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TSP: Cream of the Crop

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Buz Livingston, a financial planner writing for the Motley Fool, couldn't put it more simply: "When it comes to retirement planning," he writes, "there's no doubt: the Thrift Savings Plan is the cream of the crop." It's better than 99.44 percent of private 401(k) plans, he says. What makes the TSP better? "Simplicity coupled with miniscule costs."

(Hat tip: FedSmith)

 

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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