Are you looking for the security of the Swiss franc, combined with complete Swiss asset protection, (including bankruptcy), enormous investment flexibility, privacy - where your financial affairs are known only to you - as well as the opportunity control your own investments? If so, then the Consumer's Guide to Swiss Annuities is for you.
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Jean-Francois Meillard is a Chartered Accountant who lives and maintains his offices in the town of Cugy, Switzerland. A life time resident of the Swiss Romand (the French speaking part of Switzerland) he was born in Lausanne in 1946. Upon the completion of his accounting studies, he was awarded the degree, Brevet d agent fiduciaire. Mr. Meillard is a member of the Chambre Fiduciaire Suisse. Being fluent in French, German, Italian and English, he has developed a large international clientele. He specializes in creating structures to assist his clients to minimize their taxes and preserve their wealth.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Swiss Annuities -- Finally an answer to investing that makes perfect sense,
By Russell Greenberg (Mineola, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Consumer's Guide to Swiss Annuities, 2nd edition (Paperback)
This booklet about the various types and advantages of Swiss Annuities really turned on the light for me about an alternative choice for investing. I have spent many sleepless nights during the last few years worrying about how my 401K has eroded into a 201K, so I was thrilled to learn about what seems to be a much safer and smarter choice to safeguard and grow my life's savings.
Mr. Meillard's style is objective and explanatory in an easy-to-follow outline structure -- with lots of charts that re-tell the story. It was interesting to learn about the history of Swiss Annuities and how the Swiss people and government take a fairer viewpoint about account privacy and bankruptcy protection -- one that protects you not ruins you. It was also surprising to learn about why the Swiss franc continues to increase in value relative to most of the world's other currencies -- especially the U.S. dollar. The Consumers Guide to Swiss Annuities booklet does an excellent job of explaining the various types and potential advantages of Swiss annuities. I was especially interested about a new type of annuity called the Swiss Private Placement Annuity. This investment structure appears to be the ideal solution for investment flexibility and safety. It has all the old advantages of Swiss Annuities -- such as Swiss francs conversion, creditor protection and low fees -- along with the big advantage of opening up all the world's investment opportunities. It was also refreshing to learn that investing in Switzerland is easy and not considered a bad thing -- but rather a smart choice by many savvy U.S. investors. Because of the ongoing nightmare of huge bailouts that will certainly be devastating for generations, Economics 101 should tell us there's little doubt that inflation in the U.S. will rise and the U.S. dollar we get weaker -- especially against more stable world currencies like the Swiss franc. The booklet not only showed me the right currency to put my hard earned money, but it also explained the right investment vehicles. It also provided me with the peace of mind of knowing there is a much safer alternative than having my broker tell me to "hold on" and wait for the market to come back. My thanks to Mr. Meillard for his insightful ins and outs of Swiss investing. The reasonable price of this book is the best investment I ever made!
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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A Book That Makes Swiss Annuities Easy To Understand,
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This review is from: The Consumer's Guide to Swiss Annuities, 2nd edition (Paperback)
Finally, a book that makes Swiss annuities easy to understand.
I have had an interest in Swiss annuities for some time. Unfortunately, until Mr. Meillard's book, all I could find were books that seemed to be written by lawyers for other lawyers. This book is completely different. The Consumer's Guide is written for people like me. I wanted to know how Swiss annuities work, what kind there are and how to learn more. This book does just that. The Swiss insurers sell the same kinds of annuities (immediate and deferred) that we have in the U.S. The big difference is that the account accumulation and annuity payouts are in Swiss francs. As the book shows (and most wise investors know) the Swiss franc has a better record as a hedge against inflation than just about anything else. What surprised me the most were the private placement annuities. This is an annuity where you determine what the investments inside the policy are. The insurer provides the shell and you can tuck in pretty much whatever assets you want. Once inside all future gains are tax deferred until you make withdrawals. In addition, all Swiss annuities are virtually creditor proof. Unless you are a criminal, your creditors (even in bankruptcy) can't get their hands on it. As a professional I found this creditor protection feature very attractive. So, I can't recommend this book strongly enough for anyone who wants to learn about Swiss annuities.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A True Consumers' Guide,
This review is from: The Consumer's Guide to Swiss Annuities, 2nd edition (Paperback)
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Like most people approaching retirement age, I am concerned about having a life income which is both sufficient today and twenty years from now. From my own travels and investing experience I have seen that the currency one's investments are denominated in is important. Specifically, I have watched over the years the Swiss franc rise relentlessly relative to the dollar. At the same time, I have watched the dollar's purchasing power be eroded by inflation. In fact, the dollar's sad story is told on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator. [...] The Swiss franc's strength had peaked my interest in owning some as part of my retirement portfolio. Yet, I didn't know quite what to do. Until a friend recommended The Consumer's Guide, I had never thought about Swiss annuities. I don't know why, I just hadn't. What I learned from The Consumer's Guide is that Swiss annuities are pretty much just like American annuities. The big difference is that your account is in Swiss francs and not dollars. Over the past decades, an income in Swiss francs, when converted to dollars, has kept pace with inflation. Swiss annuities are also perfectly legal for Americans to own. Meillard points out that Swiss annuities are immune from the attacks of creditors. While I don't have any lawyers chasing after me, in today's world you never know. We all seem to be one frivolous lawsuit away from oblivion. What Mr. Meillard has to say makes a lot of sense to me. If you are interested in learning about Swiss annuities, I think this is a great book. As the name implies, it is a "Consumer's Guide" and not an academic book or one written for tax attorneys. It really was written for someone like me: sophisticated enough to manage my own investments, not so sophisticated as to have sold out before the crash and concerned about a secure inflation protected retirement.
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