Federal Report
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Are you a federal employee worried about your mix of TSP funds and retirement nest egg? If so, financial planner Arthur Stein has a couple of simple, ulcer-preventive tips.
July 11, 2018 -
Federal employee and financial coach Abraham Grungold's Thrift Savings Plan strategy has always been slow and steady, to keep pouring in those contributions and not watch the stock market, which is like a rollercoaster.
July 10, 2018 -
Guest columnist Tom Trabucco reflects on his 46-year federal career and the cast of characters he met along the way, as well as how he views the current set of civil service reform proposals.
July 09, 2018 -
Guest columnists Steve Hellem and James Strock say the whole world is looking to Washington for leadership and does not like what it sees, prompting a potential need for civil servants to step up.
July 06, 2018 -
In Mike Causey's absence, long-time reader and IRS retiree Tony Krolik writes about his retirement and tries to quell the fears of feds worried about moving on the face of threatened benefits cuts.
July 05, 2018 -
Wishing federal employees a Happy July Fourth holiday while Mike Causey is on vacation this week.
July 04, 2018 -
Guest columnist Nancy Crosby writes that talk of cuts to federal retirement benefits is nothing new, but the rumored tsunami of retirement has been reduced to a slow and steady leak of attrition.
July 03, 2018 -
Financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss how the Thrift Savings plan is doing and what you can do to protect your investments from a market correction that many experts say is long overdue. July 3, 2018
July 02, 2018 -
Guest columnist Marc Harris, a retired federal employee, offers his gratitude for the huge numbers of civilian employees who supported the war effort.
July 02, 2018 -
Guest columnist Abraham Grungold, a federal employee and burgeoning financial coach in Florida, offers his federal employee retirement planning checklist.
June 29, 2018 -
While Mike Causey is on vacation, guest columnist Steve Hellem addresses the issues and challenges he believes face federal government employees at this point in a new administration.
June 28, 2018 -
Averages are tricky, especially when investing. Thrift Savings Plan investors who go by average returns must look backward. But how do you do it, and how helpful are averages?
June 27, 2018 -
Guest writer Wayne Abba, a retired DoD employee says the optimal balance between regulation and self-reliant industry is elusive, with the pendulum swinging between “insight” and “oversight.”
June 26, 2018 -
This time one year ago lobbyists who represent feds and retirees were quietly hoping that Congress would tear off only a couple of chunks from the embattled Federal Employees Retirement System. Then a funny thing happened on the way: Nothing.
June 25, 2018 -
It is true that some federal civil servants from Houston and New Orleans beg for temporary assignments to their Washington headquarters because of our comparatively dry climate.
June 22, 2018