C Fund
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Averages are tricky, especially when investing. Thrift Savings Plan investors who go by average returns must look backward. But how do you do it, and how helpful are averages?
June 27, 2018 -
When financial times get tough and a bull market rears its ugly head, many Thrift Savings Plan investors head for the safety of the bond index F Fund or, more likely, the super-safe never has a bad day G Fund.
June 13, 2018 -
When financial times get tough and a bear market rears its ugly head many Thrift Savings Plan investors head for the safety of the bond index F Fund or, more likely, the super-safe never has a bad day G-fund.
June 12, 2018 -
The number of federal/postal workers with Thrift Savings Plan accounts worth at least $1 million jumped nearly 600 percent between April 2016 and April 2018. The value of the biggest account grew by nearly 30 percent in that time.
June 12, 2018 -
As of April 3, the number of federal and postal workers and retirees with million-dollar-plus Thrift Savings Plan accounts had grown to 23,098.
June 11, 2018 -
When most people focus on millionaires in government they are talking about a relatively small number of super-rich political appointees. But there is a larger group who did it by saving and investing in the Thrift Savings Plan.
June 08, 2018 -
One of the complaints some Thrift Savings Plan investors have is what they consider a lack of investment options.
May 29, 2018 -
With more federal workers and retirees with million dollar-plus Thrift Savings Plan accounts, it is worth examining what qualities those individuals tend to have in common.
March 26, 2018 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey examines why feds sometimes have to tighten their belts for the first few months of retirement.
March 13, 2018 -
For the first time, total assets in the Thrift Savings Plan's C fund matched total assets in the G fund.
March 02, 2018 -
Many financial planners urge clients investing for retirement to take the long-view. For many investors that is easier said than done.
March 02, 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?
February 20, 2018 -
Did the stock market mini-correction a few weeks back make you nervous? Did it cause you to shift money in the stock-indexed C, S and I funds into the "safety" of the Treasury securities G fund? Was that wise? Find out when financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. February 21, 2018
February 20, 2018 -
A highly-respected New York financial writer predicted that the U.S. stock market was long overdue for a correction of the type we saw on Monday.
February 07, 2018 -
The Thrift Savings Plan generally saw slightly better returns for most of its funds, in November, although that wasn't the case for everyone.
December 01, 2017