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    Withdrawl Help?!?!

    imported post Charlie - M_M's "personal belief" about your swapping your funds around in the TSP even after you're retired is right on the money! Sometimes it takes a little "digging" around in all that info on the TSP website to find out, but if you look at page two of this booklet...
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    Can someone explain "Interest rate on TSP loans"?

    imported post Hybrid - I would agree with Sr and his logic. However, there may be some limited occasions where a short (and I mean S-H-O-R-T!) term loan from your TSP wouldn't be all that bad. For instance, if your credit was down in the lower spectrum, and you found it extremely expensive to...
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    withdrawing funds

    imported post There are several factors to be considered when deciding to use the TSP to help finance your home purchase; whether used for a down payment or for help in closing costs. Since there are a number of things to consider, here is the TSP website loan information. It is very clear and...
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    Lack of matching funds for the military

    imported post shiftomnimega wrote: From time to time, as the Services "purge" some of the "old-timers", they offer incentives for personnel to accept "early" retirements, say, at 15 years. I have seen offerings of 20-30,000 to take the money, early retirement and run. In the long run...
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    Lack of matching funds for the military

    imported post Be careful on where you place the "blame" for the injustice of the military not providing TSP matching contributions. All Service Secretaries have the ability to provide matching funds. That was written into the law. It's rather obvious to discern why they don't, as pyriel...
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    LOOMING DOLLAR CRISIS

    imported post Good thoughts. Let's see now... Greenspan has raised rates what 4, 5 times since it came out of the stagnation last year? I'm not so sure that indicators are signaling a real estate bubble burst; so much of a wide disparity btwn construction #s and sales. But isn't the general...
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    LOOMING DOLLAR CRISIS

    imported post Tekno Are you stilllooking for a fairly quick rebound? I saw you were at 27s and 37i on Tues. Are you still there? Would you be looking at dumping more into the S if you feel it has bottomed out? I might shift to 100s like pyriel has for short term. Thanks for your insight :cool:
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    buying more tomm.

    imported post Tekno - Sometimes I'm glad I have patience formore ofwait-n-see. The I fund dropped to 15.17 today, and the S has lost 50 cents a share since 30DEC. I hope you're right about roaring back! Jim
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    FundSurfer account talk

    imported post Fundsurfer - What is you prognostication for the I fund over the next day or so? Is it common for the EAFE to follow the same trend as the S - generally? I took a quick glance over the last year or so at the end of month/beginning of month periods. I see that with the exception...
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    My Hands Are Tied

    imported post Tom - Though I have only been on a short while, it is readily apparent that this site should go on; that for many it is filling a void which should actually be taken care of at the agency or Administration level. You andyour other members may have differing opinions at times, but...
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    Interfund Transfer 12/27 for 12/28/04

    imported post tsptalk wrote: Tom - I certainly appreciate all you're doing for those of us who either are just starting out or steadying up on our financial "sealegs" in the TSP. I am somewhat similar in scope with richrob3 in my allocations and with my outlook, though I'm planning on 15...
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    I'm New at this, need advice

    imported post Sheesh! I guess it's getting to close to the holidays for my retired brain to ponder these things. I just realized - please correct me if I'm wrong - that the total IRS cap on elective deferrals (14k) does NOT include agency automatic or matching contributions,since that isn't...
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    What is really the max

    imported post Dogdaddy wrote: Dogdaddy - Quick query... I wasn't able to find on the TSP website information if thetotal deferral amount combined for a married couple - say one was FERS and another was uniformed - was still capped out by the IRS at the 14k level for 2005. Do you know if...
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    I'm New at this, need advice

    imported post bklyngal wrote: bklyngal (et alia) - Hello, I just found this site (which by the way I think is absolutely great, and am behind it 110%! Let's keep it going! Anyway, I am somewhat perplexed (or maybe I'm missing something here... I thought that (as a FERS) the max percentage...
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