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Fixed Index Annuity Sales Continue Climb
By Melanie WaddellIRI, Beacon Research find total fixed annuity sales in '09 at $105 billion.
February 18, 2010
California bluesCertain politicians have taken on California's 39 percent health care rate hike as a populist cause. Dumb move, especially with Obamacare teetering on the brink....
February 18, 2010
Social Security collected more than it paid - barelyMore bad news for Social Security. USA Today reports that the program's surplus "nearly evaporated" in 2009, the first time this has happened in 25...
February 18, 2010
2009 saw uptick in annuity salesDespite the recovery felt since March 9, the flight to safety continues in certain sectors. Fixed indexed annuities saw a modest increase in the fourth...
February 18, 2010
Social Security collected more than it paid - barelyMore bad news for Social Security. USA Today reports that the program's surplus "nearly evaporated" in 2009, the first time this has happened in 25...
February 11, 2010
Socialized medicine: We're halfway thereHow much of an impact will Obamacare really have if we're already halfway there? We point to the following horrifying statistic this week from the...
February 11, 2010
The president's bogus challengeRepublicans are rightly skeptical of the president's outstretched hand, given his call for bipartisanship now, only after Scott Brown's win and his back against the...
February 04, 2010
A case study in political fecklessnessDavid Wessel's piece in today's Wall Street Journal is a case study in political fecklessness. Wishing something were true is a job for my...