SmartAsset and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. A new study titled “How Much Do People Value Annuities and Their Added Features?” from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College finds that while just 12% of investors with assets of more than $100,000 open an annuity, more than 50% of investors who could benefit from a simple annuity don’t buy one because the process is too complicated. The report notes that a longstanding puzzle in economics ...