Middle-income baby boomers may have less to spend on annuities than higher-income boomers, but they are more interested in guarantees and much less interested in rate of return.
The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI), Washington, has published those findings in a summary of results from a recent telephone interview of 801 U.S. adults ages 50 to 65 who are approaching retirement or have recently retired.
Only 14% of the survey participants with annual household income between $30,000 and $75,000 said they felt extremely or very knowledgeable about investing, compared with 22% of the participants with annual household income over $75,000.
For high-income participants, a high rate of return is critical: 25% of them said a high rate of return is the most important trait in a retirement investment; just 16% of the middle-income participants said rate of return is the most important trait.
