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TSP Planning Report November

TSP Report November 2023 Facts: The G Fund rate for November 2023 increased to 5%.  Wow!  The Fed Funds interest rate decreased slightly from 5.5% to 5.3%.   This month’s unemployment rate increased from 3.8% to 3.9%.   The 2nd Estimate for Q3 GDP came in at 5.2%.  Last quarter’s GDP was 2.1%.   PMI (Purchasing Managers Index)

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The Recurring Long Term Care Insurance Price Increase Ultimatum

The Recurring Long Term Care Insurance Price Increase Ultimatum FLTCIP policy-holders are, once again, being threatened with price increases.(For those who haven’t been following the news, OPM’s Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) was suspended in November 2022 because of these price increases.  No new applications are being accepted, but existing FLTCIP policy-holders still

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Unusual things to know about retiring December 31st 2022

Unusual things to know about retiring December 31st December 31st is always a popular retirement date, but this year, 2022, it’s especially popular – because this year December 31st is also the last day of a pay-period, and last day of the month, and the last day of the leave year – a trifecta! What’s

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FedBar Webinar Retirement Portfolio

Webinar – How to Create Investment Income in Retirement without Killing your Portfolio We spent a career squirreling away money for retirement, expecting our portfolios will be able to carry us thru our golden years.  But are our expectations unreasonable?   How long will our portfolios last?  Is there a certain amount of portfolio income that

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