Roughly 7 months ago, I wrote the blog post titled “Bitcoin mania will end in tears.” Given my experience during the internet stock bubble of 1999, it felt like bitcoin and crypto were in a similar period of boom soon to be followed by bust. Those who said “this time is different” were proven wrong, again.
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An impartial review of the Nationwide New Heights 12 Fixed Index Annuity
The annuity business has grown in popularity as investors, especially those nearing retirement, look for options to protect themselves from stock market volatility and give them a decent income stream in retirement. With over $200 billion in annual sales, the annuity industry is big business with lots of salesmen trying to persuade you to make a purchase.
Today I will dig deep into the Nationwide New Heights annuity which has been requested by several readers. It currently is one of the top 10 best-selling annuities on the market. Sales of indexed annuities, a fixed annuity that provides a minimum guaranteed rate of interest combined with an interest rate tied to the movement of an index, increased to $14.6 billion in the 4th quarter of 2017, a 4.9% gain year over year.