• "Annuity awareness low...": According to this Fidelity Investment's survey together with Huda's, it's extremely low even among those financial professionals who think know annuities
  
• Huda's first TV show: Concerns for Retirement briefing
• "Safe Money Places"...be sure to also visit the "[64] Dead Banks List" as of July 31, 2009
• Presentation on fixed index annuities
• "Five Year Index Annuity Returns Very Respectable In A Disrespectable Time"
• Presentation on fixed index annuities
• "Court....index annuities may not be treated as securities in  2011...."
  
• "Tell the Tax Man He'll Have to Wait: Accomplish All Your Estate Planning Goals in a Single Step--With a Private Annuity"  [The article is on page 5 of 16.  Written by a JD.]
• Legacy planning needs
• Life insurance rulings
• "International private placement life insurance": [Excellent insight, yet the author seems to be unaware (?) about "insurance counselors".  They're about the only independent professionals who can legally offer financial insurance portfolio advice.  This includes variable annuities and life policies.  Typical financial brokers, attorneys and even sales oriented insurance agents are not licensed to offer "insurance advice" unless they are licensed "life and health insurance counselors".]
  
• "Asset protection planning with Swiss annuities and life insurance": [Note, properly positioned policies in the States can have similar benefits.]
  
• "A Case for 'Income Annuities'"
• American Annuity Advocates: Very insightful info on the power of properly positioned fixed annuities
  
• Case Study 1:  "Ken Lay's Nest Egg"
• Case Study 2: "ASSETS & VALUES: Bernanke's holidings show he values careful investing"
• Case Study 3: "Bear Market Retirement" [Here's an example of fixed annuity owners expressing the peace of mind they enjoy knowing their principal is safe from negatively-compounding effects.]
  
• Some of the many monetary policy's safety-net aspects of fixed life/ANNUITy CONCEPTS
• "The Transition into Retirement"
• Index Annuity Resource: Articles
• ""STATE REGULATORS: AIG INSURERS. ABLE TO PAY CLAIMS. State Solvency Standards Protect Policyholders. ...The insurance subsidiaries are solvent and able to pay their obligations. In fact, it will likely be the insurance subsidiaries - or their valuable blocks of business and high- quality assets - that will be sold in an attempt to return the AIG parent company to a more stable financial position....""
• "....AIG's insurance companies are solvent and able to honor policyholders' claims...."
• FDIC narrates about its own history and that of the  "US banking industry"
• 1910's: Current taxation and monetary policy enacted
• 1930's: Birth of key housing, investment & banking regulatory agencies.  Note
  
• 2000's
• "FDIC warn US bank deposit insurance fund may tank," March 5, 2009
• "The contents of a safe deposit box are not insured by the FDIC."
• Bob Shiller, Yale University's Econ 252 mps3 downloads.  Below is a must watch:
• The Universal Principal of Risk Managmgement: [Note: geometric concept closely matches that of fixed annuity concept where the principal is safe from losses while the interest gained may fluctuate subject to the terms of the each policy's protocols; however, Shiller seems to be unaware that "geometric returns might not always be lower than arithmetic returns."  Click on "Five Year Index Annuity Returns Very Respectable In A Disrespectable Time" to read more.]
• Value Investing & Macroeconomics analysis: Shiller's S&P 500's historical performance from 1870 to current
• Jeremy Grantham
• ""Grantham and his team searched for every historical bubble worldwide in stock markets, currencies, and commodities; they documented 27. They found that in every correction, all the gains from the bubble were completely wiped out before a new bull market began. "It's an impeccable record," he says.""
• Market analysis

There are many different types of annuities.  Powerful ANNUITy concepts can be wrapped within the income-based cash value life insurance policies, or even wrapped with long term care related benefits with additional tax-favors, combination thereof, and as a stand alone as income and or CD-annuities.  CD-annuities can build liquidity as any cash accounts.  The right one(s) depends on your overall and specific needs as well as your eligibility and or the availability of the product(s) to you. Consult with your insurance counselor to learn more.

*Note: According to Texas Department of Insurance only licensed life and health insurance counselors can offer independent insurance - guaranteed safety-net related - portfolio counseling services.