by Gary Raetz | Mar 19, 2018 | Miscellaneous
You’ve been dreaming of retirement for years now, but maybe you’re feeling the urge much more strongly as of late. Or, maybe you’re worried that you’ll never be ready to retire, and you don’t know in which direction to head. This list is by no means a comprehensive...
by Gary Raetz | Mar 12, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Way back in 1920, the first version of a retirement system for federal employees was created. That was called the Civil Service Retirement System, and as we know, a new system was formed to replace it back in 1986. Some federal employees opted to stay with the CSRS...
by Gary Raetz | Mar 6, 2018 | Retirement, Retirement Income
For many of us, it’s hard to imagine life before the invention of Social Security in 1935. Federal employees, like you, did have a retirement system in place beginning way back in 1920. Once the the FERS system was introduced in 1986, federal employee retirement...
by Gary Raetz | Feb 26, 2018 | Miscellaneous
According to official reports, the much-awaited federal budget will be delivered any day now. It probably won’t surprise you to learn that the new spending plan will affect employees of the federal government, so let’s break down the most important items...
by Gary Raetz | Feb 21, 2018 | Miscellaneous
For decades, many people have set a benchmark of a cool one million dollars as their retirement savings goal. Whether or not that amount will continue to provide enough income for retirement is another matter for another day… But to this day, the allure of becoming a...
