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The Transparent Value Index is a 5 year crediting method. At the end of the day the index is based on picking the top 100 stocks that have the highest probablity of producing enough profit to support their stock price. Problem is...the best money managers in the world have been trying to do this for a hundred years, mostly failing, but this new index has figured it out. The index has only been around 4 or 5 months, the historicals are based on "backtesting". The truth is no matter what crediting method you choose, whether it be transparent value index or any other, your money is not actually going into an index. Your money is going into a conservative portfolio (which is regulated). That's not to say that the index may not perform well, we will see.Take a look at this for accumulation...
Security Benefit TVA (Total Value Annuity) using the Transparent Value Blended Index crediting method with is a 1 Year method with 100% participation, NO CAP with just a .50% spread. If you need an income rider, it has a 4% compounded feature that stacks on top of the index gain, if any for that year. The income withdrawal % is tough to beat at most ages.