Retirement
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During times like this, when a pandemic is still running wild, it’s a good question. The old rules and odds don’t apply.
July 15, 2020 -
How are investors handling the current, very unstable and sometimes scary market? Mike Causey heard from two TSP investors.
July 14, 2020 -
About as many federal employees submitted retirement claims in June as the month before, but the Office of Personnel Management was able to reduce the backlog this time.
July 10, 2020 -
A lot of people who retired last year or earlier this year probably wish they hadn’t. Most are living on less.
July 08, 2020 -
Thanks to the coronavirus' hit on the world economy, the number of federal workers and retirees with million-dollar Thrift Savings Plan accounts now stands at 47,219.
July 07, 2020 -
While your still working for the federal government, the Thrift Savings Plan is a great place to watch your retirement nest egg grow, while you are paying some of the lowest administration fees in the business.
July 02, 2020 -
Employees overwhelmingly see the importance and value in existing federal health and retirement benefits, and in many cases, these programs are a top recruitment and retention incentive, a new Office of Personnel Management survey found.
July 01, 2020 -
Suppose your charming but kind of flaky son or granddaughter inherited a large sum of money, maybe as much as six figures, as soon as this month?
July 01, 2020 -
Some of the smartest people in the nation work for Uncle Sam and belong to the Thrift Savings Plan. For some it is a nice option. For most, it is their primary retirement nest egg.
June 23, 2020 -
Lots of federal workers have said they might be willing to take a pay cut if they could do their jobs from a site a hundred miles from their home office.
June 18, 2020 -
Many people investing for retirement know that it is risky, dangerous and stupid to try to time the market.
June 17, 2020 -
Now that more states and jurisdictions are easing social distancing rules, millions of people are stumbling back to pre-COVID-19 normalcy - if you can remember what that was like.
June 10, 2020 -
According to the latest data from the Office of Personnel Management, about 1.4% fewer retirement claims were filed in May compared to April.
June 08, 2020 -
If the government starts pushing employees to show up in offices without mandating masks and social distancing, we could see an uptick in retirement rates.
June 04, 2020 -
If you’re a nose-to-the-grindstone type who has been toiling for decades while dreaming of fun and fulfillment in retirement you might want to do a reality check.
June 04, 2020