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‘It seems too good to be true’: At a steak-dinner retirement seminar, the guy said annuities can outperform the market. Is that true?

‘It seems too good to be true’: At a steak-dinner retirement seminar, the guy said annuities can outperform the market. Is that true?
MarketWatch Friday 12 June 2026, 10:36 UTC By Quentin Fottrell 1 min read
Key Points

“He claimed that fixed-rate annuities are the sparkly, rainbow-fairyland of investments.”

“He claimed that fixed-rate annuities are the sparkly, rainbow-fairyland of investments.”
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