TSP Warning: Cover Your Assets
One of the nation's most popular financial planners is trying to find out a way to get into your Thrift Savings Plan. So who is he and why is the TSP his favorite investment option? Checkout Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's Federal Report today.
The Smartest Fed Investors Work For...
So who are the smartest TSP investors in government? Are they rocket scientists, economist, medical researchers or postal employees? Take Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's TGIF quiz to test your investment smarts.
The $3 Million G-Man
Guess how many of your fellow feds have TSP account balances worth a million bucks or more. If you said 75 you are on the right track and there's even one person with a $3 million account. So how do you get there? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has some suggestions.
How to get your TSP questions answered
What's the difference between the F fund and the I fund? How do you get an update on that loan you took out through the TSP? Who can you talk to about a transfer that doesn't look quite right? The DorobekInsider talks with Penny Moran, director of the Office of Participant Services for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, who answers all of those questions for us.
Inside Government - June 11th and June 18th, 2010
Jim Dean
Chair, Democracy for America
Nan Grogan Orrock
Georgia State Senator, District 36
David Neiwert
Managing Editor,CrooksAndLiars.com
Eric Lotke
Research Director, Campaign for America's Future
Latest on fed benefits, including changes for TSP
Our special guests this week are Mike Causey, Senior Correspondent for Federal News Radio and Tom Trabucco of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board.
How to get more minorities, women to participate in TSP
A recent study by the Office of Personnel Management shows that women and minorities participate less in the Thrift Savings Plan than their white, male counterparts. Tom Trabucco of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board explains what they're doing to try and close the gap.
TSP: Investing in Where You've Been
When it comes to investing, many of us do it as if we are driving across country using only the rearview mirror. The past can be prologue, but with something like the TSP's C and I-fund, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you never really know.
How to avoid a June swoon with the TSP
May was a pretty rough month for those with money in the stock market, even through the TSP. Arthur Stein takes a look at what's ahead.
Six Ways to Beat the Bear Market with Your TSP
May was a terrible month for most TSP investors as the Dow had its worst month in 70 years. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has six suggestions that are almost certain to calm you down and increase your net worth. The trick is figuring out which of the six works for you.
Inside Government - June 4th, 2010
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Edgar (D-Pa.)
President and CEO, Common Cause
John Threlkeld
AFGE Legislative Representative
Isaiah Poole
Executive Editor, OurFuture.org
Most TSP funds suffer losses in May
May was a devastating month for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which suffered its worst losses in May since 1940. Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board, breaks down the numbers for each TSP fund for us.
All about careers after federal employment
Please join hosts Bob Leins and Ann Vincent in welcoming our guest, Michael Townshend, a retirement, career and life coach.
Encore Presentation
Inside Government - May 28th, 2010
John Gage
AFGE National President
Dwight Bowman
AFGE 14th District National Vice President
REITs, Gold, IT and the TSP
When it comes to the Thrift Savings Plan is the government limiting how much investors can make or is it protecting them from themselves? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about the lack of investment options in the federal 401(k) plan.
Inside Government - May 21st, 2010
Bryan Lowry
President, AFGE Council of Prison Locals
Steve Ressler
Founder and President, GovLoop
Gold Bugs & The TSP
If you're an investor in the Thrift Savings Plan, chances are most of the gold you own is in your mouth. Today Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about precious metals funds and your TSP.
How to maximize your investment portfolio
Wanna be a millionaire by the time you retire? This week on Your Turn, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks with investment guru Allan Roth about how you might be able to achieve that goal. Also, there's a lot happening on Capitol Hill, including discussion of some bills that could affect your pay & benefits. Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees fills us in.
Chances good for passage of TSP/annual leave bill
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says he thinks the bill will pass -- eventually.




