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Figuring taxes on your mutual fund sales
Figuring your tax bill on mutual fund sales is not an easy undertaking. That's because you probably have purchased shares at different times for different amounts.
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When travel pay falls short
An Agriculture Department employee who took a sick day while traveling on business in Chicago found that he had to wage a legal battle to recoup his per diem expenses for that day off.
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Investing in tax-managed funds
Investing in mutual funds that strive to keep their tax bite to a minimum can put extra money in your pocket. Why? Because it's not what your fund earns but what you keep that counts.
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What evidence counts?
A recent Merit Systems Protection Board ruling provides valuable guidance to supervisors who are considering disciplinary action against an employee.
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What to consider when considering a Roth IRA
To truly realize its benefits you must know what you can do with a Roth IRA ? and when you can do it.
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Give part-timers their due
Some parttime federal employees most of whom are women are getting cheated out of retirement benefits they rightly deserve.
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Keep track of financial records: You may need them
Although a recent law may lead you to believe it's safe to throw away some financial records gathering dust in your file cabinet, think again.
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Full disclosure
NASA is harnessing the Internet to simplify contract management and keep contract managers aware of the latest in acquisition rules and regulations.
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Don't overlook investing in small-company funds
If you tend to pass over smallcompany stock in favor of the large, betterknown companies in the Standard ?#038; Amp; Poor's 500 index, now is the time to change your attitude about investing.
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Use P/E ratio to measure stock value
With the pricetoearnings ratio (P/E) for the Standard and Poor's 500 index at an alltime high, can the market continue climbing or are we in for a major correction? That debate has been going on for the past five years as the current bull market surged and the doomandgloom crowd missed out on some really big money.
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Consider a company's growth rate before investing
A major aspect of individual stock analysis within your investment portfolio is the evaluation of a company's growth rate. You should know a company's growth rate over the long term before you decide on investing.
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Managing retirement investments starts with knowing your risk
Virtually all investments come with some amount of risk attached. It's important to know what those risks are before you decide how you want to invest money for retirement.
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Hidden agenda
When the Office of Personnel Management introduced a new retirement system 13 years ago, it promised a better deal for federal civil employees. Some observers say that, in general, OPM has lived up to its promise.
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Disability benefits under FERS: What exactly are you getting?
Although I hope it never happens to you, at some point in your career you may become disabled and unable to work. Here are some things you should know about qualifying for disability under the Federal Employees Retirement System and how those disability benefits are calculated.
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Of money and matrimony
Court orders related to divorce or separation can have a significant impact on your federal benefits.
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Savings plan needs options
Congress is contemplating muchneeded changes to the government's voluntary 401(k)type program, the Thrift Savings Plan, which places too many restrictions on its clients.
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Survivor benefits: Do you have enough coverage?
Broaching the subject of personal finances can be a delicate task, but there is no time like the present to make sure your family is appropriately covered after your death.
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Astute investors needed for this insurance policy
An interesting form of life insurance that's grown in popularity is variable universal life insurance, a form of life insurance that adds additional investment features and control to the basic characteristics of universal life insurance.
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Congressional neglect of feds must end
While security assessment services are gaining prominence alongside software products as a standard part of an overall security purchase, at least one vendor is offering virtual assessment services so that agencies don't even have to buy the software.
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Hiring must include disabled
The government has not done enough to hire people with disabilities, but that is set to change.
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