A method and apparatus for acquiring and parsing data into categories responsive to receipt of at least one prospectus of a variable or non-fixed annuity contract for storage in an annuity master database. Once annuity contract data is received in the annuity master database, the data is analyzed and a recommended annuity contract value is forecast using one of trend-line projection and Monte Carlo simulation. A result is a filtering and listing of at least one recommended annuity or, further, a ranking of annuity contracts available from various carriers recommended for an annuity contract purchaser responsive to an annuity contract purchaser profile.