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Annuity Sales Are Soaring Because of Higher Payouts. What You Need to Know.

  • Bias Rating

    30% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    30% Medium Conservative

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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33% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Rob Burnette, financial advisor and professional tax preparer at Outlook Financial Center, also uses FIAs, considering it a conservative way to create growth while protecting downside.
51% : Sales of the insurance product hit a record in 2023 as the combination of volatile equity and bond markets and higher payouts propelled buyers to seek annuities, says Bryan Hodgens, head of LIMRA research, an industry group.
43% : Rates fluctuate, but they tend to have yields roughly a percentage point above similar-length bank CDs, with tax-deferred gains.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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