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Understanding the S Fund’s Nosedive — and Its Rebound TSP 101: Quick Refresher The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is the federal government’s version of a 401(k). It offers five core investment funds: The S Fund represents the “rest of the U.S. stock market” beyond the largest 500 companies. It carries more growth potential—but also more […]
Under what conditions can a TSP be frozen? Not many, but let’s look at Alexander’s, who called me this week with a huge “HELP! I cannot access my TSP!” Alex’ story: Alexander (Alex) is 63 years old, is married, with three grown kids, and plans to continue working with USDA for another 3 or 4
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The Importance of Self-Management by Rebalancing If you’re going to use the individual TSP funds to build your portfolio, you’ll want to rebalance periodically. Rebalancing is the process of bringing your portfolio back into line with the overall allocation you want to maintain based on the level of return and risk you’re targeting. The longer
Retirement planning involves making some very important decisions regarding your federal pension benefit, Thrift Savings Plan investments and Social Security. This week, I’d like to focus on the last of these, because it includes a variety of benefits, each with a specific time frame for claiming and unique rules regarding payouts. and each comes with its
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First, let’s look at the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) It was created to provide employees with a retirement boost in federally sponsored retirement benefits. To the federal employee as well as local government and private industry. The account are the TSP, but to include IRA, 401(k), 403(b) and other ‘Defined Contribution’
What Does Rate of Return mean to your TSP/IRA, 403(b) or 401(k)? Read More »
I get this question 3 or 5 times per month. The answer in three words, YOU CAN NOT! and here is why: If you really want to convert your TSP to ROTH, understand that first, the conversion is a taxable event, therefore, your income, from the job, the income from supplement or social security, the
Converting all my TSP to a ROTH TSP? Read More »
Is what you want, what you get? The TSP is clearly the most controllable of all elements of your federal retirement, so, you may wish to consider how you are managing those dollars. I think it is important for any written opinion to periodically back up their opinion with statistics. I have, for as long
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“I have a financial advisor” is something I hear several times each week. “He is guiding me toward my federal retirement!” …. That is fine, I hope. If your advisor understands the unique nature of the federal employee and your benefits. In most cases, your advisor is an investment advisor, a stockbroker, maybe an insurance
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It is not uncommon for someone to have no immediate person to be the beneficiary of your TSP. You may be divorced, widowed, or perhaps never married. Almost everyone has someone, a brother, a sister, parents, uncle, aunt? Let’s suppose no known living relative, then a friend. I have seen federal employee, sometimes, as family-less.
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The art of speculation can be, for some, the end of the rainbow or the gates to Hell. A sub-industry within the investment world is called Day-Trading. This is where the ‘know it all’ will buy and sell investments on an hour to hour or daily basis, the idea is understanding the market, influences and
Are you a TSP Saver or a Day Trader? Read More »