- "An increased percentage of workers report they have virtually no savings and investments. Among RCS workers providing this type of information, 27 percent say they have less than $1,000 in savings (up from 20 percent in 2009). In total, more than half of workers (54 percent) report that the total value of their household's savings and investments, excluding the value of their primary home and any defined benefit plans, is less than $25,000." (March 9, 2010 - EBRI.com)
- "Overall, the participation rate (in the Thrift Savings Plan) for Active Duty members was 36.9 percent in February (2009) compared to 36.3 percent in January (2009)." - (TSP Governing Board Minutes, February 2009.)
If, however, you begin to allocate just $25 a week to your Thrift Savings Plan, if you earn 8% interest, you'll have over $13,900 in your account after 8 years of service. If you left the military, but continued to make the same savings for the next 30 years, you'd have more than $287,000!
Consider contributing a few bucks to your TSP right now. Add your raise in January for some painless investing. You'll be glad you did!
7 comments:
You are absolutely right. You can even get more accurate data. As of April 2010, only 38.5% of the military participates in TSP. The rates are just dismal for something so great an easy.
Hello Lee, good blog -- I'm an editor for military.com and would be interested in potentially working out a content partnership. If you could contact me at ho.lin@military-inc.com it would be much appreciated. Regards, Ho Lin
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