Why Performance Based Income Riders on Annuities Fail?

About this episode

Shawn Plummer discusses the risks associated with performance-based income riders on annuities and contrasts them with guaranteed income options.

In this completely transparent reality check, Shawn Plummer from The Annuity Expert pulls back the curtain on why performance-based income riders are a massive gamble for your future retirement foundation. The short answer? They take all control out of your hands, leaving your retirement paycheck completely at the mercy of the insurance company and volatile, engineered indexes. Shawn breaks down the critical difference between performance-based riders and Contractually Guaranteed Income Riders (known technically as a Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit or GLWB). He explains how companies like Allianz illustrate amazing non-guaranteed returns based on the last 10 to 15 years—years that happen to be some of the absolute best in U.S. stock market history. But what happens if the next decade isn't a record-breaking bull market? Shawn shows you exactly how to find the "Great Depression 2.0" page in your official paperwork to expose the microscopic guaranteed floor. Learn how to stress-test your annuity illustration completely anonymously against a contract that guarantees exactly what your paycheck will be up to 20 or 30 years in the future! 📊 Stress-test your annuity and view…

People in this episode

Host: Shawn Plummer

Topics covered

• performance-based income riders
• annuity
• retirement planning
• guaranteed income
• financial risk

Keywords

• performance-based income riders
• annuity
• retirement paycheck
• guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit
• financial security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Allianz

Books & works: Great Depression 2.0

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