The TSP is Soaring: Are You Maximizing This Opportunity?
The current bull market has had an amazing run, but the tide could shift at some point. These are some actions you can take to prepare for a market downturn.
Federal employee retirement news: news about retirement-related topics as it pertains to employees of the federal government. Topics include FERS, CSRS, the latest TSP performance, annual COLA updates, and more.
The current bull market has had an amazing run, but the tide could shift at some point. These are some actions you can take to prepare for a market downturn.
Social Security hasn’t had Public Trustees in two years, and the author says the fact that President Trump hasn’t nominated a replacement should frighten the average person worried about the financial stability of the program. Who is producing the numbers that guide the discussion of Social Security?
Cuts to retirement programs have been proposed which has many federal employees worried. Can you still retire comfortably if some of these changes were enacted?
OPM has reduced its backlog of outstanding retirement claims to under 15,000 for the first time in a year.
Should you stay in your federal job or leave for the private sector? The author looks at benefits and considerations of both areas of employment.
Should withholding union dues continue after a Foreign Service employee retires? In the first policy guidance decision from FSLRB, the answer is “no”.
Efforts to reduce pension and salary benefits have led to more uncertainty for federal employees. What can federal employees do to be prepared?
If you “follow the herd” when investing, it can potentially lead you astray from reaching your retirement goals. The author explains how this can happen.
The COLA increase for 2018 is edging higher. Here is an outlook for the 2018 COLA and proposals that could impact your current and future federal retirement.
The debt ceiling for the Federal Government has been reached and it is using accounting techniques to keep paying its bills. Federal employees are helping to fund the “extraordinary measures” now in effect.