Equity Index Annuities - 05/16 Casa Grande Valley

Equity Index Annuities - 05/16 Casa Grande Valley

Retire Smart, 05/16
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ - May 17, 2006 will often recommend you sell whatever investments you own and put the money into what they are selling, commonly a variable or equity-indexed annuity.

State fines Conseco $2.5M
Pioneer Press, MN - Jun 3, 2006 premiums of about $25 million just for its annuity sales in in 2001 after receiving complaints from consumers and agents about "equity-indexed annuities," said

Capital Ideas
Newsweek - May 20, 2006 May 29, 2006 issue - Here's an investment product you'd be smart to avoid: an "equity-indexed annuity" that promises safety combined with stock-market growth.

NASD introduces compliance podcasts
Finextra (press release), UK - May 19, 2006 anti-money laundering, ethics, mutual fund share classes and breakpoint discounts, variable annuities exchange issues, equity indexed annuity sales, bond sale