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Q. I am 59 years old, make approximately $90,000 a year and contribute $600 a month to TSP with my employer matching 5 percent. I will retire at age 64 and currently have about $250,000 in TSP with 70 percent in the G Fund, 15 percent in the S Fund and 15 percent in the C Fund. Because I am within five years of retirement, I don’t want to be too risky, but I do want to earn the most with my money. Do you think I am putting enough into TSP, taking too much of a risk, or am…

Q. I am a full-time federal technician in the Air National Guard. I am 54 years old with 33-plus years of military time and 27-plus years as a federal technician (under FERS). I have recently been involuntarily separated from the Air National Guard. This means I am losing both my full-time technician position as well as my part-time military position. I understand that I will be able to draw my FERS retirement (based on my total federal time) along with the Federal Retirement Supplement. Based on my involuntary separation, am I able to start drawing from my TSP without penalty?

Q. I am about 10 years from retiring from the federal government and would like more information on Medicare and Social Security. I was thinking about not taking my Social Security until I am 67 years old. My friend said she is applying for hers as soon as she is eligible (62). How do I determine which age is best for me? Are there comparison charts that will show me approximately what my overall benefit would be if I applied for social security at 62 versus 67?

Q. I will be 56 in August, already have 32 years of service at USPS and I am a FERS employee. I started contributing to the Roth TSP 5 years ago. If I withdraw anything from my TSP in 2018, will I be penalized because as I recently found out all dispersals come from both the regular TSP and the Roth proportionally. Do I have to be 59 1/2 to get penalty free withdrawal from Roth TSP or am I good at my MRA + 30 retirement? I thought I had read if you retired on an unreduced retirement that there were…

Q. Will I continue to receive my supplement from the Office of Personnel Management until I reach 66½, at which time I would file for full Social Security benefit, rather than 62? Or does it stop automatically at 62? I want to hold off applying. I transferred from CSRS to FERS midway through my career and fall under WEP.

Q. In hindsight, l mistakenly took out $125,000 from my TSP to invest in another product that didn’t do very well. Of that amount, $25,000 is in a Roth IRA (yes, l paid the taxes on that), and l’m feeling pretty good about leaving that alone. What I’m wondering is (1) can l redeposit the $100,000 back into the TSP having only 18 months before l retire or (2) should l take the money out of the poorly performing account and buy a deferred annuity that will tie it up for about 10 years?

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