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Don’t Make this Mistake

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In this low-yield market, it’s easy to be thrown off your game. You know money markets are paying nothing, and your dollars are rotting away via inflation. So when you read or hear about annuities guaranteeing 6% or 8%, it’s hard not to listen up.

Well, that’s a mistake. Do not buy variable annuities and the promises they make. Once you venture down this road, you’re likely to end up with an expensive product you shouldn’t own. It’s hard to resist the bells and whistles like inflation protection. But that and other add-ons tack on costs well beyond what you may have bargained for prior to making the phone call to your broker.

Here’s a rule of thumb: If it sounds too good to be true, then it is. There are ways to invest successfully in this market for yield without buying an annuity. You’d be smart to do your homework before getting stuck with one of these.

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E.J. Smith

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com.