TSP
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On this week's Your Turn, financial analyst Bob Lang will discuss investment options for federal workers and Katie Maddocks with the Federal Managers Association will talk about some pending legislation on Capitol Hill and how it could affect feds. March 9, 2016
March 08, 2016 -
More than 90,000 current and former federal workers have 401k plan balances of half a million dollars or more. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains why.
March 08, 2016 -
Investors in the federal Thrift Savings Plan are trying to figure out when their stock funds will return to normal. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says maybe they already have.
March 07, 2016 -
Federal workers and others trying to build substantial retirement nest eggs could be hit with future face limits on how much they can invest and save.
March 01, 2016 -
As of last January the TSP, Uncle Sam’s in-house 401k plan, had 3,272 people with accounts of $1 million or more.
February 29, 2016 -
Do you have an escape route from your job, the date you plan to retire? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you actually need two sets of numbers.
February 17, 2016 -
For the third consecutive month, the Thrift Savings Plan funds posted mostly negative numbers at the end of January.
February 01, 2016 -
Federal investors had a bad year in 2015, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says after the last few weeks 2015 looks like the good old days.
January 26, 2016 -
If you work for Uncle Sam, will the bear market eat your retirement nest egg? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says investors should be very careful.
January 20, 2016 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's Federal Report is one of our most popular features. Here are the 10 most popular Causey columns from 2015.
December 31, 2015 -
Thrift Savings Plan returns for the end of November were lower than a month before, but most of the funds remained in the positive.
December 01, 2015 -
After two months of posting negative returns, the Thrift Savings Plan funds all posted positive numbers for the month of October.
November 06, 2015 -
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board approved changes in how the TSP allocates investments in its lifecycle funds.
October 28, 2015 -
Just weeks after new federal employees began placing their retirement savings into Lifecycle Funds by default, the board that governs the plans is considering changing how it allocates investments in the funds. Kim Weaver, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the panel that oversees the TSP, talked to In Depth with Francis Rose about the L funds, and some of the changes the board is looking at.
October 28, 2015 -
The limit to how much federal employees can contribute to their Thrift Savings Plan will remain at the same level for Fiscal Year 2016, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
October 26, 2015