TSP Update for Month Ending August 2024 My last monthly update was written when the market started in August with a few very volatile days. It is something of a déjà vu as I write this monthly recap. September is starting off on the wrong foot for many stock investors. As of this writing, all […]
The 2024 Presidential Debate During last night’s debate, both candidates talked about their economic ideas, but neither laid out a plan for how they would pay for their proposals or how to tackle our $35 trillion national debt. With interest costs on the debt on track to reach historic highs over the next decade, America’s fiscal future is […]
Navigating Federal Retirement Questions Source: FEDweek Staff If your spouse is a federal employee or retiree as well, are you sure that you are that well prepared, should your spouse die first and you become the survivor? A long-time acquaintance reached out recently asking for help with some questions about federal retirement. As it turned out, […]
Federal Teleworkers to be Hit with Pay, Benefits Decreases? Pressure is building in Congress to get more data on telework, adjust locality pay to reflect actual work location versus official duty station, and to reduce federal office space. Remote workers continue to be a vital part of the federal workforce, but if two bills recently […]
My Career in Financial Planning By Carol Schmidlin My father, Frank J. Rozanski, was in the financial services business for most of his life. In 1970 he made what he calls his best decision, which was to go independent. He said he wanted to serve his clients’ best interest and not ones of the sales […]