Equity Index Annuities - belong in an IRA?

Equity Index Annuities - belong in an IRA?

Do annuities belong in an IRA?
MarketWatch - Sep 29, 2005 "Or, if a minimum rate guarantee is important, then OK.". For the ability to convert the fixed annuity into a lifetime income? Probably not," Marrion says.

Jefferson-Pilot to be acquired by Lincoln National for $7.5
Foster's Daily Democrat, NH - Oct 11, 2005 billion purchase of Citigroup Inc.'s Travelers Life & Annuity and most of and annuities products with Jefferson-Pilot's sizable presence in fixed and variable

Retirement products: the next wave
Money Management, Australia - Oct 12, 2005 going to have fixed interest investments, a lump sum or a fixed interest investment out into full choice in a pension environment, from an annuity-type product