$147,017 ...OR ...an Annualized Return of 8.01% over the 5 Years.
The MATH:
$100,000 + :
+5% or $5,000 = $105,000 ...End of Year 1
+5% or $5,250 = $110,250 ...End of Year 2
-0-% or $-0- = $110,250 ...End of Year 3
+27% or $29,767 = $140,017 ...End of Year 4
+5% or $7,000 = $147,017 ...End of Year 5
OK ...Now...what if you made a longer than 10 Year commitment (14 Years) and in exchange you receive a fully earned 10% Bonus on the day of deposit?
$100,000 becomes $110,000 on the day of deposit (assume all else is equal).
The MATH:
$110,000 + :
+5% or $5,500 = $115,500 ...End of Year 1
+5% or $5,775 = $121,275 ...End of Year 2
-0-% or $-0- = $121,275 ...End of Year 3
+27% or $32,744 = $154,019 ...End of Year 4
+5% or $7,700 = $161,719 ...End of Year 5
$161,719 ...OR ...an Annualized Return of 10.09% over the 1st 5 Years (Remember 14 Year commitment for this hypothetical bonus and example).
One more quick example of REAL RISK stated another way:
If the Market Declines (25%) in the next 12 months or 1 Year .........
What Percent would you need to Earn the following 12 months or Year to just get back to your initial investment?
Answer: 33.33%
If you Factor in Fund Management Fees and the Fee Paid to your Fee Based Investment Advisor or CFP (Total Fees of 1.50% per year)?
Answer: 38.13%
The Moral of this story...is to Eliminate ALL DOWN YEARS.
Richard Russell, founder and editor of The Dow Theory Letter, put it succinctly when he said, "He Who Loses Least........Wins!"
Still Not Convinced? Take a Look at the following Chart. The RED Line is the S&P 500 Index and how it performed from 9/30/1998 to 9/30/2008 starting with $100,000. The GREEN Line is a similar type of Strategy (Not the exact one) that I have been discussing. A LOOK at Real Dollar Amounts NOT Percentages. CLICK HERE for CHART #1! CHART #2 CHART #3 CHART #4
Hypothetical S&P 500 Back Testing Data with three Participation Rates of 55% / 65% / 75% - Annual Reset 1 Year Point-to-Point crediting method for the following periods:
Last 20 Years: Hypothetical #1
1990 to Present: Hypothetical #7
{Interest Earned and credited each year is = to the increase in the S&P 500 Index from start date each year to end date 12 months hence X the Participation Rate ::: Annualized Return for the full period of time is under the Annualize Return Column in the bottom row for each hypothetical participation rate. Please also read the yellow tags on each page.}
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11/19/2008 Note: Due to this stock market environment and economy plus what I expect going forward Long-Term (5 to 10 Years), I believe a CAP Only Crediting method will be the best method for earning interest and providing the highest return possible for this period of time in index annuities. Now don't just go out and buy any CAP only Index Annuity. You MUST buy the Index Annuity that gives you the HIGHEST CAP's along with other choices in the same index annuity for down the road. We have that Index Annuity and it does NOT have a bonus. Very few others will be forthright and honest enough to offer it to you. I will! Because I put clients first all the time every time. If you listened to stock brokers, financial advisors and financial planners who preached a buy and hold philosophy in a diversified portfolio of securities/mutual funds/index funds for the last 11 years like it was a religion, it has cost you greatly. Diversification meant NOTHING in these two bear markets. Everything went down... everything! EXCEPT... Fixed Index Annuities! Did they tell you to sell in 1999 or early in 2000? Did they tell you to sell in the Spring of 2007 through May of 2008? NO, well that is because they never tell anyone to sell.
