Showing posts with label TSP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TSP. Show all posts

Friday, December 6, 2019

TSP Two-step authentication mandatory before the end of 2019

TSP Two-step authentication mandatory before the end of 2019

Snippet of Article: "...(December 4, 2019) All TSP participants must have validated contact information and use two-step authentication to log into My Account before the end of 2019. You can avoid interruption to your account access by adding these security features in your My Account Profile Settings now. Download instructions (pdf)PDF file. Two-step authentication helps protect your account against fraud. This login process is more secure because it means that online access to your account requires something you know (your account number or username and password) and something you have (the one-time code you receive in your email or on your phone). Someone who tries to log into your account fraudulently won’t be able to gain access without the code. We recommend that you include at least one contact method on your account that will stay with you through career, such as a personal email...."

Source: www.tsp.gov

TSP, Two-Step Authentication Requirement,

Friday, May 17, 2019

Leaving the TSP for more options? Think again.

Leaving the TSP for more options? Think again.

Snippet of Article: "...if you were planning to move everything, or anything, out of the TSP, you might want to checkout the upcoming changes, which for many, could result in the best of both investing and safety worlds..."

Source: federalnewsnetwork.com

TSP

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

9,500 new TSP millionaires

9,500 new TSP millionaires

Snippet of Article: "...At the end of March, the number of both active and retired federal workers with $1 million plus accounts stood at 32,638, up from 23,098 in March 2018. The vast majority of TSP millionaires are rank and file workers who’ve been investing an average of 30 years. Virtually all of them are heavily, or exclusively, invested in the federal 401K plans C and stock, large and small cap, funds..."

Source: federalnewsnetwork.com

TSP

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Trump 2020 budget targets feds’ health and retirement benefits

Trump 2020 budget targets feds’ health and retirement benefits

Snippet of Article: "...The budget would also eliminate the Special Retirement Supplement, which provides additional funds for those employees that retire before age 62, when Social Security kicks in. This is especially relevant for positions like law enforcement personnel, who have a mandatory retirement age that is earlier than 62. The plan would also reduce the interest rate on the Thrift Savings Plan’s G Fund..."

Source: www.federaltimes.com

Special Retirement Supplement (SRS), FERS, Attack on the Working Class, G Fund Interest Rate, TSP, Trump (2020 Budget Proposals), Destruction of Federal Employee Retirement,

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Will Markets Crash After Trump Says, 'serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare' faced by America

Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate

Snippet of Article: "...because of “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,” I view the increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate. Under current law, locality pay increases averaging 25.70 percent, costing $25 billion, would go into effect in January 2019, in addition to a 2.1 percent across-the-board increase for the base General Schedule. We must maintain efforts to put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course, and Federal agency budgets cannot sustain such increases..."

Source: www.whitehouse.gov

#TrumpSlump, State of U.S. Economy, Trumps Take on U.S. Economy, Federal Employee Pay,

Monday, January 4, 2016

A grim 2016 start for TSP 'C' Fund participants

U.S. stocks plunge in first morning of 2016 trading

Snippet of Article: "...The Dow dropped 343 points, or 2 percent, to 17,082 at 9:35 a.m. ET. The S&P 500 shed 1.8 percent, or 37 points to 2,006 and the Nasdaq fell 2.2 percent, or 111 points to 4,896..."

Source: www.cbsnews.com

TSP, C Fund,

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

House Budget Committee Suggests Curbing the Rate of Return on the G Fund

Article Title: Congress Doesn’t Have Appetite For Messing with the G Fund, Senator Says

Snippet of Article: "...House Budget Committee’s fiscal 2016 blueprint targets federal retirement benefits, among several other areas, for more than $280 billion in budget savings over the next 10 years. Those recommendations include aligning the G Fund “with an appropriate risk profile,” according to the committee report on the concurrent resolution, which the House passed on March 25..."

Source: www.govexec.com

Monday, August 1, 2011

TSP fund shifting during debt ceiling controversy

Article Title: Ramsey: 'If I Was a Federal Worker, I'd Be Afraid'

Snippet of Article: "...Personal money management expert and national radio personality Dave Ramsey took a stab at answering some of these questions on his radio show this week...."

Source: www.fedsmith.com

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

TSP enrollment up, new fund...

Article Title: TSP sees boost in overall enrollment, new fund participation

Snippet of Article: "...Thrift Savings Plan is continuing to see growth in its new investment fund, along with overall federal employee participation, officials said on Monday..."

Source: www.govexec.com federal employee TSP

Friday, November 19, 2010

Investors make slight shifts to higher-risk TSP funds

Article Title: Investors make slight shifts to higher-risk TSP funds

Snippet of Article: "...Most of the fund movement is out of the "safe" G fund into high-risk funds, Trabucco said. ..."

Source: www.federalnewsradio.com TSP trends, TSP,

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

TSP L 2010 Fund to close

Article Title: TSP L 2010 Fund to close Article Snip: On December 31, the L 2010 Fund will be closed. If you have investments in the L 2010 Fund, they will be moved to the L Income Fund on December 31. If you have allocated any portion of future contributions Reference: www.tsp.gov

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Thrift Savings Plan Rates of Return for September 2009


Article Title: Thrift Savings Plan Rates of Return for September 2009
Note: Click the Image to Enlarge

Source: http://www.tsp.gov/rates/monthly-current.html


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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

TSP Rates of Return for May

TSP Rates of Return were updated on June 1, 2009.



This is a screen capture from the Thrift Savings Plan Site


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