TSP stability?

[Anonymous]

I'm a former Fed (left long before DOGE) and I still have a TSP. Typically, every time I leave a job I roll the 401K into my TSP. This allows me to keep my retirement savings simpler to track and I can take advantage of the TSP's low fees. With all the recent instability, I'm feeling a bit less sure about that course of action. I'm likely to be switching roles again soon and am debating leaving my current 401K where it is or rolling it to my new employer once I've vested. Any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

I don't know.

But I have a TSP as well, and am no longer a fed, and have wondered the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Why would you imagine a private sector investment option would be more secure than one backed by the government? In any case, it's the underlying investments which matter most, along with the management fees. TSP
's fees are tough to beat, and it offers a unique investment option in the form of the G Fund, which has yields similar to those of government bonds with no risk of price volatility or loss of principal. If you hold, or want to hold, U.S., Treasuries, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better option than the G Fund.

[Anonymous]

TSP is not subject to government confiscation and is professionally managed. It has low fees.
I kept mine even as Doge rampaged.
TSP funds cannot be seized in bankruptcy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you imagine a private sector investment option would be more secure than one backed by the government? In any case, it's the underlying investments which matter most, along with the management fees. TSP
's fees are tough to beat, and it offers a unique investment option in the form of the G Fund, which has yields similar to those of government bonds with no risk of price volatility or loss of principal. If you hold, or want to hold, U.S., Treasuries, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better option than the G Fund.

+1

[Anonymous]

My concern with the TSP is that Congress will one day decide that it can only be invested in the G fund or some crazy government approved stock/bond fund.

[Anonymous]

TSP is managed by BlackRock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My concern with the TSP is that Congress will one day decide that it can only be invested in the G fund or some crazy government approved stock/bond fund.

When that day comes, you can move it. It's your money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My concern with the TSP is that Congress will one day decide that it can only be invested in the G fund or some crazy government approved stock/bond fund.

Seems unlikely considering Congress also participates in the TSP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My concern with the TSP is that Congress will one day decide that it can only be invested in the G fund or some crazy government approved stock/bond fund.

There is no reason to think this is even remotely likely. Why would it be proposed, let alone adopted? Plenty of non-federal gov't investors choose to invest in U.S. treasury securities, so there is no need or incentive to compel additional investment by federal government employees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TSP is managed by BlackRock.

So by Erik Prince’s company??

[Anonymous]

LIncome return last year was over 9 percent.

[Anonymous]

Your TSP is going to be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TSP is managed by BlackRock.

So by Erik Prince’s company??

That’s Blackwater. Slightly different than BlackRock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TSP is managed by BlackRock.

TSP is managed by an independent board. The staff reporting to that board operate back office / accounting systems and the TSP web site. They also contract operation of the various funds to other firms. Over time they might change which firm operates which fund, but such changes are invisible to TSP participants.