If the 2023 stock market showed anything, it’s that you can’t predict the stock market. Instead, you need a strategy you can stick with. Nearly every federal employee has a Thrift Savings Plan account. For…
January 24, 2024
Federal employees are mostly sideline observers of the Congressional budget deliberations. And yet, you have the greatest interest in what’s going on because it affects your professional life rather profoundly. Although there’s sort of a topline…
January 10, 2024
Other than your salary, the most important element of your financial life is probably your Thrift Savings Plan account. Just before 2023 expired, for an update, we caught up with Kim Weaver, director of external…
January 3, 2024
The Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision have for decades limited Social Security payments available to certain federal employees. Mainly those under the old Civil Service Retirement System, and anyone else who receives a…
January 3, 2024
Even in today’s inflationary times, the word millionaire has a certain meaning. With a little self discipline and the power of compound interest, millionaire status is available to federal employees who make wise use of…
January 3, 2024
Golly, the year went by. Now we find ourselves in the middle of the holiday season, lots of distractions. One thing you should not be distracted from doing: End of year financial planning. To help you get…
December 6, 2023
There’s less than two weeks left in this year’s Open Season. Now’s the time to make health care enrollment changes in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program for 2024. Federal News Network’s Tom Temin…
December 6, 2023
Drew Friedman fills in for Tom this week. As of Monday, Open Season for the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program is officially underway. Tom Temin and she recently spoke with Kevin Moss, a director at Consumers’ Checkbook,…
November 15, 2023
Lots of people put a neatly tied ending to their federal careers by retiring on Dec. 31. Next year New Year’s Day is a Monday, so you could wake up and have a mimosa. But…
November 13, 2023
Whether it’s the war in Ukraine, the war in Israel, the House speaker race or any of a zillion controversial topics, everyone has an opinion. As a federal employee, can you express *your* opinions out…
October 26, 2023
We start out this week with something that’s crucial to every federal employee’s well-being, and wallet. Namely, the cost of Federal Employee Health Benefit plans. Prices are on the rise for the year ahead, so…
October 5, 2023
Federal News Network reporter Drew Friedman fills in for Tom Temin this week. Congress has just a few days to pass appropriations or a continuing resolution. and if there is a government shutdown at the…
September 27, 2023
In many ways, retirement after a federal career is all about the numbers. Do you have enough saved that, together with your annuity, you won’t run out of money. In some ways, retirement is not…
September 13, 2023
Today we introduce a new guest we’ll be hearing from time to time. Thiago Glieger is a wealth advisor with RMG Advisors of Rockville, Maryland. The firm specializes in federal employees. Thiago joins me in…
September 8, 2023
