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FinPsych for Feds: Confirmation Bias and Anchoring Bias

Welcome to the final installment of the FinPsych for Feds series! Throughout this series, we’ve...

Loss Aversion

FinPsych for Feds: Loss Aversion

In the first two installments of FinPsych for Feds, we looked at how we discount...

Mental Accounting

FinPsych for Feds: Mental Accounting

In Part 1 of FinPsych for Feds, we explored present bias and why the immediate...

Roth Conversion

When Is a Good Time to Perform a Roth Conversion and What Is the Recommended Way to Pay the Taxes Due?

Federal employees and retirees are hearing much today about the advantages of converting traditional...

Present Bias

Finpsych for Feds: Present Bias

Most of us like to think that when it comes to money, we are rational...

January Jump

January Jump: The Easy Way to Boost Your TSP Balance

Editor’s note: This is one of our classic STWS pieces, first published July 2024. We’re...

I Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the I Fund?

Over the past several weeks, we’ve explored the five core investment options available within the...

S Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the S Fund?

Throughout this series, we’ve explored how each of the Thrift Savings Plan’s core investment funds...

C Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the C Fund?

Welcome back to the third installment of our series on the TSP Funds! In Part...

F Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the F Fund?

In Part 1 of our five-week series on the TSP funds, we explored the G...

G Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the G Fund?

The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) offers federal employees and members of the uniformed services a...

Feds And Annuities Why The Annuity Key Doesnt Fit Every Lock

Feds and Annuities: Why the Annuity Key Doesn’t Fit Every Lock

There’s no shortage of annuity salespeople trying to convince you that a private annuity can...

Federal Pay vs. Inflation 2025: Are Government Salaries Keeping Up?

Federal employees received an average 4.5% pay raise in January 2025, one of the highest...

The TSP and Required Minimum Distributions

A Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) participant who has separated from federal service (either left federal...

Is it Time to Update Your Beneficiaries? A Quick Checklist for Federal Employees

Life happens – marriages, divorces, births, deaths. And while federal employees are good at planning...

Is Your Pension Safe? Legal Trends Every Fed Should Know in 2025

Congress passed the 2025 budget reconciliation bill in July, but for many Feds, the biggest...

New Tax Bill Makes Charitable Giving More Challenging

One of the provisions coming out of the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”...

The Best States for Federal Retirees in 2025: Tax-Friendly and TSP-Savvy

As retirement gets closer, many of our Feds start thinking about where they want to...

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