Understanding each part of your federal retirement can help you plan when and how to retire and avoid surprises.

A survey shows most workers expect to retire at 65 or later, but many haven’t calculated savings for health care or ...

Key Takeaways Standard pension estimates rely on simplified assumptions and may overlook salary changes, service credit, survivor elections and FERS COLA caps.Incomplete projections can lead to ...

Discover how the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) offers tax advantages and investment options for federal employees, similar to a ...

What I'm hearing is you can throw the old processing schedule out the window right now, because everything is kind of bogged down," Tammy Flanagan said.

Survey data shows how retirement savings differ by age, including how many Americans have accounts and how much they’ve saved. See how you compare to others your age.

Claiming benefits at age 67 may be too early for some and too late for others.

Retirement planning isn’t just a matter of dollars and portfolios. It’s about how you want to live, contribute, and find ...

The S&P 500 (SPY) returned 86.65% over five years and 14.16% over one year. Equity exposure remains crucial for retirement. The 4% rule requires 25x your annual income gap. S&P 500 equity exposure ...

The average age of Washington politicians is soaring. Should there be an age limit for these time-servers? Rahm Emanuel, a onetime congressman and a former mayor of Chicago and a likely seeker of the ...