Immediate Annuity vs. 30 Year Treasury Bond - Which is Better

How do we calculate an Internal Rate of return on an an Immediate Annuity?

Not an easy task, actually, because an immediate annuity has a return of principal component AND an interest component in the income you receive from it.

So, when you compare an annuity to say a bond, you need to know you are NOT comparing apples to apples when it comes to distribution yields.

But, when it comes to income received and the opportunity cost of tying up capital to generate that income we can get a pretty good idea of the value of income annuities.

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[fredgrau]

You made some VERY valid points - as long as you invest the difference.  However, if you want to do a straight apples-to-apples comparison, invest the $250K in a 30 year treasury (assuming 4%), then withdraw the same amount each year ($13044).  In this scenario, you would never run out of money (even after 50 years) - AND you would leave $$$ to your heirs.  FYI, a 30 year treasury is now 3.38% - this would still leave you $$$ after 50 years.

[fredost]

30 yr bond 4%? you must be dreaming. Today, its 2.53%.