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Summary of the New Thrift Savings Plan Distribution Regulations
New Thrift Savings Plan Distribution Regulations Starting in September of 2019 year, OPM unveiled its New TSP distribution regulations as mandated by the TSP Modernization Act of 2017. These rules new regulations are a long time coming and will provide many retiree’s...
Is FEGLI a waste of money?
Is FEGLI a waste on money? Let’s find out. Lessons from the ‘Boiling Frog’ on making smarter insurance decisions. The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. All gore aside, the premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling...
Behind the curve. Grading the TSP on new withdrawal rules
n September 15th, the TSP rolled out their much-anticipated new distributions rules and regulations required by the TSP Modernization act of 2017. With the approval of this law, it finally brought thousands of retired TSP participants relief from the previous stringent withdrawal restrictions.

The Thrift Savings Plan is cheap, unless you retired.
Is the Thrift Savings Plan actually cheap for retirees? The Thrift Savings plan is rightfully lauded for its great attributes, the extremely low expenses, use of index funds and overall simplicity. These features have contributed to the successful retirement for...