Are annuities a scam? It is one of the most common questions we get, and there is a massive amount of misinformation out there. In this video, Shawn Plummer from The Annuity Expert gives you 18 years of unfiltered, inside-baseball truth about the annuity industry.

Shawn debunks the biggest myths perpetuated by YouTubers and "fiduciary" financial advisors, explaining why commissions are often drastically cheaper than ongoing advisor fees, why you don't actually lose control of your money (if you buy the right product), and why comparing an annuity to the stock market is a complete apples-to-oranges fallacy.

But there are actual scams out there you need to watch out for! Shawn calls out the predatory bait-and-switch online ads promising "9.6% with no risk," the danger of mutated index strategies with fake back-tested histories, and the  ...