TSP
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Most investors in the Thrift Savings Plan know they are in it for the long haul. So what's the best route for your endgame?
May 20, 2019 -
May 13, 2019, was the day we learned, after a 10-year bull market, that the stock market had a paper loss for the day of approximately $800 billion.
May 16, 2019 -
When it comes to employer-backed 401k plans, most experts say that the federal Thrift Savings Plan, with its 5% match and super-low administrative fees, is the best deal around. At the end of March, the…
May 15, 2019 -
The TSP is the envy of many investors because of its low administrative fees and federal oversite of the fund.
May 10, 2019 -
Folks who track their stock market investments on a hourly basis sometimes need nerves of steel. And a forgiving job that gives the time to monitor markets and pundits as Wall Street reacts various promises…
May 08, 2019 -
The good news for most long-time federal and postal workers, is that in retirement, you may be better off than many of your private sector neighbors.
May 08, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new bill in the House calls for allowing the Postal Service to deliver alcohol to consumers.
May 07, 2019 -
9,540 additional federal and postal workers became Thrift Savings Plan millionaires between March 2018 and the end of March this year.
May 06, 2019 -
Despite the red hot stock market and longest-ever bull market in history, federal workers have just over 40% of their money in treasury securities.
May 02, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to require all fixed price contracts be paid out through performance-based contractual payments.
April 30, 2019 -
Most federal and postal TSP millionaires got that way by ignoring the ups and downs of the market despite the pre-Christmas plunge in 2018.
April 30, 2019 -
Explanations vary as to why the bull market continues. Many who predicted the market would tank, from Trump or Brexit, have yet to be proven correct.
April 26, 2019 -
Is there a state(s) where you can retire and keep more of your own money while enjoying a better standard of living? The short answer: Probably. To get the best tax deal now and in…
April 22, 2019 -
Federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan knows some of the ways to bring back a little certainty. Hear her advice on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 19, 2019 -
Dan Magneson, a GS-482-11 fish biologist since December 2002, explains his thinking behind working a little longer than he expected.
April 17, 2019