Kerry Pechter: How Annuities Fit Into the Retirement Income Puzzle

<p>Our guest on the podcast today is Kerry Pechter. He is the editor and publisher of <em>Retirement Income Journal</em>, which he launched in 2009 to provide unconflicted news and analysis to the annuity and financial advice industries. <em>RIJ </em>recently celebrated its 500th issue. Kerry is also the author of <em>Annuities for Dummies </em>and two other nonfiction books. He has been an editor of <em>Annuity Market News</em>, a writer in Vanguard's individual annuity marketing department, a senior editor at Rodale Press, and a reporter for The <em>Billings Montana Gazette</em>.</p><p></p></p><p><p><strong>Background</strong></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-pechter-1b05705/" target="_blank">Bio</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Annuities-Dummies-Kerry-Pechter/dp/0470178892/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1620061422&refinements=p_27%3AKerry+Pechter&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><em>Annuities for Dummies</em></a><em> </em></p></p><p><p></p><p></p></p><p><p><a href="https://retirementincomejournal.com/" target="_blank"><em>Retirement Income Journal</em></a><em></em></p></p><p><p></p><p></p></p><p><p><strong>Advisor Landscape</strong></p></p><p><p>“<a href="https://retirementincomejournal.com/article/out-of-commission/" target="_blank">Out of Commission</a>,” by Kerry Pechter, retirementincomejournal.com, Sept. 19, 2013.</p></p><p><p>“<a href="https://retirementincomejournal.com/article/seeking-ambidextrous-advisers/" target="_blank">Seeking ‘Ambidextrous Advisers’</a>,” by Kerry Pechter, retirementincomejournal.com, Jan. 9, 2020.</p></p><p><p><a href="https://retireone.com/" target="_blank">RetireOne</a></p></p><p><p><a href="https://www.dplfp.com/" target="_blank">DPL Financial</a> </p></p><p><p><strong>Annuity Basics </strong></p></p><p><p>“<a href="https://retirementincomejournal.com/article/will-fee-only-advisors-warm-to-annuities/" target="_blank">Will Fee-Only Advisors Warm to Annuities?</a>” by Kerry Pechter, retirementincomejournal.com, Oct. 19, 2018.</p></p><p><p>“<a href