Recent content by Threepeaks

Vanguard not good for advice Between the 3 being discussed, we went with Vanguard as they seemed to have the cheapest expenses (and I was handling the picks myself). I am looking for a sanity check as to my investments in current times. Called Vanguard line as was told to use their automated...

Thanks for the quick reply Tadpole. I had seen the CPI related information on the OPM page for COLA calculation, which led to my confusion about the "reduced COLA" and up to "1% loss" reference in the quote within my posting. Three peaks

Hi, I'm 58 years old and in my second year of retirement under FERS after almost 31 years of Federal service. Before joining up in with this group (which is think is an excellent means of exchanging information) I noted the following information from an old thread in 2014: "One underappreciated...