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Letter: TSP isn’t meant for day trading

A reader says the Thrift Savings Plan is for long-term retirement savings — and not for people who want to try to game the market.

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The Lectern: Talking government-vendor partnerships

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Get a Life!: How are your brackets?

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Letter: A fee-per-trade system would distribute costs more equitably

A reader says it’s only fair for frequent traders in the Thrift Savings Plan to pay additional costs.

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Letter: Fees could deter random trades

A reader says Thrift Savings Plan members should pay for exceeding a certain amount of trades, which might make them realize the cost of following the markets’ fluctuations.

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Letter: Time to privatize TSP?

A reader says contributors to the Thrift Savings Plan shouldn’t have their rights curtailed, but they should have to pay fees for frequent trading.

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Letter: Frequent traders should pay the costs

A reader says feds shouldn’t have to subsidize the day traders in the Thrift Savings Plan.

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Letter: One background check should be enough for fed fliers

A reader argues that federal employees with high-level security clearances should be enrolled in the Clear program without paying for another background check.

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IG: Coast Guard struggles with homeland security

It is having trouble meeting those goals in addition to its traditional responsibilities, a new report states.

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Letter: Day trading under Thrift Savings Plan could distract employees

Does anyone have stats on how many of these "day traders" are using government machines during work hours to do their trading?

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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan management should charge accounts in excess of limit

I don't see why I should have to pay for the day traders to try to time the market; why can't TSP charge their accounts for the fees in excess of the two per month?

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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan management should charge accounts in excess

I don't see why I should have to pay for the day traders to try to time the market; why can't TSP charge their accounts for the fees in excess of the two per month?

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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan participants going over the limit should pay

What concerns me -- and I want stopped -- is everyone else losing money because of these 3,000 people going overboard.

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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan is not a day-trading fund

I understand why some people want to "play" the market with their TSP funds and if the management costs can be more directly passed to them then they should be able to.

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Chertoff names director of cybersecurity center

Entrepreneur and author Rod Beckstrom will be the first director of the National Cyber Security Center.

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Letter: Limiting trading in Thrift Savings Plan is the right choice

By increasing costs, unlimited trading decreases the value of the funds.

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House members seek information on proposed regulations

Lawmakers question exemption for reporting fraud and abuse.

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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan should cap number of traders per month

Some restriction is fair. However, it should be based on a year not a month.

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Letter: Thrift Savings Plan is not a stock market account

The people that are protesting forget that TSP is a savings account, not a stock market account. If they want to play the stocks, by all means, they can take their money and go there.

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Letter: Employees wishing to trade frequenty under Thrifty Savings Plan should pay

I think that those employees who want to trade frequently should be allowed to do so only if they agree to bear both the additional expense to the TSP of their trades and the cost of reprogramming TSP to bill them for those trades.