Tag: retirement
Employers beware: changing your retirement plan’s design can have unfortunate, unintended consequences for your employees. That’s what happened to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) for federal workers, says a new study by a team of researchers for the NBER Retirement and Disability Research Center. Like many private-sector savings plans, the $500 billion TSP – on…
A few of my friends who’ve recently retired decided to start walking more, sometimes for an hour or more a day. Becoming sedentary seems to be a danger in retirement, when life can slow down, and medical research has documented the myriad health benefits of physical activity. To enjoy the benefits from walking – weight…
