Answer:
C) "Variable annuities include investments in various products, normally mutual funds, so the value of the variable annuity will fluctuate with increases or decreases in the values of the products held within the variable annuity."
Explanation:
Joe's investment adviser should have discussed what type of investment he was recommending and why he was recommending them. If Joe wants to know more about his investments, his IAR has a fiduciary obligation to explain how a variable annuity works.
Variable annuities are a type of investment vehicle, which allows tax deferral on investment growth. Variable annuities are called variable because the investor decides which investment he will take and the value of the investments vary in time.
Usually variable annuities include different mutual funds, and if the price of the shares of the mutual funds vary, so will the value of the annuity.