Facts: Unemployment remained at 3.7%. 3rd Quarter GDP came in at 3.4%, according to the 2nd estimate. PMI, again, posted another solid month of expansion, with the index reading 59.3%. The S&P 500 (C Fund) rebounded and yielded 2.04% Assessment: Unemployment has held strong, holding on to its lowest levels since 1969. 3.4% quarterly GDP is (relatively speaking)
This TSP Modernization Rule has already gone into effect The TSP Modernization Act is not supposed to go into effect until November 2019, but one rule has already gone into effect. Below is the actual language from the TSP which you won’t find anywhere because, as the letter below says, this language contradicts what’s currently
Facts: Unemployment remained at 3.7%. 3rd Quarter GDP came in at 3.5%, according to the first estimate. PMI, again, posted another solid month of expansion, with the index reading 59.8%. The S&P 500 got walloped and lost 6.3%. Assessment: Unemployment has not seen such lows since 1969. 3.5% quarterly GDP is (relatively speaking) amazing. PMI continues it’s impressive streak, performing well above-average
The economic indicators are positive. However, the Fed is raising rates. How does that impact things? The economic indicators show: Unemployment at 3.7%. We have not seen such lows since 1969. 4.2% quarterly GDP is amazing and hasn’t happened since 2014. The S&P 500 is looking great, with YTD yield of 10.54% PMI continues it’s impressive streak, performing
Facts: GDP in the 2nd Quarter of 2018 was revised up 4.2%, according to the 2nd estimate. The S&P 500 posted a solid gain of 3.26%. Unemployment remained at 3.9%. PMI, again, posted another stellar month of expansion, with the index reading 61.3%. Assessment: Unemployment is very low, again. 4.2% quarterly GDP is amazing and
Facts: The initial estimate for 2018’s 2nd quarter’s GDP came in at a solid 4%, and the final estimate for 2018’s 1st quarter’s GDP was revised up to 2.2%. The S&P 500 posted a solid gain of 3.72%. Unemployment dropped to 3.9%. PMI, again, posted another stellar month of expansion, with the index reading 58.3%. Assessment:
A mistake that Federal Employees make with their TSP is NOT coordinating their TSP with their outside investments. This mistake is very common and has many different applications. Here’s a true story to illustrate: My client (at that time they weren’t yet a client) took me up on my free consultation offer. One of the points we discussed was maximizing
As you approach retirement, you will likely ask yourself if you are better off keeping your money in the TSP, or are you better off rolling your TSP into an IRA? To answer that question we’ll need to point out that both options have their PROs and CONs. I’ll let you be the judge…. Here
Question: How should you invest your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)? Answer: Two things need to be analyzed in order to correctly answer this question: The Investor The investments The Investor This part of the answer has good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news: I know many people wish I could just
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