http://www.myretirementblog.com/understanding-fixed-income-variable-income-annuities.html Retire happy, healthy and wise. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:27:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.myretirementblog.com/understanding-fixed-income-variable-income-annuities.html#comment-49 » When Should I Collect Social Security? on My Retirement Blog Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:12:54 +0000 http://www.myretirementblog.com/?p=8#comment-49 [...] Here are the factors she lists: 1. Guaranteed Income - The idea of guaranteed income is tricky in and of itself, though she doesn’t go into it, because there isn’t much in life that’s guaranteed. I’ve discussed the dangers of fixed annuities in the past (they can get destroyed by inflation) and those issues affect all other “guaranteed” type securities. 2. Lifespan - Considering how long or how short you are likely to live, you might want to adjust when you start taking social security payments. [...] [...] Here are the factors she lists: 1. Guaranteed Income - The idea of guaranteed income is tricky in and of itself, though she doesn’t go into it, because there isn’t much in life that’s guaranteed. I’ve discussed the dangers of fixed annuities in the past (they can get destroyed by inflation) and those issues affect all other “guaranteed” type securities. 2. Lifespan - Considering how long or how short you are likely to live, you might want to adjust when you start taking social security payments. [...]

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