Newbie XL-entLady

**XL-entLady** · 05-05-2008, 05:38 PM

Hi, I’m a newbie to this forum. I found it the other day by clicking on a link in a GovExec.com article on the IFT restrictions. And the first thing I want to say is whoever came up with this idea and started this site absolutely ROCKS!

I’m a newly retired FERS employee. I recently had to do a disability retirement that was several years earlier than my originally planned retirement date. I have a TSP amount in the low six figures, I’m tapping it using the monthly payment option for withdrawal, and I have to make it last a L-O-N-G time. So being able to discuss investment strategies with you all will be a valuable aid to me, especially now that we only have two IFTs each month (yes, not counting those additional moves to G).

I leave half my account in G all the time, because I’m retired and I’m chicken.

I invest the other half by tracking rolling averages. In mid-2003, I started tracking the fund prices once a week and comparing them to their performance over the last 50, 100, 150 and 200 days. That gives me a clear picture of where the market has been - - although that isn’t always where it is moving! Sometimes my system works well, sometimes it doesn’t. But it’s the best I know at the moment. That’s why I’m here to learn.

**squalebear** · 05-05-2008, 05:42 PM

Welcome aboard !

**EW_ret** · 05-05-2008, 06:23 PM

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**nnuut** · 05-05-2008, 06:32 PM

Welcome to the Message Board XL-entLady, start reading the posts some of the members are doing rather well in these hard times. We need to know their secret, you might be able to get it out of them.
Norman