Posted on Thursday, 27th January 2011 by Dennis Damp
I have always been fairly conservative with my TSP account considering that I’m now retired and may need these funds down the road. I look at my TSP performance from several perspectives. First, I compare my contributions to market value for total gain, the amount my account has grown since retiring, and then look at […]
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| Comments (0)Posted on Wednesday, 19th January 2011 by Nancy Holston
I’ve been retired over two years now and the winter before retiring I had dreams of spending my winters indoors after retirement looking out into the woods during snow storms watching snow flakes gently float to the ground while Cardinals and Blue Jays feasted at the feeders scattered amongst the trees. I would drink my […]
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| Comments (0)Posted on Sunday, 2nd January 2011 by Dennis Damp
Recently OPM clarified a number of issues around interim annuity payments and what retirees can expect when they first leave federal service. It is essential that federal employees have sufficient cash available and are financially prepared when retiring to allow OPM to complete a final adjudication of their claim. OPM is now processing applicants in […]
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| Comments (0)Posted on Friday, 31st December 2010 by Dennis Damp
Please Forward This Email to Others That Would Benefit From This Information Tighten Up ……. I can vividly recall dancing to this song by Archie Bell and the Drells in the late sixties with my wife of 41 years now. I’m sort of stuck in the 60s these days with XM Channel 6 and this […]
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| Comments (0)Posted on Monday, 29th November 2010 by Dennis Damp
Please Forward This Email to Others That Would Benefit From This Information One – Two – Three……. Remember the lyrics “One, Two, Three, It’s so Easy” by Len Berry from the 1960s? One, two, three That’s how elementary it’s gonna be Just fine and dandy It’s easy Like taking candy from a baby Well, most […]
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Posted on Friday, 29th October 2010 by Dennis Damp
Please Forward This Email to Others That Would Benefit From This Information Retire Mortgage FREE Here is a viable plan for retiring mortgage free. The TSP recently reported their 2011 Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) contribution limits. The limits will be unchanged for 2011 and remain at $16,500 and an additional $5,500 for the catch-up contributions […]
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| Comments (3)Posted on Monday, 27th September 2010 by Dennis Damp
A soon to be retired fed contacted me last month about an estimate they received from their HR department with a grossly incorrect survivor benefit cost estimate. The employee was advised that a full survivor benefit for their spouse would reduce their monthly benefit by one third! Incorrect high estimates like this can put the […]
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Posted on Thursday, 26th August 2010 by Dennis Damp
The FERS supplement and deferred annuities have attracted considerable attention recently. Many are thinking seriously about early retirement these days. Thankfully we have Linda Duncan, our HR and Benefits Forum Host, available to handle these often complex issues for our site visitors. We recently added a Travel Forum and Nancy Holston’s article titled New England […]
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