Working overtime can put more money in your pocket today, but it doesn’t necessarily put more money into your future FERS pension. That’s because FERS generally...
TSP performance in August was positive across the board. After a volatile summer, all five core TSP funds finished the month higher, with the I Fund...
If you’re a FERS employee, contributing more to your Thrift Savings Plan is generally a good thing. But there’s a difference between maximizing your TSP contributions...
An unexpected illness, death in the family, or other serious emergency can create a financial problem quickly. For federal and postal employees, there is a lesser-known...
Picture this: you finally sat down, updated your will, and felt genuinely good about checking a real adulting task off the list. Here’s the part almost...
At first glance, OPM’s latest retirement report doesn’t seem to make much sense. The agency continues to chip away at its retirement backlog, yet the average...
S Fund volatility was on full display in July. After a 4.34% surge in June, which saw it lead the core funds, the S Fund became...
A federal employee recently told his advisor he was ready to leave government service. He was 56, had 20 years of service, and had done what...
A TSP Roth conversion can be one of the most effective tax-planning strategies available to federal employees. By converting money from your Traditional TSP to your...
The OPM retirement backlog continued to shrink in June, falling by nearly 4,700 pending retirement claims to its lowest level in more than a year. At...