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Timing your retirement from the federal service can make a big difference affecting how much you stand to make in post-federal work life. You worked all these years, you may as well make the most of it. Believe it or not, depending on when you choose … [Continue reading] about When should you retire? Turns out, it pays to be strategic
Performance among the Thrift Savings Plan’s stock funds was mixed last month but the Lifecycle funds at least showed continued gains ever since their sharp plunge at the start of 2022. Compared to a year ago, nearly all funds are down, according to … [Continue reading] about March’s TSP performance a mixed bag for stock funds
If you’ve been a TSP investor for awhile you know that its C, S and I funds — linked to the U.S. and overseas stock markets — go up. And down. But mostly up. At least so far. But being humans and survivors the declines, however brief, tend to … [Continue reading] about What’s your TSP investment style: Roller coaster or merry-go-round?
One of the things your Mother never warned you about, but maybe should have, is probate. As in how, and why, to avoid going through that legal ordeal that Charles Dickens turned into a book whose title says it all: Bleak House! It was supposedly … [Continue reading] about How (and why) to avoid probate: A slap at your family!
Sometime this summer, the number of investment choices in the federal Thrift Savings Plan will jump to include roughly 5,000 mutual funds. Right now, federal 401(k) plan investors are limited to five fund options. The C, S and I stock index funds, … [Continue reading] about 5,000 new TSP options: Is there an ESG fund for you?
