10-14-25 Annuities: Good, Bad, & Ugly
2025-10-14
Are annuities the safe retirement solution they’re sold as — or a financial trap in disguise?
Lance Roberts & Jonathan Penn unpack the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of annuities.
10:03 – Kitchen Sets & Intramural Flag Football
14:52 – Annuities – Good, Bad, & Ugly
18:08 – What is an Annuity?
20:16 – Different Flavors of Annuities
22:07 – The Ugly Truth About Early Surrender Fees
27:29 – Why Might You Need an Annuity?
31:20 – Three Reasons You’d Need an Annuity
34:36 – Annuities Should Be Planned, not Sold
38:14 – Why Buy an Annuity Instead of Investing in the Market?
41:00 – One More Reason…
43:25 – Are There Inflation-adjusted Annuities?
47:05 – Are Annuities Divorce-proof?
48:59 – Lance’s Marriage Advice
49:52 – Tax Deferral Options
51:59 – More Marriage Advice – His & Her
The AltCoin Liquidity Bloodbath
2025-10-14
Last Friday, the cryptocurrency market experienced a violent crash. The trigger was President Trump’s announcement of a 100% additional tariff on Chinese imports. The sudden and unexpected action reignited fears of a full-blown trade war. Global risk assets fell sharply. Of these, the most notable declines occurred in the cryptocurrency markets, particularly the altcoin market. …
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Market Crack Or Beginning Of Something Bigger
2025-10-11
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10-10-25 Contrarian Trade That Could Shock Gold, Bitcoin & Stocks
2025-10-10
➢ Listen daily on Apple Podcasts: The real contrarian trade is the dollar $DXY.
In this Short video, @michaellebowitz and I discuss how rapid dollar rally could catch markets off guard, forcing investors out of gold $GLD, Bitcoin $IBIT, and risk assets as money rushes back into the safety of the U.S. dollar.
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Will Powell Turn Dovish In Jackson Hole?
2025-08-19
The Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, is an annual event in which central bankers from the Fed and around the world gather with policymakers, economists, and financial market participants to discuss economic issues.
Behind The Meter Solutions: The Gas Powering AI
2025-06-23
As the building of AI and cloud data centers expands rapidly, the demand for energy to power these data centers grows. The problem, however, is that the existing power grid can’t keep up with the rapidly increasing demand. Furthermore, improving and expanding the power grid takes longer than building data centers.
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