TSP
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So who are the smartest TSP investors in government? Are they rocket scientists, economist, medical researchers or postal employees? Take Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s TGIF quiz to test your investment smarts.
June 18, 2010 -
Guess how many of your fellow feds have TSP account balances worth a million bucks or more. If you said 75 you are on the right track and there\'s even one person with a $3 million account. So how do you get there? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has some suggestions.
June 17, 2010 -
What\'s the difference between the F fund and the I fund? How do you get an update on that loan you took out through the TSP? Who can you talk to about a transfer that doesn\'t look quite right? The DorobekInsider talks with Penny Moran, director of the Office of Participant Services for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, who answers all of those questions for us.
June 14, 2010 -
A recent study by the Office of Personnel Management shows that women and minorities participate less in the Thrift Savings Plan than their white, male counterparts. Tom Trabucco of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board explains what they\'re doing to try and close the gap.
June 07, 2010 -
When it comes to investing, many of us do it as if we are driving across country using only the rearview mirror. The past can be prologue, but with something like the TSP\'s C and I-fund, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you never really know.
June 07, 2010 -
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May was a pretty rough month for those with money in the stock market, even through the TSP. Arthur Stein takes a look at what\'s ahead.
June 04, 2010 -
May was a terrible month for most TSP investors as the Dow had its worst month in 70 years. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has six suggestions that are almost certain to calm you down and increase your net worth. The trick is figuring out which of the six works for you.
June 03, 2010 -
May was a devastating month for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which suffered its worst losses in May since 1940. Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board, breaks down the numbers for each TSP fund for us.
June 02, 2010 -
When it comes to the Thrift Savings Plan is the government limiting how much investors can make or is it protecting them from themselves? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about the lack of investment options in the federal 401(k) plan.
May 25, 2010 -
If you\'re an investor in the Thrift Savings Plan, chances are most of the gold you own is in your mouth. Today Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about precious metals funds and your TSP.
May 20, 2010 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says he thinks the bill will pass -- eventually.
May 18, 2010 -
It\'s not as bad as it seems. May is only half over, but Federal News Radio takes a look at where the TSP funds are this month. Tom Trabucco is Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board and breaks them down for us, and also tells us where an important bill regarding your retirement benefits stands in the House right now.
May 17, 2010 -
Thanks to alternate work schedules, Mondays and Fridays are low-readership days for those of us in the fed-oriented media. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, with help from our marketing department, believes he\'s found a way to cash in on those Dead Zone days.
May 17, 2010 -
It seems the volatility of the stock market is influencing many TSP investors to keep at least some of their money in the all-bond G fund.
May 10, 2010