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October was the worst month in 21 years for the index on which the TSP’s C fund is based. The good news: The last week of October was one of the best weeks for the C fund index. Here is a summary of the TSP results for October.
We have occasionally asked readers for their opinions on the presidential election. Our reader preference generally follows national trends. Readers expressed a preference as the nominee for each party earlier this year. As the campaign progressed, each candidate has come out on top at different times. Here are the results of our last survey before the presidential election of 2008.
A couple of readers pointed out that in the initial posting of a column last week, we made an incorrect statement about the content of an article in the Washington Post. They were right.
How will you vote in this year’s presidential election (or how did you vote if you have already voted)? Take this survey and send in your opinion. We will publish the results later this week.
Open season will soon be upon us. Retirement expert John Grobe says that this is a good time to look at the “five-year requirement” for federal employee health insurance and life insurance and how this requirement may impact your retirement.
For those who make a career of living and working within the federal establishment, the view of people and their accomplishments can become one-dimensional with clear delineations between what is good and what is bad. Special Counsel Scott Bloch is departing. Many in the government community are applauding and the media is happily joining in.
As the current stock market doldrums drag on and the value of TSP stock funds dwindle, some TSP investors have been busy moving billions of dollars into the safety of the G fund and out of the TSP stock funds.
The author offers some suggestions to Federal union officials in developing productive relationships with Agency officials. Having served as a representative of both employees and management in his career, the author discusses barriers he has seen created by attitudes that appear widespread in the Federal union community.
Some readers say they are contemplating leaving federal service before they retire. It could be for a better job, boredom, the boss from Hell or a myriad of other reasons. What happens to your benefits when you leave?
The bailout bill “ended up attached to a measure that extends benefits to people suffering from depression and is named after a lawmaker who died in a crash.” Most people do not know what is in the bill. Congress may prefer it that way.
