TIAA Traditional: How Does it Work?
TIAA Traditional was the original investment offered by TIAA when it was founded in 1918 as a retirement provider for teachers and professors. While TIAA has evolved into an enormous…
TIAA Traditional was the original investment offered by TIAA when it was founded in 1918 as a retirement provider for teachers and professors. While TIAA has evolved into an enormous…
TIAA Has historically been a leader in Socially Responsible Investing. Even prior to the inception of CREF Social choice in March of 1990, TIAA was cognizant of the social decisions…
TIAA invented the variable annuity with the CREF Stock Account in 1952 – a revelation at the time. For almost 40 years, TIAA offered only TIAA Traditional and CREF Stock.…
In the mid-eighties, Subway opened in my small hometown offering a fresh, healthy alternative to traditional fast food. My friend and I would ride our bikes two miles, cross a…
Many investors remain complacent with their portfolios. This can be due to many factors including restraints on time, knowledge, or a lack of available information. Although I am not an…
There was a time not too long ago when professors and university employees had one choice for their retirement plan provider – TIAA-CREF. Unlike the private sector, many university employees now…
TIAA Real Estate is a unique account which provides direct ownership interest in commercial real estate. It offers an asset class not widely available to individual investors. The returns of…
TIAA and Fidelity offer Wealth Management Advisors (WMAs) to university employees with $500,000 or more in investible assets with their company. Wealth Management Advisors provide a very basic financial plan…
TIAA-CREF offers multiple income options heading into retirement. These decisions include various options from rolling over an accumulation to an IRA to taking a lifetime annuity. When looking at the…
TIAA-CREF recently announced a change to the expense structure of the CREF variable annuities. Since the inception of CREF Stock in 1952, TIAA-CREF has had a single class low-cost structure…
Financial Planning for employees who work at a university (or hospitals associated with a university) can be complex not only to the employees, but also to financial advisors not used…
University Contributions I have traveled to universities across the United States each with different contribution amounts. I have found college and university contributions can vary widely. The information below provides…