The June 1 rollout of the TSP’s new My Account system requires all participants to set up a new login system for their personal account. Lots of folks having trouble with the new system contacted Federal News Network to share their stories.
The 5,000 new TSP choices will include funds with social goals, real estate and other special interests. Many of them may be close to your heart. The question is will they also make money and build your retirement nest egg?
Federal News Network is conducting a survey to gauge your experience with the June 1 update to the Thrift Savings Plan.
A major online update for the Thrift Savings Plan causes high call volumes for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
Performance among the Thrift Savings Plan's stock funds was mixed last month and the Lifecycle funds slightly dropped.
A million dollar nest egg may be a reasonable goal at age 25. But that could change by the time you are 50 or 60. Maybe been through a major recession or two. Or seen inflation skyrocket.
Investors in the federal Thrift Savings Plan have until noon EDT today to make changes in their account allocations.
After a brief pause on investment changes, Thrift Savings Plan participants will get a host of new features starting in June.
It's easy to talk about long-haul, no-panic investing during good times, like we’ve just experienced for an unnaturally long time. But when the going gets tough and markets decline, it is harder to stay the course and sleep at night.
The people behind the TSP, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, have a strategic plan for now through 2026.
Each time there is an economic bump in the road, and this one is more like a sink hole, some people panic. Which is where the super-safe, never-has-a-bad-day G fund comes in.
Despite tremendous interest (and some dread) over the coming investment expansion for six million federal Thrift Savings Plan investors, fewer than 30 took the opportunity to make formal comments, suggestions or to criticize the proposed changes.
FRTIB will update its platform interface, add new services and introduce a mobile app, requiring a pause in investment changes for TSP participants.
Performance among the Thrift Savings Plan's stock funds was mostly down last month and the Lifecycle funds dropped, too, following slight gains in February.
Thanks to the it-had-to-happen-sometime downturn in the stock market, the number of Thrift Savings Plan millionaires dropped to 100,364 in March.