Answering a Few Frequent Questions About a Roth TSP Account
Are you considering utilizing the Roth option in your TSP? Here are answers to a few frequent questions from readers about how the Roth option will work.
Are you considering utilizing the Roth option in your TSP? Here are answers to a few frequent questions from readers about how the Roth option will work.
To fully enjoy your retirement, take a trip you probably did not have the time or patience to take while working. The Blue Ridge Parkway is one way to see America as it used to be.
When will the Roth option be available for TSP participants? For most readers, the start date will be May 7, 2012.
The GSA scandal has resulted in embarrassment for the agency, the administration and a few people losing their jobs. On the other hand, the GS9 singer and rapper is a talented guy. Perhaps he has a future that he could only dream about before becoming the focal point of the GSA brouhaha.
If someone came up with a script to embarrass a federal agency, it could not match what GSA has unintentionally done in conveying a negative image of the federal government to the public as the nation is starting to recover from a severe recession.
All TSP funds moved up in March with the exception of the F fund which felt the impact of inflation on bond fund yields.
According to one researcher who has concluded that the Federal Salary Council claims of an underpaid federal workforce are unwarranted, average federal pay continues to outpace private sector pay.
Will federal employees receive a pay raise in 2013 or will the pay freeze continue in effect for another year? Our best guess: A small raise for feds in January.
How have you fared in the investment volatility facing the stock market? TSP investors dumped shares of the C fund throughout 2011 started buying again in January.
There is a wide disparity between federal employees in a similar job classification based on their agencies. Here are some statistics.