Regardless if you’re just starting out, starting over, or are somewhere in between, it’s important to include saving for the future as part of your financial plan. Designed to safeguard your money until you need it, a savings account is a secure place to deposit your money while building up your savings over time.
Saving for retirement is a long, but worthwhile journey and it’s ideal to start saving as soon as possible. The most recent survey released by the Federal Reserve on consumer finances indicates that the median retirement savings those aged 35 and younger is only $18,000.
A fixed annuity is a contract between you and an annuity issuer, usually an insurance company. In its simplest form, you pay money to the annuity issuer; the issuer invests the funds and pays the principal and its earnings back to you or to your named beneficiary. What's fixed about a fixed annuity? The issuer guarantees (subject to its claims-paying ability) a minimum rate of interest on your investment and a fixed benefit amount if you elect to annuitize.