TSP
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Thrift Savings Plan wants to change the rate it currently uses to calculate some annual cost of living adjustments.
December 20, 2019 -
White collar federal civil servants are on track to get a 3.1% pay raise next year — the largest in a decade for 1.2 million civil servants.
December 20, 2019 -
Timing federal retirement right allows you to carry over the maximum amount of annual leave, and in 2020 be paid for most if not all of it at the new higher 3.1% pay raise.
December 18, 2019 -
Regardless of how your federal 401k plan is doing, December has some critical dates remaining which investors should know about to get the maximum gains and tax breaks
December 17, 2019 -
Experts on Wall Street and world financial markets have been predicting another recession, some almost daily, since the last one ended more than 10 years ago.
December 12, 2019 -
Just about everybody with money in the stock market knows that the current, record long bull market has got to end someday.
December 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Thrift Savings Plan will require tougher online security measures for its participants by the end of the year.
December 06, 2019 -
The debate over the Thrift Savings Plan and its international fund isn't over, as two senators have urged President Donald Trump to replace members of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board and employee organizations have urged Congress to reconsider their criticisms of the I fund expansion.
December 02, 2019 -
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board said it'll continue its plans to move the international fund to an emerging markets index, despite bipartisan congressional concern that the move would expose employees' retirement assets to Chinese interests.
November 13, 2019 -
This is the longest bull market in history. But eventually it will change, the market will tank.
November 06, 2019 -
One of the key questions facing those eligible for Medicare is should they take part B and pay its premiums in addition to one of the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program plans?
November 04, 2019 -
Most of the 5.8 million workers, retirees and former feds with Thrift Savings Plan accounts have some of their retirement nest eggs in the G fund.
October 29, 2019 -
After a bipartisan group of senators expressed concern, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is reconsidering its plans to expand the I fund benchmark to emerging markets. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has said he'll introduce new legislation to prevent the TSP from moving the I fund to this benchmark.
October 28, 2019 -
Financial planner Arthur Stein says declining G fund returns are the result of a decline in interest rates, so he recommends many of his clients to the F fund.
October 28, 2019 -
Have you been monitoring the fascinating ups and downs of the C fund? Financial planner Arthur Stein has you covered.
October 23, 2019