Q. I have $600,000 in my TSP allocated as 41 percent in the C Fund, 6 percent in the S Fund, 22 percent in the I Fund, 23 percent in the G Fund and 7 percent in the F Fund. Is this an appropriate allocation for a 54-year-old retiring in two years? I need approximately $2,000-$3,000 a month for 25-30 years. If not, what allocation do you suggest?
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Q. I am 38 years old with 15 years of government service as a GS-14. I hope to work no more than 20-22 more years, assuming age 60 will give me the maximum benefit. My TSP allocations are where my concerns lie. I am blindly diversifying my account as follows: G Fund at 10 percent; F Fund at 0 percent; C Fund at 50 percent; S Fund at 30 percent; I Fund at 10 percent. I have no allocations in the L Fund. I am contemplating having future earnings go into the L2040 fund. Would you recommend this, and how much…
Q. I want to keep my money in my TSP account when I retire. In which fund or funds should I have my money allocated?
Q. I am 69 years of age and have all my funds in the 2030 fund totaling about $ 89,000. I would like to start taking out $500 per month starting in January 2018. What type of allocation of funds would be good for this amount, percentagewise, where would the spread be best to last 15-20 years. Could you give me an example or two of allocations that would be of great help?
Q. I am a FERS employee with 28 years in government service and about five years away from retirement. I evaluate my TSP portfolio allocation based on risk comfort, life expectancy, etc. in isolation from what I expect to receive from Social Security and my FERS pension. My allocation is roughly 60 percent stocks, 40 percent bonds (mostly G Fund). Recently, I have been told that because I will have a guaranteed income stream from my FERS pension, I can afford to take more risk in my TSP and I should move money from the G Fund to the stock side of the portfolio.…
Here are the year-to-date returns, through the end of June, for the five basic Thrift Savings Plan funds: C Fund = 9.34% I Fund = 14.10% S Fund = 7.41% F Fund = 2.48% G Fund = 1.17%. Interesting? Maybe to some. Useful? I don’t know how. As an investment manager — or TSP participant, as you are commonly known — you are responsible for making or delegating the making of a massive series of decisions. Some of these decisions, like whether you contribute to the Roth or the Traditional TSP accounts, will most likely wind up being relatively insignificant.…
Q. I have accumulated a tidy sum in my TSP investment account. It is diversified between stocks and the G Fund. With the volatile market, should I take money from the stock fund and move it all to the secured G Fund? I would still contribute while working. I plan to retire in two and a half years at age 66½ and worry about having this money secured for retirement.
Q. I’m a current CSRS employee considering retirement after 34 years of service. With a $300,000 balance in my TSP account. I’m currently risk adverse and for the past two years have been in the L Income Fund. I have read many of the questions about investing and found a familiar reply below: “I suggest that you invest your TSP balance in the L Fund that most closely corresponds to your life expectancy”. I am 61 years of age and hopefully will be alive until my early 80s. Isn’t the L2030 fund too risky for someone of my age? What…
Which way will the market, and the value of your TSP account, go next? If you’re like most investors, you are betting, and therefore hoping, that it moves higher. Or, maybe, lower. Either way, if you have a preference, then that preference makes you vulnerable — vulnerable to the risk of being wrong. As much as you might tell yourself otherwise, the odds that the value of a share in the C, S, I or F funds will go up or down in the short run are about 50-50. If you’re betting that the C Fund will rise in value…
Q. I have been a federal employee for 10 years. I am 48 years old and am putting very little in the G Fund, which is at about $14,000 now. Not much. They say it’s never too late. I’m not planning to work until 60. What should I do to gain more money for retirement fast and preferably safe?