When it comes to the federal Thrift Savings Plan, the average annual returns don’t tell you everything because TSP stock funds do not have many “average” years. “The typical ways to view TSP returns is…
May 16, 2018
This week the White House revived old proposals to make feds pay more for, and get less from, their retirement package. The Trump administration submitted a proposal to Congress that, if approved, would: eliminate the…
May 9, 2018
When people close in on their retirement date many become anxious about life after a steady, bi-weekly paycheck. The old Civil Service Retirement System provided a much more generous pension/annuity than the Federal Employees Retirement…
May 2, 2018
Is it true, as many believe, that when it comes to working away from the office, younger workers embrace it while older employees view teleworking with suspicion? Also, where is the dividing line between younger…
April 25, 2018
Your Thrift Savings Plan account has had a rough start this year. The TSP is not performing at its hot 2017 levels, so what’s happening and what’s going to happen the rest of the year?…
April 18, 2018
Many say the thin red line between partisan politicians of both parties and the career civil service is the 9,100 members of the career Senior Executive Service. The SES came out of the Carter administration’s…
April 4, 2018
We take a look at teleworking on this episode of Your Turn radio show. My guest is Frank Landefeld from MorganFranklin. He’s an expert in business development and engagement in federal, state and local governments.…
March 28, 2018
What are the odds of another shutdown either because of man-made political gridlock or because a late March snowstorm ordered up by Mother Nature? Now that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been ousted who’s…
March 21, 2018
One of the longest-running bull markets in history is celebrating its ninth birthday this month. So how long can it go? Weeks? Months? Years? And when it does correct — how low will it go?…
March 14, 2018
For many years experts have predicted that the government was facing an immediate brain drain. A “retirement tsunami” that would leave Uncle Sam without institutional memory and operating without the help of long-time experts and…
March 7, 2018
In addition to a proposed pay raise freeze in January 2019, the White House and Congress are recommending that Congress do away with cost-of-living adjustments for both current and future retirees under the FERS program,…
February 28, 2018
Did the recent stock market nosedive send you moving money from the stock indexed C and S funds into the G fund for safety? If so, was that a smart move? And what’s next? Are…
February 21, 2018
This week on Your Turn from Federal News Radio, Washington area estate tax attorney Thomas O’Rourke joins host Mike Causey to discuss the 2017 Tax Act and how it affects your tax and estate plan.…
February 14, 2018
Big changes are coming to the Thrift Saving Plan. Kim Weaver, director of External Affairs for the TSP, joins host Mike Causey on this week’s Your Turn to talk about the changes, which include making…
February 7, 2018
