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- No insurer has ever missed an annuity payment. In 2011, the GAO endorsed fixed-rate annuities as a...
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- Although rarely discussed, a diversified short-term high-yield bond fund may be the answer for...
- Advisors often wonder what to do when a favored mutual fund manager leaves a fund or simply retires...
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- A royalty trust collects and distributes income from oil and gas or mining operations. There are ~...