Your Advantage Against Professional Investors
Federal employees investing in the TSP have an important advantage over professional investors.
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Federal employees investing in the TSP have an important advantage over professional investors.
Legislation has been introduced to use the CPI-E for calculating an annual COLA or use a higher figure if the CPI-W is more. How much of a difference would this make in retirement income?
The end-of-year spike in the number of federal employees retiring caused the OPM retirement backlog to rise sharply.
These are four important questions federal employees should consider before retirement.
What taxes can federal employees expect to have on their income in retirement?
Legislation has been introduced to eliminate the GPO and WEP. It may be successful. What drives the intensity on this issue?
This detailed example illustrates ways that federal employees under FERS can minimize taxes on their retirement income.
There are ultimately only 3 variables federal employees can control to try to increase their FERS pensions.
For federal employees who are eligible, contributing to multiple retirement accounts can help to build wealth for retirement.
These are five things you should expect in your first year of retirement.