Entries by Karen Dzierzynski

If Being Healthy is Always at the Top of Your Priority List, This Article Might Be Particularly Interesting to You. 

If Being Healthy is Always at the Top of Your Priority List, This Article Might Be Particularly Interesting to You.  Source: The Visual Capitalist This piece ranks the healthiest nations in 2024 Rankings are based on key factors like life expectancy, healthcare access, diet, and lifestyle habits. European countries continue to dominate the top spots, […]

A Closer Look at 2025 FEHB Premiums

A Closer Look at 2025 FEHB Premiums Open Season is just a few weeks away, and costs are increasing this year. What does that mean for federal employees? Federal employees and retirees should expect to pay much more for health coverage next year: the enrollee share of FEHB premiums is going up 13.5% on average, […]

Death Has a Cost Beneficiary Liquidity Plan®

Death Has a Cost – Beneficiary Liquidity Plan® Talking About Sex Won’t Get You Pregnant… Talking about dying won’t make you die. Source- Beneficiary Liquidity Plan®   No one wants to talk about the end of their life. But prepared or not, it is still going to happen. And there will always be a cost associated with it whether […]

How to Optimize Your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in a Volatile Market

How to Optimize Your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in a Volatile Market According to the FRTIB, total TSP fund assets were $895 billion as of March 2024. With a participation rate of 95.7%, the overwhelming majority of Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) employees contribute to the plan. FERS participants had an average TSP balance of $184,691. The […]

How the Fed’s Interest Rate Cut Could Affect Military Families

How the Fed’s Interest Rate Cut Could Affect Military Families Source: Military.com | By JJ Montanaro Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Patrick Dooley, assigned to the 12th Marine Corps District, tours Broadway Pier with his daughter during Fleet Week San Diego 2023. As a military retiree and a financial planner, I’ve seen firsthand how the unique challenges faced by […]