A customer, age 45, invests $100,000 in a variable annuity contract. It imposes an 8% charge if the contract is surrendered within the 1st 8 years; and a 4% charge if the contract is surrendered in years 9 and 10. Thereafter, there is no surrender charge. The contract has a Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit (GMIB) that promises to annuitize the account at a value of $180,000 starting at age 60. After holding the contract for 5 years, the separate account has a net asset value of $120,000. The insurance company makes an offer to the client to buy back the contract at $121,000 with no surrender charges imposed. Assuming that the client's investment objectives have not changed, the best advice to the client is to:.