I’m retired at 57 31 years service and my tsp is still performing postal millionaire. Now I am 59 and leaving in.
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I’m retired at 57 31 years service and my tsp is still performing postal millionaire. Now I am 59 and leaving in.
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I started out in CSRS for four yrs, then left the govt for 18 months. when I returned the TSP was in effect. missed getting back into the CSRS by 30 days. and then of course when I came back NOBODY told me I could buy back my time. when I finally found out about doing that, I only owed a couple hundred to pay back but the interest was over 3k. I brought back in and started to recouped that money 18 months after being retired, and now get more per month. Of course the dept that handles the payback, said they hear it all of the time, nobody knows until later on when it is a big interest payment. they don't tell anybody, i wonder why?
Yep. December 4, 2020, I went by the 7 figure mark. And boy, does that feel good. I let out a big sigh of relief.
Retired August 31, 2020, with 32 years of service.
Set up my first actual withdrawal, too. Now I am going to get $1,000 per month. I want to let the bulk of my account grow for a while, at least until the FERS supplement ($1440/mo) runs dry in Aug 2022. Then I can re-evaluate, and decide whether to claim Social Security early at age 62, or just wait, and tap my TSP funds for a few years in lieu of claiming Social Security early. I’d really prefer to let SS ride until I’m 64 or 65, so the monthly amount isn’t cut so much. But I’ll wait till we get there to make those decisions.
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Boom!
And just like that, the markets react to:
1. A settlement finally on done kind of Congressional COVID package. (Sell on the news).
2. The UK announces big shutdown due to new Covid strain that appears to spread much faster. Other EU countries respond by halting all traffic to and from the UK, and the European Markets all promptly drop 2 to 3% in a few hours.
3. Continued unrest regarding the departure of the President, and new lawsuits filed.
And just like that, poof- the markets will sink before noon.
Let’s hope that is just a weak morning, and the Santa rally does not turn into a Satan rally.
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New to the site (I purchased premium services RevShark and TSP Plus)...I'm 61 years old I have current $815K and have 16 years of civilian service and that has been my only investment in the TSP (spent 23 years in military). I'm currently in the L2025 fund but looking to take advantage of the knowledge on this board to get to the $1M club by year 2022. I currently max out my TSP and CuC amounts. I'm looking to retire in three years.
QUESTION: Do you think I can accomplish the goal of being in the $1M cub by Jan 2022?
Thanks in advance for any feedback anyone can provide!
Anything is possible, but a return of 20% in one year is not reasonable. At this point in your life you should be considering the potential downside.
Hi everyone, long time lurker.
51yo, 17 years fed service, as of today $542k in TSP. I'm at 7% contribution this year after a few years of being at the minimum for match. However, I had close to a decade of 10-max% contributions while I was still single. I did not marry until I was North of 40yo.
I stayed in the L funds almost exclusively shifting to L2040 a few years back. That's a bit aggressive for me as I will NOT be working in 2040. Stay the course, I weathered 2020 by not looking at my balance after things started going crazy back in March. Finally took a peak in late December.
Welcome to the forum!
I’ve been a TSP investor more like you. Set and forget but since I’m planning to retire in September I’ve been checking it more. I’m at 905k now with 23+ years investing. Been putting in max contributions for a while now and catch up contributions since 50. I was at 790k a year ago so I’m hoping to cross the million mark this year. Not that that’s a requirement to retire with but it’s been my psychological milestone since I started in the tsp.
Good luck to you and everyone!
Age 62; 32 yes service; TSP - 805k; hoping to get to 900k by year end; I max out 19500 + 6500; 60%\40% C/S
age 67, contributed 24 yrs, sitting at 560k now. retired in 2014. had a 68.40% return last year, haven't pulled the trigger on ss yet