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When it comes to employer-backed 401k plans, most experts say that the federal Thrift Savings Plan, with its 5% match and super-low administrative fees, is the best deal around. At the end of March, the…
Most feds have since recovered from the record 35-day government shutdown that ended in late January. But not everyone has, or will.
The TSP is the envy of many investors because of its low administrative fees and federal oversite of the fund.
The most recent record 35-day government shutdown is now just a painful memory for many fed families, but it is still very real for some.
Folks who track their stock market investments on a hourly basis sometimes need nerves of steel. And a forgiving job that gives the time to monitor markets and pundits as Wall Street reacts various promises…
The good news for most long-time federal and postal workers, is that in retirement, you may be better off than many of your private sector neighbors.
Some of the 800,000 feds that felt the impact of the record long government shutdown in their pockets may still be playing financial catch-up.
9,540 additional federal and postal workers became Thrift Savings Plan millionaires between March 2018 and the end of March this year.
The U.S. Postal Service is still delivering a lot of mail quickly, and at bargain prices. Snail mail may be a thing of the past but it still has its moments.
Despite the red hot stock market and longest-ever bull market in history, federal workers have just over 40% of their money in treasury securities.
Everybody has an opinion on the government, on the bureaucracy, on rules and regulations. And much of it is bad. But where does that come from?
Most federal and postal TSP millionaires got that way by ignoring the ups and downs of the market despite the pre-Christmas plunge in 2018.
A retired Navy captain and IRS worker described the possible hazards of moving to a tax-free state to shop in a state with no sales tax.
Explanations vary as to why the bull market continues. Many who predicted the market would tank, from Trump or Brexit, have yet to be proven correct.
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