Topics of TSP Highlights

• How much do you need to save for retirement?

• Customer Service Updates (new toll-free number)
• Loan Program Changes

• Checkup Time (for your TSP account)
• G Fund Earnings Step Up
• Investing Wisely

• New Loan Rules
• Make a statement! (getting a Web-based or mailed statement)
• EFT = Easy, Fast, Trustworthy

• Changes to the TSP Loan Program
• Web or Paper Statements?

• Got Beneficiaries?
• Your Withdrawal Options
• Pay it off! (Your TSP loan)
• It's nice to share (explanation of shares in the new record keeping system)

• Participants ask about their statements
• Slow & Steady... (about rebalancing the investments in your account and market timing)

• Catching Up on "Catch-Up Contributions"
• In the Ready Reserve?

• Participants ask about beneficiaries
• Feeling unbalanced? (rebalancing your account to meet your investment goals)
• PIN Points (using your TSP PIN)

• We hear you (about the new record keeping system)

• Where do we stand? (about the new record keeping system)

• Progress Report on the New Record Keeping System
• New Transfer Option Available
• New Loan Information on the Web

• Participants ask about contributions
• The TSP PIN — Key to Your Account

• Two New Funds — Are they for you?

• New TSP Benefits (increased contribution limits and immediate enrollment for new employees)

• Here come the S and I Funds!

• Participants ask about the address for the TSP Service Office and making name changes
• Have you changed your address?
• Before you take the money and run... (leaving your money in the TSP)

• Just a slight delay... (about the new record keeping system)
• Transition timing

• Participants ask about new legislation (transfers into the TSP)

• Are we there yet? (about the new record keeping system)

• Participants ask about new withdrawal options
• Your TSP PIN

• Update — New Record Keeping System (how the new system will affect your account and what participants should do)
• Test Your Knowledge - Investment Quiz

• Participants ask about interfund transfers
• Tangled in the Web?
• Do you have a loan?
• Keep your beneficiary information up-to-date

• Understanding the F Fund (Yes, you can!) (describes bonds, index funds, F Fund risks and advantages)

• How much is enough? (your retirement needs, income, and savings)

• Participants ask about account access
• PIN replacement

• New In-Service Withdrawals Available
• Who knows where your money goes? (making a beneficiary designation)

• Participants Ask about PINs
• Left Service and over age 70?

• TSP Web Site - http://www.tsp.gov
• Spouses' Rights (More than just a nice idea...it's The Law!)

• Ready or Not... (four basic principles of investing)

• The Cost of TSP Loans

• The Budget, Debt Limit, and G Fund

• The TSP Looks to the Future (new funds; daily valuation; new record keeping system)

• Don't Jump!  (reacting to market swings)
• Beneficiary Qs & As

• 1994 Returns in Perspective (what should my strategy be?)

• How can I learn more about the TSP?
• Check Your SCD (service computation date)

• "Hello...ThriftLine?" (formerly the TSP Inquiry Line)

• Naming a Beneficiary

• The Miracle of Compounding

• When does the early withdrawal penalty apply?

• Investing for the Long Term:  The Benefits of Indexing

• Managing the Risks of C and F Fund Investments (allocating your contributions; dollar cost averaging; rebalancing; changing your strategy)

• Inflation, Taxes, and Your TSP Account

• Happy Fifth (TSP anniversary) (contributions increasing; investments more diversified)

• Obsolete

• Anything amiss on your statement?

• Participants Ponder C & F Funds (returns vs. risks; minimizing risk with dollar cost averaging; role of interfund transfers)

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May 1990
November 1989
May 1989
November 1988