Article: A well-guarded secret revealed.(Blackman On Taxes)

Successful investing in the stock market is uncertain, and net losses can sometimes exceed net gains. So-called traditional safe investments, such as CDs, treasury bonds, municipal bonds and the like, may offer only paltry returns.

However, there is an investment that can match the potential high returns of successful stock market investors, yet has the prime characteristic (no risk) of traditional safe investments.

There's a good chance you have never heard of a life settlement, also known as a Transferable Insurance Policy (TIP). To understand how a TIP works, let's use an example.

Joe is 68 years old and owns a life insurance policy with a ...

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