{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-20T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/perrypartnersllc-com\/2026\/09\/20\/a-new-study-tested-the-4-rule-against-annuities-this-retirement-strategy-scored-best\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T13:00:00","slug":"a-new-study-tested-the-4-rule-against-annuities-this-retirement-strategy-scored-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/a-new-study-tested-the-4-rule-against-annuities-this-retirement-strategy-scored-best\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Study Tested the 4% Rule Against Annuities\u2014This Retirement Strategy Scored Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>A recent study sheds new light on the 4% rule versus annuities for retirement planning\u2014and the findings are worth considering. Blending a 50% immediate annuity with portfolio withdrawals actually delivers better income security than relying on either strategy alone. What\u2019s more, gradually shifting into annuities and waiting to claim Social Security further improves your long-term prospects. As someone who helps families and business owners protect assets and secure lifetime income, I often see simple annuities overlooked, despite their ability to provide guaranteed payments for life. Integrating these elements can be a powerful way to reduce risk, manage taxes, and build lasting financial confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/a-new-study-tested-the-4-rule-against-annuities-this-retirement-strategy-scored-best-12031589\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study sheds new light on the 4% rule versus annuities for retirement planning\u2014and the findings are worth considering. Blending a 50% immediate annuity with portfolio withdrawals actually delivers better income security than relying on either strategy alone. What\u2019s more, gradually shifting into annuities and waiting to claim Social Security further improves your long-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perrypartnersllc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}