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Beekee Posted August 2020

You should look at your parents' annuities and mutual funds right now. It might be time to cash out now while they're way ahead.

The financial markets are way up. This is because the Federal Reserve and other government departments have applied extreme measures to keep the economy going, like they did in 2008. Right now those measures are working, and your parents annuities and mutual funds are gaining $$$ every day, like never before. For example, my mother's annuity is gaining about $2,000 per week--a much higher rate of growth than ever before.


We can't expect this to last for too long. If your parents are elderly and they have not annuitized yet, it might be best to cash out (surrender) now while you'll get the most $$$.


Depending on your parents' age, they probably don't have enough years ahead of them to wait through further economic cycles of highs and lows. When the bubbles burst in the near future, the value of their annuities and mutual funds may be lower than what they put in to start with, and they might not live long enough for the value to go back up to "normal."


I'm not a financial expert and I'm not selling anything. If none of this makes sense to you, try to talk to a friend or family member who understands it. This is your parents' life savings.

BarbBrooklyn Aug 2020
www.bogleheads.org is the place for this discussion.

GardenArtist Aug 2020
DJI still isn't as high as it was before it began plunging.  Some markets are up; others are down.    

And someone really would need to evaluate a portfolio to determine what might be sold and what shouldn't be.

I also agree with Tothill.

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Tothill Aug 2020
BeeKee,

This is not the place to give out financial advice. Members of this forum live in different countries, have different banking systems and ways that assets are protected.

I am a Financial Planner and as such we have professional standards to which we have to abide. There is no such thing as blanket advice that applies to everyone.

AlvaDeer Aug 2020
I just read the most frightening thing in the Atlantic. The stock market is doing well now because there is nowhere else to put money, because it is an international market and we are still quite trusted. But this article was about the potential for banks to collapse when the Covid doesn't go away, the jobs don't come back, the tenants don't pay and don't move and the mortages are not paid. It was quite honestly terrifying. I think anyone looking around now can see our house of straw and I think that no other country is safer than a house of sticks. But it is all guesswork. I would caution people to be very careful with money and investments. You may not MAKE a lot, but you won't lose a lot if you can keep it safe. Do all you can to do so.

JoAnn29 Aug 2020
And if you remove the money, where do you put it in CDs? Some annuities do not allow for one big withdrawal. Depends on how it was set up.

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