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In this episode, we ask:

• Would you like to join us live for the Bank on Yourself® Rescue Your Retirement Bootcamp on May 6th, 2025, 1PM-5PM ET?
• Will you run out of money if you live to 120?
• What are we going to do make sure your money doesn’t run out before you do?
• What about market volatility? Do you remember 2008?
• What replaced the pension plans?
• What about inflation risk?
• Is the answer investing in the market?
• What does the economist William Sharpe say?
• What percentage can one take out of a 401(k) without running out of money?
• What percentage of 65 year-olds will live beyond age 90?
• Who is underspending?
• What about annuities?
• What about inflation-protected payouts?
• What is the only true form of retirement security?
• What are endowments?
• What is the history of the annuity?
• What happened to Babe Ruth?
• What about Ben Bernanke?
• What is a fixed indexed annuity?
• What about immediate pay annuities?
• What about letting your money grow before turning on income in an annuity?
• Why do so many financial infotainers bash annuities?
• Are there quality annuities?
• What about special benefits?
• What about increasing income?
• How about some case studies?
• What about guaranteed lifetime income?