The U.S. is officially in a recession. Here’s what you should do with your money

The U.S. economy officially peaked in February and has since entered a recession, ending the longest expansion on record, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared Monday. This recession — spurred by the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent public health response — is an unusual one, NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee said in a statement. However, “the unprecedented magnitude of […]

Retirement Myth Busting

There are some widely held beliefs about federal retirement that simply aren’t true. These ideas can lead federal employees down a dangerous path when it comes to making key retirement planning decisions. Sometimes there’s enough fact in a myth to make it believable, or it may have been passed around so much that it appears […]