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    Retirement Planning - TSP of Roth IRA?

    imported post At your age it's tough to do both. If you have 6% in now put another 1% in each Jan. when we get our raises. See if you can also match that in the Roth until you max out the annual contribution. Remember when you retire the money in your Roth is ALL yours.
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    My Hands Are Tied

    imported post I was not able to vote before the poll ended. I would probably pay. I keep thinking did this come up because of all the TSP Pilot talk? Mark
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    How much should one save?

    imported post azanon wrote: Being able to identify the "if and "when" puts you in a unique category. Maybe even in another profession. Rest assured, you will not have to worry about that 2 million in your TSP with no idea how to spend it.:^
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    How much should one save?

    imported post I have used the 75-80% pre retirement income as a basis for my retirement fund calculations for 15 years. It is not a bad figure and it gives you a ball park idea of how much to save. There are many onlineretirement calculators that will walk you thru how much to save to reach...
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    Super Long Term Outlook

    imported post RadarKing wrote: RadarKing, FlannelPants wanted to know how to allocate between the C, S and I. RTFQ
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    Super Long Term Outlook

    imported post Divide it up between the three funds, you can't go wrong. Over the long haul you will be ok.
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    A Simple Longterm Plan

    imported post The 63/37 split is in your first year of retirement?
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    Projecting Account Balance For Retirement

    imported post When you guys daydream about how big you TSP Fund will be on the day you retire, what method of rate of return are you projecting. It is my understanding that their are two methods. One is the historical rate of return, ie. stocks tend to return say 10% over the last thirty years...
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    I'm in

    imported post RadarKing, Welcome to the Forum. Where are your allocations? How many years do you have until retirement? Are you an aggressive investor? I have 80% in C Fund, do you think I need to to move the rest in there and therefor eliminate 5300 companies from my portfolio and just stick...
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    I'm in

    imported post No move today, want to see the close.
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    I'm in

    imported post zbwmy wrote: According to my primative calculations, since I made the move to the S Fund on 3/16 my earnings are as follows. Last 15 Days: S Fund - 4.7% C Fund - 2.5% I am a long term investor, I welcome suggestions on my next move. Mark
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    Sorry About the Technical Difficulties

    imported post I think just the one where Wheels told Bancs to cram his diversified portfolio, get some ##### and buy some ******* stocks.:cool:
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    SITE SETUP

    imported post When you click on recent or popular ect...you then have a selection along the top that says last post. If you click on that you have control of viewing most recent post or first post. However, once in a thread, you have to chronologically follow the conversation. I think caspar...
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    SITE SETUP

    imported post I'm with the "ghost". I always select recent tab too. Most other forums post most recent to oldest, this would be a great improvement.
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    Even more on the I fund

    imported post Great research Wheels. I understood most of what you presented.It is posts like this that are going to make this site a homepage for our most savy of TSPers. You obviously spent some time on this post and we all appreciate it greatly. Now everyone tell us if this gives us an edge?
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