With Vanguard, you can not get in and get out like TSP. Once you choose to sell a fund, sometimes you have to wait a lengthy amount of time before you can reenter. Vanguard is perfect for the long term investor who can absorb the fluctuations of the market. You are much better diversifying your asse...

Vanguard mutual funds and ETFs that closely resemble the C,S,I are as follows: C Fund - VFINX, VFIAX (mutual fund, $3k min, lower cost admiral $10k), VOO, (ETF) S Fund - VEXMX, VEXAX (mutual fund, $3k min, lower cost admiral $10k), VXF, (ETF) I Fund - VTMGX (mutual fund, admiral only $10,000 minimum...

The combined total of your tax-deferred traditional and Roth after-tax contributions (excluding catchup contributions) cannot exceed the elective deferral limit in any year. ($17,500) Elective deferrals do not include Agency Automatic (1%) or Agency Matching Contributions because those contributions...

Over the years it will make a huge difference in how much your TSP would have grown just because of compounding alone. The question, did you shoot yourself in the foot? Not really. It would have been great to have been contributing over the years especially with this years breakout returns. But your...

And the F Fund is VBMFX and ETF is BND

Vanguard mutual funds and ETFs that closely resemble the C,S,I are as follows: C Fund - VFINX (mutual fund, $3k min, lower cost admiral $10k)), VOO, (ETF) S Fund - VEXMX (mutual fund, $3k min, lower cost admiral $10k), VXF, (ETF) I Fund - VTMGX (mutual fund, admiral only $10,000 minimum), VEA, (ETF)...

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