How My Retirement Savings Are Betraying U.S.

My money wasn’t lost, but no one could tell me where it was. That was the strange answer I got after calling the Thrift Savings Plan, the U.S. government’s $1 trillion 401(k)-type program, to ask for a list of companies in its international index fund. I had just left my job with the government and was eager to check my savings. The plan discloses only its top 10 international holdings, leaving more than 5,000 others hidden. To track down where my own money was being invested, I had to file a Freedom of Information Act request. Read Full Article »