Annuity Immediate Quote

I’m going back to college after 10 years so it’s been forever since I’ve had to do an annuity problem lol and I need a little help, I think I’m having problems with the fractions…
Here’s the problem -

Find the future value of the following annuity due:

Payments of $2310 for 7 years at 10.2 % compounded annually

Tips and information about the schools can be helpful too, thanks!

I am studing for the state exam. Just need a little help from some one.

Is the Reagan Era Officially Over?

Sen. Chuck Schumer has called the recent Democratic takeover of Congress the end of the Reagan era.
Friday, December 1, 2006
Star Parker – Scripps Howard News Service

Sen. Chuck Schumer has called the recent Democratic takeover of Congress the end of the Reagan era.

If we believe a red flag that the Wall Street Journal has run up about a possible Republican capitulation with the new Democratic majority on Social Security reform, our own Republican president might prove Schumer right.

The Wall Street Journal, and other sources, now report that the Bush administration is expressing openness to forget the idea of private ownership as the basis for Social Security reform, and to work with Democrats to “save” Social Security as it is with tax increases and benefit cuts.

Badly needed reform of our wounded and limping Social Security system has been seriously hampered by what I call the politics of cynicism.

These politics are driven by politicians primarily motivated by protecting their own power and interests as opposed to those of their constituents.

What’s my proof that Social Security reform is driven by this cynical brand of politics?

No one could possibly argue that Social Security is a good program today. If we did not have it, and any politician tried to propose it and get it passed, he or she would be laughed out of Washington.

Social Security is a unique government program in that every taxpayer can personally evaluate it by asking the simple questions – What am I paying, What am I getting, and Is it worth it?

The Heritage Foundation’s Social Security calculator tells me, for example, that a 25 year old male earning $31,000 can expect, based on the Social Security benefit he’ll receive, almost a negative one percent return on the money he puts in over his working life.

If he purchased a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds over this same period with this same amount of money, this guy could get an annuity five to six times greater than this Social Security benefit. But even a bank CD would produce a monthly payment that could double Social Security.

There are other relevant points that anyone who has been following this debate can recite. With a private account this guy owns his money. Under Social Security, he doesn’t even have a legal right to the benefit. Which is material because the government is constantly changing the rules.

Can you imagine getting a letter from your bank or broker saying they are lowering the return on your investment because they can’t afford to pay you what they promised?

But, this is what is about to happen, again, with Social Security.

Not only are the returns to taxpayers negative, but they are guaranteed, beyond any question, to get worse. The system is bankrupt and can only continue in its current form through some combination of tax increases and benefit cuts. Which will drive what individuals get for what they put in even further south.

Why, then, does there seem to be a political consensus to save this monstrosity?

Politicians will tell you it’s because the American people want it. The polls say so.

And indeed they do. But the fact is taxpayers support this status quo out of fear and not knowledge.

Certainly, no sane individual would buy a program that has the personal investment economics that I just described.

When President Bush proposed changing the program to one of ownership and private accounts, the Democratic Party launched major league into the politics of cynicism. The message that working Americans heard was that they would be kicked off a government program guaranteeing them a payment at retirement in exchange for taking their money and investing it in the stock market.

Is it any wonder that many dived for cover?

I call this the politics of cynicism because there is not a single Democratic senator or congressman who would purchase an insurance policy with the type of legal and economic realities of Social Security. Shut the door and one by one they know the truth.

The Democrats’ campaign to “save Social Security” has really been a campaign to save their own butts.

To have endorsed the president’s reform would have been an endorsement of a fundamental move away from welfare state politics that has been the bread and butter of the Democratic Party.

Now, playing on fears and not the real interests of working Americans, and the inability of Republicans to stick to and sell their message, the Democrats have won.

The real victims are the low and middle income Americans whose hard earned money is being sucked into this black hole that will only get deeper and blacker. This is happening while Democrats bewail wage and wealth stagnation at the lower end of our income spectrum.

Is a Republican White House, for fear that it will look like it did nothing on Social Security, about to join Democrats in the ranks of the politics of cynicism?

The Reagan era is still alive for this writer. Let’s hope it’s still alive in the Bush White House.

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Copyright Scripps Howard News Service 2006
you want Bush to “work” with you but you pick the things you your self think is stupid and nobody would do. you just want to make sure the service state stays in tact is how I read it but Im a stupid conservative.
obviously not one of you read this….

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I’m 33 years old and make 33.000 a year. I’m married, but my husband only works part-time, so his income is not always the same.
I’m a permanent resident so if decide to go back to my country, can I keep contributing towards the IRA? I’m confused because in the bank they told me yes and when I contacted fidelity they said no way!
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I do want to start a retirement plan but I don’t want to loose the money if I moove to another country or start another one…

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Lately, I’ve been thinking much about an early retirement. Have worked over 20 years in the same company. Plus, always good to prepare as I’ve seen friends and family get an early retirement forced upon them. I was thinking about using an immediate annuity (along with a pension) for a guarenteed income stream. However, since a regular income wouldn’t keep up with inflation, I’d definitely still want to have money invested in mutual funds too.

Let’s say the annuity plus penison brings in about $50,000 a year, with about $400,000 left in other investments and a Roth IRA about $50,000. Also, no mortage in home, no dependents to provide for. With $50,000, some of that can still be used to continue investing in mutual funds even in retirement. Thus, if a bear market comes along, it’s comforting to know there is a steady income stream.

Would that combination of annuity and mutual funds be the best of both worlds for a stress free early retirement?

These would be invested with IRA funds. I am 70 years old.
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Can someone please explain, in lay terms, what an immediate needs annuity is, and how it relates to paying for care homes.

Or, should I buy an immediate annuity? Home value $200,000, mortgage free. CDs $150,000. Paid-up burial policy and $5,000 life insurance policy. No debts except usual household expenses and home maintenance. Disabled son lives with me.

I’m trying to find out wether they are any good. If they are, who does them?
I know you pay a lump sum and in return get payments for care for the rest of life (lump sum being approx 4 to 5 x the annual payment).
Where can I get more independant advice?
Thanks