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The STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS 4REAL® Blog is a highly regarded source for structured settlement news, information, and commentary, led by structured settlement and settlement planning subect mater expert John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC. With two decades of operation, the blog and 4structures.com are recognized as comprehensive resources, offering detailed guides and specialized insights. Established in 2005, the blog caters to a broad audience, including legal professionals, injured individuals, families, and various stakeholders, providing reviews and opinions on settlement planning. John Darer, President of 4structures.com LLC, is a seasoned structured settlement expert with over 40 years of financial services experience and 31 years specializing in structured settlements. Based in Stamford, CT, he is a Certified Financial Transitionist and Registered Settlement Planner, holding insurance licenses in 45 states and the District of Columbia. John Darer is dedicated to transparency and advocacy, he emphasizes the importance of engaging trained and licensed professionals for settlement planning, offering valuable insights through his investigative journalism and professional commentary.

Stone Street Capital’s Perfect Metaphor for Financial Exsanguination

January 1, 1970

by John Darer CLU ChFC CSSC RSP CLTC

Stone Street Capital, a company that buys structured settlement payment rights out of Bethesda Maryland, gets all chirpy on Twitter about the image below, featuring a man about to get bitten in half by a crocodile from them waist down.

I have to hand it to Stone Street Capital for capturing the perfect metaphor for the "race to the bottom" that is happening in the structured settlement secondary market.

Structured settlement annuitants who are approached by cash now pushers, who are ignorant or oblivious to what is happening around them are sure to suffer a 50% "bite" out of their long term financial security. It won't take long for them to "bleed out" financially.

Roll me over Beethoven!

Seen another way, "enforcement" of the Florida Structured Settlement Protection Act is a "Croc". Ask Michael Lafontant.

Well done Stone Steet Capital!

Posted in Stone Street Capital Commentary, Structured Settlement Payment Rights, Structured Settlement Transfers, Structured Settlement Watchdog®, Sumter County Structured Settlements

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Stone Street Capital’s Perfect Metaphor for Financial Exsanguination

Stone Street Capital, a company that buys structured settlement payment rights out of Bethesda Maryland, gets all chirpy on Twitter about the image below, featuring a man about to get bitten in half by a crocodile from them waist down.

Structured settlement annuitants who are approached by cash now pushers, who are ignorant or oblivious to what is happening around them are sure to suffer a 50% "bite" out of their long term financial security. It won't take long for them to "bleed out" financially.

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