Timothy Sumer

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Did you know you can become a millionaire with Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)? In this video, you’ll learn about the individual TSP funds and TSP Lifecycle Funds. Which TSP Funds are the right ones for you? What do you know about the G, F, C, S, and I Funds? I have been investing in… oh wait you’ll have to watch the video to find that out. 👨‍🏫 1:1 Financial Coaching 👩‍🏫 Schedule a free 20-minute 1:1 Coaching Session Schedule a free 30-minute 1:2 Couple's Coaching Session ➡️ Introductory Forum: 📧 Email: hello@firepsychat.com 📖 Get Your Free Financial Spreadsheets and Resources 📖 ➡️ 📷 Additional FIRE Videos 📷 Backdoor Roth IRA - Fat FIRE Roadmaps - Create Generational Wealth - How I save 60% of My Income - 🎵 Music and Sound Effects Provided by Epidemic Sound 🎵 ⏰ Table of Contents ⏰ 0:00 Introduction 0:21 Thrift Savings Plan 2:57 TSP Individual Funds 5:56 TSP Lifecycle Funds 6:23 Which TSP Funds am I investing? 8:10 TSP Hypothetical Growth 9:10 My mistak

Thrift Savings Plan explained. Should you chose the Roth TSP or Traditional TSP? Roth TSP is typically better for those who start investing early and often. Traditional TSP is better for those that are older or closer to retirement and have not invested at all. This is because there is one deciding factor that makes Roth or Traditional better than the other: income tax. Roth means you pay taxes now and don't owe any taxes later. Traditional means you defer paying taxes now and pay them when you withdraw from your TSP. You're going to take a tax hit now or later... so will your income tax bracket be lower now or later? If you think you're going to retire "better off" and generate more income in retirement then you do now, then do Roth TSP. If you only plan on collecting social security and maybe a small pension, therefore, you're retirement income will be less than it is now, do Traditional TSP. As a loose rule of thumb I would say if you are within