Yesterday I posted a blog about the fact that our 401K were up as a whole as far as savings go.  12% I believe was the number. Money QandA did a bot of a follow up as well , and added a nice piece to the equation that as much as we are up, we [...]

  According the following article at USA TODAY, it’s not apparently.  Let’s just look a bit closer on how Annuities are great for income.   Fixed Index Annuities and Lifetime Income Benefits   Annual Reset  Lock in gains from Index Performance Annually 100% Downside Protection from Market Volatility You can’t lose any money to the Market [...]

With all of spotlight on baby boomers and the ensuing retirement storm that is starting to hit this unprepared age segment of America, there has been little focus on how well some of their children are preparing for retirement.  Most likely because we have become a society that only seems to deal with problems once [...]