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Are TSP investors — especially retirees — playing it too safe with G fund…
Remember back in 1998 when President Bill Clinton, in testimony, said, “It depends upon what the meaning of the…
Legal group files lawsuit challenging disability retirement for sailors and Marines
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Survey: Has the pandemic changed your views on retirement?
For years, human capital experts have predicted the start of the long-dreaded “retirement tsunami,” as the federal…
Retirement tsunami? Trump bump? Rats escape the swamp? Maybe none of the above.
When Sigmund Freud famously said, “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” — there was a lot of eye-rolling. He had,…
Retirements surge in January, pushing backlog to 8-year high
The Office of Personnel Management still hadn’t managed to recover from January 2020’s retirement surge when a new…
Required minimum distributions: The IRS and your TSP
Early in life there are three basic rules that most Americans learn if they want to get by, and prosper, in life.…
Rough spots on the 2021 road to retirement
If you’re even THINKING about retiring this year, or next, two things! First, welcome to the club. Lots of people…
A banner year for the TSP, even as participants withdrew billions due to COVID-19
The Thrift Savings Plan hit a big milestone at the end of 2020, even as some participants, experiencing financial…
Avoiding retirement’s seven deadly sins
Between now and early January 2021, thousands of federal and postal workers will put in their retirement papers…
Budget shortfalls obstruct needed improvements across OPM, IG says
The Office of Personnel Management faces a persistent budget shortfall, and the funding gap has limited its…