“The goal in creating Simple Solutions was to give individuals and the banks which serve them an easy-to-understand, lower-cost variable annuity with solid basic benefits,” said Kevin Crowe, managing ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. An annuity in advance, or annuity due, is a series of equal payments made at the beginning ...

Earlier I proposed a six-position portfolio as an income alternative to an annuity. Here, I review the current status of that model. Although income and capital preservation goals have been met, I'm ...

I proposed a simple portfolio of six positions to buy instead of an annuity. The goal was 6.5% income to be competitive with an annuity. I take a look at how the selections have performed since they ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nassau Financial Group (“Nassau”) launched Simple Annuity, its inaugural iOS mobile application, to support the sales of its fixed rate annuities. The Simple Annuity ...