Want to earn much of the upside of the stock market without any risk? Sounds impossible, but it isn’t, and we’re not talking about an equity-indexed annuity (rebranded as a fixed indexed annuity). It’s actually quite simple and can be done with ultra-low fees and high tax-efficiency. Here are two ways, and both involve buying a single Treasury Bond and investing in a stock index fund. Let’s take a $100,000 portfolio as an example, and a long investment horizon of 20 years. Away we go. SUBSCRIBE:  Receiv ...

Advisors sometimes envy clients with a US government pension. They are protected from inflation, which is a major concern. It’s not that anyone can tell what future inflation will be, but high inflation over the next decade (or three) could compound and make any non-inflation-adjusted annuity virtually worthless. But, there are ways to build something similar to a pension. (Full disclosure: I’m doing the first two for my own portfolio, and the third solution is brand new.) Almost all clients will have So ...