personal finance
Finance Friday Article Summary
Here are my financial articles from the past week:
6 Months Left to Enroll in the Blended Retirement System
Finance Friday Article Links
As many readers know, I write personal finance articles. I usually post them at the end of the month, but after this post listing everything from June I’m going to start posting them on what we’ll call “Finance Fridays.” In smaller doses they’ll be easier to read and enjoy. Here are this month’s articles:
Add Up Your Fixed Living Costs
Are the Thrift Savings Plan Lifecycle Funds Too Conservative?
A Simple and Military Specific Summary of How to Save for Retirement
Beware the Lump Sum: An Update on the New Blended Retirement
Calculate Your Required Nest Egg
Changes to the TSP Withdrawal Options
Do the TSP Target Date Funds Miss the Mark?
Get Your TSP Professionally Managed for $10/Month with Blooom
How Much Value Can a Financial Advisor Add?
Lessons to Learn from the Early 2018 10% Stock Market Decline – PDF Version
Take Advantage of Your Growing Wealth
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The Lifecycle Funds – Hitting the Easy Button
My Guest Post on White Coat Investor – Disability Insurance for Military Physicians
Check out my guest post on the White Coat Investor site:
End-of-the-Month Personal Finance Post Summary
Here are all of my personal finance articles from the month of May:
Blogs, On-Line Resources, and Podcasts I Recommend
Get Ready to Remodel & Revisit Your Debts
How to Get Rich in the Military Article Compilation
Imagine You Were the Executor and Drop Unnecessary Insurance Coverage
Set Up a Home Equity Line of Credit
Think of Your Assets as Income
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The C Fund
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The F Fund
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The G Fund – Free Lunches Do Exist
TSP Fund Deep Dive – The I Fund – The TSP’s Most Controversial Fund
End-of-the-Month Personal Finance Summary
Here is all of my personal finance content from the month of April. Enjoy!
Bunch Charitable Contributions
Crush the Thrift Savings Plan Article Compilation
Estimate Your Retirement Income Needs
Learn About Insurance With My Junk Mail
Size Does Matter…For Your Expense Ratio
End-of-the-Month Personal Finance Summary
Here are all of my personal finance writings for the month of March. Enjoy!
Another Simple Way to Get Rich in the Military – Learn a Lucrative and Marketable Skill
Highlights from 2017 Physician Compensation Reports
How to Buy Life Insurance When You’re in the Military
Learn How to Retire Secure and Pay Taxes Once and Never Again – For Free!
Military Specific Impacts of Tax Reform
Saturday Critical Action – Buy a Used Car
Saturday Critical Action – Put Retirement First
Saturday Critical Action – Save Some for Your Future Self
Should You Invest in Real Estate?
Step 1 to Crush the Thrift Savings Plan – Prepare
Step 2 to Crush the Thrift Savings Plan – Decide
Step 3 to Crush the Thrift Savings Plan – Asset Allocation
Will the Government Get Rid of the “Free Lunch” of the TSP G Fund?
Happy 147th Medical Corps Birthday from the Corps Chief, the SG, and Me
Today is the 147th Medical Corp birthday. Happy birthday!
The Surgeon General’s birthday messages are here:
Medical Corps Birthday from SG (PDF)
A Message from the Navy Surgeon General – Celebrating 147 years of the Medical Corps
The Medical Corps Chief’s message is here:
Medical Corps Birthday from Corps Chief (PDF)
Happy birthday from me! Here’s my present to you:
- Read this post and do what it says.
- Tell American Express that you are Active Duty.
- A few weeks later (assuming you have an AMEX card), you might get some money credited to you.
Just by doing this, I got $213 back from them. Happy birthday!
End-of-the-Month Personal Finance Summary
We started two new features on the financial blog. The first is a Critical Action you can review every Saturday. After a year, you’ll have your act together! Here they are:
The second is a Sunday AAR (After Action Report) that points you to some other good articles on the web. Here they are:
Here are all of the other articles:
- Another Way to Build Wealth – Use a Veterans Entrepreneur Program
- How to Get Hundreds or Thousands of Dollars Back from American Express
- Lessons to Learn from the Recent 10% Stock Market Decline
- Military Death Benefits – Beyond SGLI
- My Guest Post on Humble Dollar – The $121,500 Guestroom (this has been posted on MCCareer.org before)
- Recent Changes in the Thrift Savings Plan
- Simple Steps I Take to Protect My Credit and Identity
- Why are the TSP Investment Expenses So Low?
End-of-the-Month Financial Post Summary
Here is the summary of my financial writings this month:
Another Simple Way to Get Rich in the Military – Become a Super Saver
Blended Retirement System Opt-In Period Now Open
Federal Student Loan Benefits for Military Members
File Taxes for Free with MilTax
How to Easily Figure Out the Dollar Value of Staying In vs Getting Out of the Military
Opting into the Blended Retirement System Video
The Blended Retirement System Lump Sum – Probably Not a Good Idea
The Easiest Way to Figure Out Your Optimal TSP Investment Plan
End-of-the-Month Personal Finance Articles Summary
Here are all the personal finance articles I’ve written in the last month for your reading pleasure:
2018 Maximum Conforming Loan Limits for VA Home Loans
A Bunch of Blended Retirement System Blog Posts
Blended Retirement System 2018 Continuation Pay Rates
DoD Releases 2018 Basic Allowance for Housing Rates
DoD Releases 2018 CONUS COLA Rates
Homes.mil – A DoD Website to Find or Advertise Rental Properties
The Investment Company Price War (a military specific version that discusses the TSP is here)
The Military’s New Blended Retirement System
Military Dollar’s Step-by-Step Instructions to Opt-In to the Blended Retirement System
Military Relevant Aspects of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
NY Times – Military Is Overhauling Its Retirement Systems
The #1 Easiest Way to Get Rich in the Military – Take the Leap and Just Stay In
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