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Download Now: Federal Employee's Guide to Phased Retirement!


Ever wish you could ease out of your federal job and into retirement instead of abruptly dropping...

Wow nice to be back, lots of changes to the site and it just might take some time for me to get used to again. Thanks Tom for the wakeup call email about still being around. Looking forwarded to...

Has anyone heard any news on this? My supervisor just emailed this out for anyone who is able to retire under FERS!!!!

The supplemental that you usually receive until the age of 62 will stop at...

January 18, 2008 (Retirement & Financial Planning Report)

If you refinanced your mortgage last year, review your settlement
papers as you get ready to file your 2007 tax return. Any points ...

Changes for 2008 Help
Higher-Income Taxpayers
By TOM HERMAN

Upper-income taxpayers stand to benefit the most from tax-law changes that became effective Jan. 1, including one that will allow...

High-Risk Retirement Portfolio Not Always Taboo
by Eric Petroff

When it comes to risk planning in investments, especially in retirement, take care not to go about it the wrong way. Don't make...

Overall Review your coverage:

Whether it's home, life, auto or health, you want to take a good look at what you're buying before you renew. Companies often make changes from year to year. Look...

WHILE CONGRESS DEBATES whether to send consumers $100 gasoline rebate checks or temporarily suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax, it's up to you to fill your tank for less. With prices topping $2.92...

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

At the Thrift Savings Plan, 2007 was a year of growth and 2008 looks like a year of change.

The TSP's stock, bond and government securities funds posted gains in 2007....

New Policy in Place for Civilian Pay Raises at Defense

By Stephen Barr
Friday, January 4, 2008

It's a new year and there's a new pay policy at the Defense Department.

About 100,000 civil...

TSP Explains New Limits on Transfers
Jan 02, 2008
TSP Explains New Limits on Transfers
The TSP has put out this summary on its decision to impose new limits on the number of interfund transfers...

The IRS-imposed dollar limit on allowable individual contributions the TSP
will stay in 2008 at the $15,500 limit applying in 2007. Those under the FERS
system should make sure to structure their...

Anyone nearing retirement is old enough to remember the recession of 2001.
While the experts were debating whether the country really was in a recession -- and if so, when it would bottom out and...

What should I be doing now to get my finances on track for 2008?

Now is the perfect time to get your financial house in order. You may be flush with cash from holiday gifts and a raise or bonus at...

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Rod,

Sorry, there was no link in the news letter about the article. It was in my Retirement & Financial Planning Report Issue. So I copy and paste the article on TSPtalk MB. But the website...

A Time To Buy

Don't invest in mutual funds just before a capital gains distribution,
which usually occurs near year-end. If you do, you'll get a partial
return of capital, along with a tax...

Apparently, compensation plans can do odd things to the stock market.
Consider the January Effect, a market trend in which small-cap stocks start to rise in value at the end of December and continue...

Washington Times
December 14, 2007

100,000 Workers Face Furlough At Pentagon
Democratic leaders urged to OK funds
By S.A. Miller and Sara A. Carter, Washington Times

Pentagon...

Those retired under CSRS will get the full adjustment, while those
retired under FERS and who are eligible for COLAs--in most cases,
not until age 62--will get 2.0 percent on their civil service ...

FEDweek Weekly

The IRS has announced that investment limits on tax-favored retirement
savings plans such as the TSP will remain unchanged in 2008. That means
cap on regular contributions by...

With the end of the calendar year nearing, time is running short for
higher-paid FERS employees to make sure they will receive the maximum
government contributions toward their TSP accounts for...

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - By Stephen Barr
Federal Diary


It's COLA season, and if you're a federal retiree, how much your pension increases depends on which retirement system you're in.
...

Hello fellow TSP Talk Members!

I have decided to start an account talk now that there’s going to be a paid subscriber board where the paid subscriber can have an open discussion about how, why and...

Pyriel,

Nice to here from you. I was just reminding Tom about the good old days when we first got started. I am glad that you are still around. I missed your wisdom in Real Estate.

Good luck...