Don’t let 5% become your TSP retirement strategy
Should you lower your TSP contributions before retirement? A 5% contribution can secure the full FERS agency contribution,…
Why time, not timing, is the biggest retirement advantage for federal employees
Headline Why time, not timing, is the biggest advantage in building a FERS retirement Dek The biggest gains…
Why your retirement experience may depend more on the agency than the benefit
As federal employees transition into retirement, they also transition from familiar routines. After many years, if not many…
Average TSP Balance By Age In 2026 And How To Know If You’re On Track
Man uses calculator and laptop while sitting at desk to calculate contributions. Federal employees can use average TSP…
A record number of feds are retiring. Will that slow your claim?
Retirement statistics are more than monthly government reports, they offer a practical window into how long claims are…
May proves to be a good month for TSP funds
Overall, 11 funds are producing returns of more than 10% for 2026. Michele Sandiford June 2, 2026 3:06…
TSP funds kept climbing in May
For the second straight month, each portfolio offered by the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program finished May…
30,000 TSP participants take advantage of new Roth option
In a survey, about 93% of TSP participants who used the new conversion option say the process was…
Retirement: Advice from a year in
Treat retirement not as the end of all things, but as a new beginning. Even if you still…
USPS suspends contributions to pension plan to delay running out of cash
The Postal Service is temporarily suspending payments to a governmentwide pension plan, after warning Congress that it’s less…
Trump’s 401(k) Plan: Who Might Benefit and Who Won’t
/ Shutterstock / / Shutterstock During President Donald Trump’s Feb. 24 State of the Union address, he lamented…
Trump’s 401(k) Plan: Who Might Benefit and Who Won’t
/ Shutterstock / / Shutterstock During President Donald Trump’s Feb. 24 State of the Union address, he lamented…