NPV

Reserve Forces Retirement Links

Happy 2007 to newcomers and regular readers. I hope your 2007 is going to shape up half as good as mine looks to be. A lot has happened here at the Retired pay blog in the past year. One of the most noteworthy events … we made a big move. I’m [...]

Coke and Pepsi Have Nothing On These COLAs

Federal retirees, from both Civil Service and the Military are entitled to COLA’s — Cost Of Living Adjustments — in their pensions and annuities.  Hmmm, reminds me, I had better do a post soon on the difference between retirement pay and annuities.  These retirements are special in comparison to many in the run-of-the mill commercial [...]

NPV (Net Present Value) Basics

We also field a lot of questions on NPV … what it is, why a participant in a divorce should care about it, and how one can calculate it.  here’s an article about student loans that has a better explanation of NPV than any of the mumbo-jumbo I have seen from experts in the pension [...]