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                     Comparison of Annuities With Other Instruments


                                                          

            Features

Annuity
CD
Money Market
Muni Bond
Corp Bond

Equity
Mutual

Fund


Free from principal/market risk
and price fluctuations

X

X

Interest earnings are free from current taxation
X
X
Interest earnings are reinvested automatically
with no current income taxation
X

Tax liability on Social Security income is

eliminated by deferred accumulation

X
Able to make small additional investments
X
X
X
Penalty free withdrawals
X
X
X
X
X
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWALS

     Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annual
     or Annual

X
X
X

     Payment of Earned Interest

     Payment of Fixed Dollar Amount

     Payment of Fixed Percentage

MEDICAL BAILOUT
     Nursing care rider allows 100%
     penalty-free withdrawal
X
     Fatal illness rider allows 75%/l00%
     penalty-free withdrawal
Guaranteed lifetime income
with tax advantages
X
Automatically avoids the expense
and delay of probate
X
Total
10
2
2
2
1
3

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