Does Your Retirement Plan Provide Enough Income For Your Widow or Widower?
After a long career working for Uncle Sam, your retirement benefits are likely the best in the country. You’ll receive guaranteed income...
Options For Paying Off Consumer Debt In Retirement
A previous article covered how Baby Boomers are carrying record-high debt into retirement and ways to pay it off before retiring. But, what...
How To Live Long And Prosper In Retirement
For Star Trek fans, Mr. Spock’s Vulcan blessing, “Live long and prosper,” is a familiar greeting with the best of intentions....
Why Delaying Your Social Security Benefit Makes Sense
In a previous article, we discussed three good reasons why FERS retirees should delay their Social Security benefit until age 70. If you...
How To Expedite Your FERS Retirement Application
As you know, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is usually dealing with a backlog of pending retirement applications which can delay...
5 Ways You May Be Putting Your Retirement At Risk
When you fail to plan for retirement, you’re putting your future financial security at risk. Here are the top five ways you may be...
Under FERS, You Have A Few Options When Choosing An Age To Retire
When you work for Uncle Sam you have more than one option for retiring with an immediate FERS annuity (pension). It’s important to know...
Retirement Planning: The Pitfalls Of Procrastination
At what age does the countdown to retirement really begin? Consider this – the IRS allows you to start making Catch-Up Contributions to...
How To Avoid Running Out Of Money In Retirement
Survey after survey shows that the top concern for working Americans is running out of money in retirement. In fact, for those close to...
Can You Pass The FERS Retirement Readiness Test?
A retirement readiness study conducted by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shows that less than half of federal employees surveyed...
