The TSP allows participants to take loans from their accounts – but is this is good idea? Is it sound financial decision-making to borrow from your retirement account? Unfortunately, the answer to the TSP loan question is not a simple “yes” or “no” but rather an emphatic “maybe” – so let’s look a little closer … Read more
It’s likely that if you’re a Federal employee, age 50 or older, the day you put in your papers for retirement is never far off in your mind. Most of us look forward to the day when someone else has taken over our professional obligations. So it’s natural to wonder if in fact you can … Read more
Many federal employees now more than ever, are wondering whether they should reallocate their TSP money into the G Fund or F Fund. Here are our thoughts. The G Fund is the safest of the TSP Funds because you can’t lose money, but the returns are barely keeping up with inflation. During the past 12 … Read more