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Don’t hide, or lose, your estate!
If you’ve got a house, car, bank account, TSP, pension and/or life insurance, you have an estate.
It may be modest, but the…
Social Security: Take It now, or later.
When it comes time to retire, most federal workers — CIA agents, TSA screeners, NASA rocket scientists or letter carriers —…
S fund sharply drops, Lifecycle funds see small increases in July
Every stock fund in the Thrift Savings Plan rose from June to July, except for the small capitalization stock index S fund.…
FERS + Debt + Retirement = Very bad idea!
Being in debt, especially heavily in debt, while working is a bad idea. Yet lots of people do it and survive.
But being…
DoD taking steps to scope military hunger issue
The Pentagon is taking new steps to chronicle, understand and address hunger within service member households.
After new…
Pay taxes like the millionaire you (probably) are!
Regular followers of the news learned (again) and in great detail what most of us already knew. Many if not most millionaires…
Social Security: Insurance or investment?
A major financial decision facing almost everyone at some point in their life is when to take Social Security. Not if, but…
Service members in remote areas missing out on transition benefits
The DoD Reporter’s Notebook is a weekly summary of personnel, acquisition, technology and management stories that may have fallen below your radar…
Big 2022 COLA: Good news or bad news?
Ever get a call from your mechanic, or doctor, that starts out with the question: “Do you want the good news or…