Ben Stein Talks About Variable Annuities - part 3 | Retirement Planning

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Ben Stein Talks about Variable Annuities Retirement Planning

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  • You don't have to lock your money up in a long-term commitment like its in prison. Just invest in a conservative portfolio of index fund ETF's, which can be sold at any time without penalties and with much less tax consequences. Watch my video for details. Annuities are terrible investments.

  • @mw4205 I own a variable annuity (unfortunately). I do know what I'm talking about. Before you turn age 59 1/2 you not only get taxed at the (higher) capital gains rate, but you get penalized to death in taxes. For example a withdrawal in California of $10,000 will take a 17% tax hit. A withdrawal of $40,000 will take a 27% tax hit. Investment advisers conveniently only mention the 10% penalty. They lie! It's much more than 10%.

  • @BladeJones I'm sorry but you are wrong, most annuities have the option to have 100% liquidity without early withdrawal penalties. I'm not sure what you mean when you say MUCH more taxes, I'm sure you probably don't either. High admin cost is true in most cases, and there is probably an advisor conflict of interest. So I guess you are 1/2 right. Just sayin.....

  • This man is a moron. He missed the crash, he missed the signals, he has no idea how the economy functions and he is a blowhard.

  • ben stein is a very very smart man. Its not wise to follow any one persons advice blindly. Better to listen to people much smarter than yourself (like Ben) then discern what is best for you

  • ANNUITIES ARE TERRIBLE INVESTMENTS. Why? Lacks liquidity, has early withdrawal penalties and MUCH more taxes than you were led to believe, risk of insolvency, high administrative costs, investment adviser conflict of interest, etc. Research the truth first!

  • Ben stein is a fake. Don't believe the corporate smart-man. He can not think any better than you.

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