TSP
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For the second month in a row, all Thrift Savings Plan funds, with the exception of the fixed income index F fund, posted positive returns.
August 01, 2023 -
For Thrift Savings Plan investors, 2023, so far, has brought a partial climb back out of the depths of 2022. It's a good time to separate the patient investors over here, and the would-be market-timers over there.
July 27, 2023 -
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board says an appropriations policy rider would be the end of the mutual fund window. But some participants question the actual value of the mutual fund window.
July 24, 2023 -
With the calendar year half over, it's a good time to review your financial life. For people in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHB), open season isn't far off.
July 19, 2023 -
How do you feel about the the Thrift Savings Plan's optional mutual fund window? Take a few minutes to let us know in a short poll.
July 18, 2023 -
With the exception of the fixed income index F fund, all TSP funds posted positive returns in June.
July 04, 2023 -
The TSP participants who filed the class-action lawsuit said although the mistakes were foreseeable and avoidable, processing delays caused serious financial damages to federal employees seeking loans and withdrawals.
June 05, 2023 -
All TSP funds, with the exceptions of the government securities investment G fund, the common stock index C fund and small cap stock index S fund posted negative returns for the month of May.
June 01, 2023 -
Now one year after the tumultuous TSP update last June, recent changes to My Account show FRTIB’s goal of slow but steady improvements for participants.
May 29, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: President Biden nominates a replacement for outgoing Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley. VA Nurses, numbering about 14,000, have reached an agreement with their union. And there's not quite a six-digit number of folks with seven-digit TSP accounts.
May 26, 2023 -
On today's Federal Newscast: Post COVID, FEHB carriers get approval to tweak their coverage. The Post Service is bleeding more money than expected, and it's in the billions. And GOP lawmakers, seeing China red and ESG green, make a move to restrict certain TSP investments.
May 25, 2023 -
Federal retirement tends to stand like a three-legged stool: the FERS annuity, the Thrift Savings Plan and Social Security. But a fourth leg could make for an even sturdier retirement. Good old fashioned Savings Bonds are another instrument federal employees can invest in for their personal savings.
May 04, 2023 -
For the second month in a row, every TSP fund except the small cap stock index S fund posted positive returns.
May 01, 2023 -
It varies with the stock market, but about 1% of Thrift Savings Plans have more than a million dollars in them. Most so-called TSP millionaires have been working for decades.
April 27, 2023 -
Investments can change seemingly as fast as the weather, a fact to which anyone with a Thrift Savings Plan account can testify.
April 20, 2023