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Stan Haithcock is known as Stan Haithcock AKA Stan The Annuity Man has been called the national consumer advocate for annuities..and a walking middle finger of annuity truth. He is a nationally recognized annuity expert and annuity critic and educator.

He is an independent annuity agent licensed in all 50 states,, Member of AAII (The American Association of Individual Investors). He resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL with his wife of 25 years Christine, their 2 daughters and their pets Cleocatra and Cutie the Wonder Dog.

Education: 1986-1988 Graduated from University of Central Florida where he played Division 1 basketball. 1984-1986 Sheridan College basketball! 1983-1984 Charleston Southern University 1982-1983 United States Air Force Academy Owner of Stan The Annuity Man from Jan 2005-presently Co-founder of Income Investor Newsletter Co-founder of the industry disrupter .direct websites which are a platform developed for the consumer to directly submit annuity quote requests, effectively bypassing the immediate need for middlemen in the search for an appropriate annuity product. Similar to the way you can now call Uber for an immediate ride instead of scheduling a pickup through a taxi company. Former stock-and-bond financial advisor at UBS-PaineWebber (2001-2005) Morgan Stanley-Dean Witter (1997-2001) Owner/CFO SMI Manufacturing (1989-1997)

His pragmatic assessment of annuity products has been sited in articles from the NYTimes and The Wall Street Journal to USA Today, Forbes, AARP, Time Magazine and Nasdaq.com. He has been referenced in Senator Elizabeth Warren's Report on the Annuity Industry Villas, Castles, and Vacations: How Perks and Giveaways Create Conflicts of Interest in the Annuity Industry. submitted in support of consumer protection measures for annuity consumers. He is a weekly RetireMentor columnist for The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch.com. The RetireMentors is a section of MarketWatch.com that features insight, opinion and conversation from financial-services professionals who've been working to steer investors toward a comfortable and secure retirement. RetireMentors showcases financial advisers, 401(k) consultants and managers, researchers and analysts, and othr industry veterans with down-in-the trenches experience in all things retirement-related. These commentators offer insight from a different vantage point than staff journalists or other paid freelance writers. Stan is also a contributor of annuity related educational content for About.com/The Balance, ThinkAdvisor.com, Investorjunkie.xom, lifehealthpro.com, The Street, Annuity123 MoneyShow.com. Guest on Financial Industry Podcasts investlikeaboss.com, www.quickenloans.com, milleronthemoney.com and Financial Advisor Magazine The Beacon Newspaper and The Huffington Post. He is an avid author on the topic of annuities, presenter within the financial industry, as well as guest lecturer to undergraduates at blblblkj university.