves of the annuity company so that you don’t see them in your statement. If you want lifetime income and want it in however many years, you have two products to choose from—either a deferred annuity or...
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Mark Skousen: Achieving True Freedom With Your Investments
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In this episode, The Annuity Man and Mark Skousen discuss: Current problems in the world and the government Staying invested in the market despite the inflation Cryptocurrency and blockchain Key Takeaways: Throwing money at problems isn’t the only way to solve them. In many cases, throwing money into problems could create more problems. It’s been a difficult year, but you shouldn’t give in to pessimism. You must remain fully invested in the market. You need about 10% or 12% return on your assets just to stay even, and that can be done through...
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Biscuits & Annuities: Shootin' It Straight with Stan
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In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: A plain annuity biscuit Biscuits for the weekend An annuity biscuit with a little bit of jelly and butter The Annuity version of a CD Key Takeaways: A plain biscuit without anything on it would be a single-premium immediate annuity or a deferred-income annuity. You get lifetime income with no annual fees and no market attachments. It’s a straight transfer of risk based on your life expectancy. If you’re cooking biscuits for the weekend, your qualified longevity annuity contract would be. It can...
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Roger Whitney: How To Rock Your Retirement
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In this episode, The Annuity Man and Roger Whitney discuss: The two retirement crises Balancing on the teeter-totter Before going into fancy tactical stuff Focusing on what you can control Key Takeaways: There are two retirement crises: one is when people don’t have enough money to pay the bills when they can’t work anymore. The other crisis is for people with many resources and options but doesn’t know the right thing to do. On the one hand, you should start having your best life today, and on the other hand, you also want to make sure that...
info_outline- Correction and volatility in 2022
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency
- What’s causing supply chain problems?
- The most critical time for investing
- We will see a big increase in volatility this year and at least two corrections in 2022. Corrections are when the market goes down 10% or more and then corrects itself.
- Blockchain technology is legit, but cryptocurrency is a risk-asset class; it has no stored value. It’s a way for people to trade something.
- Outsourcing products overseas is dangerous. A disruption in their area could cause huge supply chain problems.
- The most critical time investing is the three to four years before you retire and the three to four years after you retire. You can’t take a chance on luck when you retire.
"We’re going back to an era where diversification is king. You need to have different asset classes, different sectors, different size stocks. You need to be diversified." — Owen Schrum.
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