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Re:Tontines may make sense despite their history of disrepute by iumtuip2001 on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @06:08PM (#11866092)
I never claimed guaranteed high returns. An annuity doesn't guarantee you "high" monthly income. It guarantees you AN monthly income.

My comment was to address the question regarding why more people don't use annuities, and I'm not sure your response counters that.

Regarding GM, yes, I'm aware they went bankrupt. But correct me if I'm wrong - Investors didn't lose their shares? The government bailed them out, and they're operational today. That's what I mean by "too big to fail".

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Re:Tontines may make sense despite their history of disrepute by greeneggs on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:52AM (#11894307)
> In the case of GM, investors who held shares of the company before its reorganization saw their equity holdings cancelled in March, 2011. Per the company's reorganization plan, they did not receive any shares of the "new" GM.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/02/23/what-a-corp...

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