Should You Purchase an Indexed or Variable Annuity?

This is a follow-up to my last article about the role that immediate income annuities could have in providing additional income for someone running low on income in retirement. The focus was on Single Premium Immediate Annuities (SPIAs), a type of fixed income annuity. But there are two other types of annuities: indexed and variable. The main … Read more

What To Do If You’re Already In Retirement But Without Enough Income

My newest book, Redeeming Retirement: A Practical Guide to Catch Up, is targeted mainly at those aged 35 to 65 who are behind in saving for retirement (or think they might be). But I don’t ignore those who are already retired and discover (a little too late in some cases) that they didn’t save enough. … Read more