Retirement
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A certain catchphrase of the late, great comedian Rodney Dangerfield is applicable to the Thrift Saving Plan's always-safe G fund, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
April 05, 2017 -
The Thrift Savings Plans is seeing red for the first time in 2017, after two funds posted negative numbers in March.
April 03, 2017 -
Lyn Alden, who provides equity research and investment strategies, offers insights into what the future holds for the TSP.
March 29, 2017 -
AARP magazine financial columnist Allan Roth joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss investment strategies for federal workers. He'll also share his about his dare-to-be dull method of investing. April 5, 2017
March 28, 2017 -
If you're lucky or wise, you'll keep adding to your Thrift Savings Plan and it keeps growing. Should you leave it or do you put it to work for you in some other way? Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning, offers some advice for wringing the most out of your TSP on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 28, 2017 -
More than 10,000 federal workers and retirees now have Thrift Savings Plan accounts worth over $1 million, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
March 27, 2017 -
When you've had enough, will you have enough to do something about it? asks Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
March 23, 2017 -
Randy Silvey, president Silverlight Financial, encourages feds to take a more active role in understanding potential changes to their retirement benefits and managing their risks.
March 22, 2017 -
Instead of trying to guess what the market for retirement is going to do based on emotion, take a second-grader's approach, says Mike Causey.
March 22, 2017 -
After a year without a cost-of-living adjustment, federal and Social Security retirees may experience a slight pulse in the inflation catchup pipeline, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
March 21, 2017 -
The senior executive service faces an unprecedented time where criticism is rampant, the environment is fast-paced and the retirement bubble teeters on popping.
March 20, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management said scammers are posing as federal agents and trying to get money from federal retirees.
March 16, 2017 -
Tammy Flanagan with the National Institute of Transition Planning joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss Uncle Sam's alphabet-soup federal benefits program for workers and retirees. March 22, 2017
March 14, 2017 -
With the President's fiscal 2018 budget expected later this week, lawmakers and federal employee unions are gearing up for what could be a long and contentious fight over civilian agency spending and possible cuts to other federal employee programs. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association says the 2018 budget is its biggest challenge this year.
March 14, 2017 -
The super-safe G fund of the federal Thrift Savings Plan never has a bad year, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there’s a downside.
March 14, 2017