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What’s Risky about Retirement

Published: July 27, 2022

Much of retirement preparation focuses on what the individual hopes for in retirement. Common desires include more travel, spending more …More

Nevermind Five O’Clock: It’s Saturday Somewhere

Published: July 6, 2022

The song “It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere” popularized by Jimmy Buffett often is viewed as being about drinking: as that’s …More

Your Retirement: A Slope or a Cliff?

Published: June 1, 2022

It’s been increasingly common in recent years to describe retirement as a process rather than a point, the idea being …More

The Pay-to-Play TSP (Published: May 3, 2022)

Decision to Retire Not Just a Matter of Numbers (Published: April 6, 2022)

Deciding Whether to Use TSP Window Won’t Be an Open and Shut Case (Published: February 22, 2022)

The Federal Retirement Deal (It’s Good) (Published: February 1, 2022)

Everybody Talks about the Social Security Funding Problem but . . . (Published: January 6, 2022)

Some New Year’s Resolutions for OPM (Published: December 1, 2021)

Emotional Retirement Decision-Making (Published: November 1, 2021)

Spending Your Retirement, or Maybe Not (Published: October 6, 2021)

Cheering a Big COLA in 2022 Like Rooting for Inflation? (Published: August 31, 2021)

FEHB: Draining the (Premium) Pool (Published: July 28, 2021)

FEHB vs Private Insurance: The Never Ending Comparison (Published: June 30, 2021)

Whose TSP Is It Anyway? (Published: May 26, 2021)

What it Takes to Be an Average Retiree (Published: May 6, 2021)

Retirements Dropped Last Year, Will Trend Continue? (Published: April 8, 2021)

The Best Time to Start Saving for Retirement (Published: March 3, 2021)

Financial Leakage and Other Costs of the Pandemic (Published: February 4, 2021)

Voluntarily Preparing to End Your Career Involuntarily (Published: January 12, 2021)

Fed Benefits: Happy Days or Curb Your Enthusiasm? (Published: December 3, 2020)

Retiree Personnel Services “Major” Management Challenge for OPM (Published: November 5, 2020)

Demography and Destiny: The Federal Benefits Considered Most Important by Age (Published: October 7, 2020)

In Danger of Living Too Long? Welcome to “Longevity Risk” (Published: September 9, 2020)

Feeling Less than Confident about Retirement? (Published: August 13, 2020)

Time to Change COLA Brands for FERS & CSRS? (Published: July 16, 2020)

Federal Benefit of the Century; Retirement Annuity Turns 100 (Published: June 11, 2020)

Could a Cafeteria Approach to Federal Benefits Be on Offer? (Published: May 11, 2020)

OK, Boomers Might Delay Retirement Like its 2009 (Published: April 7, 2020)

‘Wait, There’s More!’ in That Cherry-Picked CBO Report on Pay (Published: March 5, 2020)