Thrift Savings Plan
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The congressional budget resolution is long, complicated and could impact your federal retirement. Federal News Radio explains how the resolution process works and how it could impact you.
October 11, 2017 -
The House will likely pass a budget resolution that would reform civil service pensions to reduce the federal deficit by $32 billion over 10 years.
October 04, 2017 -
The Thrift Savings Plan saw all but one of its funds show significant improvement in September, and recovered from a late-summer downturn.
October 02, 2017 -
Senior correspondent Mike Causey wants to know what, if any, of the currently proposed retirement changes will go into effect, and when.
September 13, 2017 -
New members who enter military service on or after Jan. 1, 2018 will get automatically enrolled into the new blended retirement system. Previously enlisted service members can choose to opt in to the new system.
September 12, 2017 -
The Thrift Savings Plan may have received a swift boost in July, but the returns were not nearly as fruitful in August as only two funds returned with an increase in growth
September 04, 2017 -
A new Congressional Budget Office study reviews a variety of possible options for the future of the federal retirement system.
August 30, 2017 -
Why do so many federal employees move out of TSP when they retire from the government? What should you do? Find out when benefits expert John Grobe joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 9, 2017
August 07, 2017 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has some advice for federal employees and retirees to protect themselves from future schemes.
August 03, 2017 -
This week on “Your Turn," financial planner Arthur Stein tells feds and retirees what, if anything, they should be doing now with their Thrift Savings Plan accounts. August 2, 2017
August 01, 2017 -
After a brief downturn earlier this summer, the Thrift Savings Plan rebounded in July, with all of the funds posting positive returns. All of the retirement funds, with the exception of one outlier, also posted higher returns than they had in June.
August 01, 2017 -
Thrift Savings Plan returns slowed in the month of June, though only two funds dipped in the red. The S and I funds saw the most significant changes, both positive and negative, in June compared to the previous month's returns.
July 03, 2017 -
There are three ways federal investors can join the million-dollar Thrift Savings Plan club. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says investing steadily produces the most millionaires.
June 26, 2017 -
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows introduced the TSP Modernization Act, which would give participants in the Thrift Savings Plan more options and flexibility to withdraw from their accounts. It's a companion bill to the legislation Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio.) introduced in April.
June 23, 2017 -
Good news: Stock market is at an all-time high. Bad news: The market is long overdue for a major correction. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, do you have a Plan B for your TSP?
June 21, 2017