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Most TSP funds see gains in April

The month of April was not as bad as many feared when it came to most Thrift Savings Plan funds. Only the International Fund saw losses, and Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board, explains why this week.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , TSP , daily debrief , Tom Trabucco , retirement , Dorothy Ramienski

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TSP funds continue to gain in March

All funds except for the F fund saw gains again this month. Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, explains what's going on, and explains why one L fund now has record participation from investors.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , TSP , Tom Trabucco , retirement , Dorothy Ramienski

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TSP measures up to private sector funds

When compared to what's available in the private sector, the TSP is pretty equal in terms of ROI.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Tom Trabucco , TSP , Dorothy Ramienski , retirement , savings ,

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Timeline for TSP's Roth option discussed

Tom Trabucco and Greg Long, both of whom are with the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, tell Federal News Radio when TSP participants can expect to take advantage of a Roth option in the Thrift Savings Plan.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , TSP , Tom Trabucco , Greg Long , retirement , Roth , Roth option , Dorothy Ramienski

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Now a good time to review where your money is in the TSP

Tom Trabucco of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board explains that January is often a good time to sit down and look at where your money is invested -- and determine whether you want to move anything around.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , TSP , Tom Trabucco , investments , retirement , Dorothy Ramienski

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How your Thrift Savings Plan has changed over the past decade

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey is the first to weigh in for the Daily Debrief's 'Stories of the Decade' series. He talks about some of the phenomenal changes the TSP has seen since 2000 -- and what's around the corner as 2010 approaches.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Mike Causey , TSP , Stories of the Decade , Dorothy Ramienski , retirement , FERS , CSRS

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Investing - The Numbers Game

If you are a TSP investor, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there are two ways of looking at the stock market: one of them tells you that March was the best month we've had in a long time, the other proves that things are really going to pot.

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Security trumps prosperity

Grab onto financial happiness with both hands.

Tags: P&B , TSP , Princeton University , Arthur Stein

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Is Your Financial Planner A Loser?

Tags: P&B , Mike Causey , TSP , fees

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The TSP as a model for other 401(k)s?

Is the Thrift Savings Plan really one of the best retirement plans out there? Federal News Radio examines that question with Senior Correspondent Mike Causey and Tom Trabucco of the TSP, who both point to a single list of areas in which the TSP excels.

Tags: pay and benefits , TSP , Tom Trabucco , Mike Causey , Alan Roth , retirement , DorobekInsider , Dorothy Ramienski

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