TSP
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Do you actively manage your federal Thrift Savings Plan account, or do you leave it to the pros?
February 08, 2022 -
Is it worth considering working longer to protect your buying power in retirement? Or is that too horrible a concept? Many will probably conclude it's worth putting it high up on their retirement planning checklist.
February 02, 2022 -
Aside from the securities-backed G fund, Thrift Savings Plan funds closed out the first month of 2022 with lower returns than the month before effectively clearing out any gains made over the last year.
February 01, 2022 -
What’s the difference between relaxing, not panicking, and sleeping at the wheel? What do feds do between now and when they plan to retire and, more importantly, when they actually start tapping their TSP accounts?
January 27, 2022 -
The launch of those systems completes the 15-month Financial Systems Modernization project for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
January 25, 2022 -
Tom O’Rourke, a Washington-area tax and estate attorney and former IRS lawyer, shares his plan to allow federal employees to double their money and to save more than $1,000 in taxes at no risk.
January 19, 2022 -
A growing number of savvy feds are and have been rolling outside money into the TSP at an impressive and growing scale.
January 18, 2022 -
The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) requires some-to-considerable thought and work from those who want to maximize their total retirement benefits.
January 13, 2022 -
In following its congressional mandate to keep-it-simple, keep-it-inexpensive to operate, the TSP doesn’t offer some perks that outside plans (that often cost users much, much more) do.
January 11, 2022 -
The number of self-made members of the TSP’s millionaires club jumped again last month.
January 06, 2022 -
When federal employees leave government, one in three investors in the Thrift Savings Plan move their money out of Uncle Sam’s 401k plan for a variety of reasons.
December 28, 2021 -
The Thrift Savings Plan will roll out a suite of new security tools and digital features, including a mobile app, mutual fund window and online customer service options, for participants next summer. Here's a preview of what to expect.
December 26, 2021 -
Investing for retirement is tricky enough. Building and keeping a nest egg for life when three virus strains are ravaging the planet only adds to the stress.
December 22, 2021 -
For many long-term investors — like folks in the Thrift Savings Plan — the question is simple. What, if anything, should I be doing with my portfolio?
November 03, 2021 -
When people leave government, either for another job or retirement, about a third take their TSP accounts with them.
November 02, 2021