David Babbel

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  A Rational Look at a Much Maligned Product

  By Bob Seawright, Madison Avenue Securities  |  November 23, 2011

  Few products within the financial services industry have received as much consistent criticism as fixed index annuities. An FIA is a type of deferred fixed annuity that earns interest or provides benefits that are linked to an external reference or index, most commonly the S&P 500. The insurer underwriting the...

• Retirement Plan Advisor, August 2009: Stable Value as QDIA Up for Debate Again

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne, Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2010

  Now that the retirement finance dialogue has once again shifted to the need for Americans to put their money into secure investment vehicles, stable value funds are on the menu.

• Annuities Better for Women?

  By Kara P. Stapleton  |  October 1, 2008

  Women should put 40% to 80% of retirement assets into lifetime income annuities, according to Lifetime Income for Women: A Financial Economist's Perspective, a paper...

• Annuities for Women

  By Kara P. Stapleton  |  October 1, 2008

  Women should put 40% to 80% of retirement assets into lifetime income annuities, according to Lifetime Income for Women: A Financial Economist's Perspective, a paper...