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2. Questions I'll try to answer. Why the fuss over annuities?Retirement environment/retirement risksWhat is an annuity?Why would I want one?Who offers them?What other options do I have? Sources of retirement income (advantages
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1. Its All About IncomeAnnuities as Investment Options Patrick McCallister, AIF
Vice President
Wachovia Retirement Services (today)
October 22, 2008
2. 2 Questions Ill try to answer Why the fuss over annuities?
Retirement environment/retirement risks
What is an annuity?
Why would I want one?
Who offers them?
What other options do I have?
Sources of retirement income (advantages & disadvantages)
Do I have to pick just one?
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3. 2008 Wachovia Corporation 3 The Changing Face of the Retirement Industry The Baby Boomer generation will reshape the retirement industry
By 2025, 70 million baby boomers in retirement
Social Security is projected to be exhausted by 20411
Fewer employees are covered by defined benefit (DB) pensions
Defined Contribution (DC) plans will be the primary source of income
Increasingly reliant on their own savings
Boomers will live longer. A couple both aged 65 has
50 percent chance one of them will live beyond 92
25 percent chance one will live beyond 97
Need help converting savings into income that they cannot outlive
1 Fast Facts & Figures about Social Security, Social Security Administration 2005