Disability Retirement
Last week I wrote about the conditions and circumstances that would make you eligible for disability retirement. Now I want …More
Last week I wrote about the conditions and circumstances that would make you eligible for disability retirement. Now I want …More
You may be eligible for disability retirement if you are so disabled by disease or injury that you aren’t able …More
There are many forms that employees, retirees, and survivors need to fill out to deal with retirement, health and life …More
There’s been a lot of talk in the press and on the Hill about how the cost of prescription drugs …More
As you might expect, employees often ask me to tell them the best date to retire. My standard answer is, …More
With the stock market still wobbling around and bank interest rates low, those of you who are covered by the …More
There’s a difference between compensatory time off, which I wrote about last week, and credit hours. Under certain circumstances, your …More
In my last column I described the options available to employees who leave government before being eligible to retire. In …More
There are times when your agency may ask you to work overtime. It may also ask you to accept compensatory …More
Despite these unsettled times, when many employees are hunkering down and giving thanks for having a job, I’ve been getting …More
Every once in a while I get the urge to dig through old files to see what the world used …More
Every year the Office of Personnel Management sends a letter to every health benefit provider in the Federal Employees Health …More
If you’ve ever wondered what leave without pay is, when it can be granted, and how it affects federal benefits, …More
One of the best benefits of federal employment is the fact that you can earn annual leave. And you can …More
Offers of early retirement appear to be much sought after, if my correspondence is any indicator. Not only do I …More
Over the last two weeks, I’ve written about two provisions hidden in HR-1256, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control …More
Last week I wrote about a provision in HR-1256, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, that would allow …More
The House recently passed HR-1256, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. So, what’s that to you? I’ll tell …More
In my last article in this series on kinds of retirement and associated benefits, I want to explain what the …More
To close this series on the various types of retirement and the benefits that may flow from them, I want …More
Over the last five articles I have described the rules governing a variety of different kinds of retirement and how …More
So far I’ve written about the various types of retirements offered to employees who are otherwise hale and hearty. This …More
Deferred annuity? Postponed annuity? Those are terms that have confused a lot of federal employees. Do they mean the same …More
Last time I wrote about immediate retirement under CSRS and CSRS Offset. This time I want to talk about the …More
The other day, a friend of mine told me that he was planning to retire from the government. So, I …More
In the first four articles of this series, I focused on the four kinds of insurance provided under the Federal …More
In my prior four articles, I offered a refresher course on the four kinds of insurance coverage offered by Federal …More
Over the last three weeks I’ve offered refresher courses on life insurance available through the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance …More
In my last article, I offered a refresher course on Option A-Standard coverage available under the Federal Employees’ Group Life …More
In my last article, I offered a refresher course on Basic insurance coverage available under the Federal Employees’ Group Life …More
TSP | L Income | L 2020 | L 2030 | L 2040 | L 2050 | G Fund | F Fund | C Fund | S Fund | I Fund |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb | 1.29% | % | 2.74% | 3.2% | 3.62% | 0.33% | -1.41% | 5.34% | 6.03% | 2.74% |
YTD | 1.66% | % | 3.15% | 3.62% | 4.04% | 0.67% | -1.6% | 7.1% | 3.48% | 2.51% |
10yr | 4.1% | % | 6.98% | 7.73% | 8.34% | 2.35% | 1.63% | 12.69% | 8.64% | 4.75% |