Comments on: Why are Annuities an Excellent Alternative Asset Class? https://annuityguys.org/why-are-annuities-an-excellent-alternative-asset-class/ Annuity Rates, Features & Ratings: America's trusted annuity resource. Compare best options for hybrid, index, fixed, variable & immediate annuity quotes. Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:43:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Annuity Guys® https://annuityguys.org/why-are-annuities-an-excellent-alternative-asset-class/#comment-113268 Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:00:27 +0000 http://annuityguys.org/?p=19210#comment-113268 In reply to James Borgeson.

James, you are right we should have written the five reasons annuities are an excellent alternative asset class in our blog to match the video (We just did it as you suggested). Thanks James
So, here they are:
Safety of highly rated insurance companies;
Insurance companies that specialize in managing risk;
Investment grade bond alternative offering similar growth;
(annuities mitigate or eliminate bond credit risk and interest rate risk, while protecting retirees against longevity risk and loss of principal risk)
New non-correlated proprietary indices;
No fees or low fees.

]]> By: James Borgeson https://annuityguys.org/why-are-annuities-an-excellent-alternative-asset-class/#comment-113266 Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:37:18 +0000 http://annuityguys.org/?p=19210#comment-113266 Your commentary “Why are Annuities an Excellent Alternative Asset Class?” is one of your best. It provides a broad view of what a retirement portfolio might contain and why annuities might be included. Calling Annuities an “alternative” asset class is interesting as it might be more comparable to the bond asset class, but I suppose with the index annuities that depends on what index (or indices) you pick. One suggestion is to show us the 5 points in your notes that you look at during the talk. You say you covered them, so that’s good, but what exactly are they?

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