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    Me too. I forget does G stand for Good fund? Have a good weekend!

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    Best Fund, Worst Fund as of COB 25 Aug 15.

    G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
    15 DAY TOTAL 0.18% 0.44% -11.01% -10.25% -9.26%
    60 DAY TOTAL 0.72% 0.25% -11.50% -11.66% -9.59%



    Good luck in your investments and have a good evening!!!

    On a personal note, I bailed to the G Fund today and got burned by the IFT cutoff of 12:00 noon. When I submitted the IFT, the C Fund was up over 2%. At the time, I thought I could reduce my losses for this month and live to fight another day. Imagine my surprise when I checked in after the markets closed only to find the C Fund lost another 1.35%. I really must question the wisdom of requiring federal/military employees to submit an IFT by 12:00 noon while the rest of the world gets to wait until the closing bell. With the TSP being so much a part of our retirement, it just doesn't seem fair...Of course, who ever said our government would do what's fair.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ravensfan View Post
    Best Fund, Worst Fund as of COB 25 Aug 15.

    G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
    15 DAY TOTAL 0.18% 0.44% -11.01% -10.25% -9.26%
    60 DAY TOTAL 0.72% 0.25% -11.50% -11.66% -9.59%



    Good luck in your investments and have a good evening!!!

    On a personal note, I bailed to the G Fund today and got burned by the IFT cutoff of 12:00 noon. When I submitted the IFT, the C Fund was up over 2%. At the time, I thought I could reduce my losses for this month and live to fight another day. Imagine my surprise when I checked in after the markets closed only to find the C Fund lost another 1.35%. I really must question the wisdom of requiring federal/military employees to submit an IFT by 12:00 noon while the rest of the world gets to wait until the closing bell. With the TSP being so much a part of our retirement, it just doesn't seem fair...Of course, who ever said our government would do what's fair.
    RF, its certainly a huge disadvantage, especially when we've all seen the market change direction at 12:01. The question here is whether you would have gotten out anyway... most think lower lows are on the way for the next several weeks. Crazy times these are.
    50% S, 50% C 06 Mar, was 100% G; 80% S 20% C COB 08 Jan '24; 100% G COB 14 Nov; was 100% C COB 31 Oct (Boo!); was 100% G COB 12 Oct; was 50% C, 50% S COB 22 Jun; Life is good!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Whipsaw View Post
    RF, its certainly a huge disadvantage, especially when we've all seen the market change direction at 12:01. The question here is whether you would have gotten out anyway... most think lower lows are on the way for the next several weeks. Crazy times these are.
    And there's the rub. If the markets continue down, I'll be happy I got out when I did. If they head up, it just reinforces the point.

    On a happy note, congratulations to you!!! (I mean that sincerely) I saw this morning you were 6th on the Auto Tracker. That's just awesome. You are the one arker who is kicking it this year. I'm rooting for you buddy!!! ~
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    Quote Originally Posted by ravensfan View Post
    And there's the rub. If the markets continue down, I'll be happy I got out when I did. If they head up, it just reinforces the point.

    On a happy note, congratulations to you!!! (I mean that sincerely) I saw this morning you were 6th on the Auto Tracker. That's just awesome. You are the one arker who is kicking it this year. I'm rooting for you buddy!!! ~
    Thanks! I appreciate that, certainly have been fortunate these past few months. Now to figure out what to do next... I don't want to make a short play for consolidation movements and get shut out for an entire month and miss the big run up. Thinking of DCA-ing into the market, moving in with ~40% this week, and then over the next month a couple more moves in and sitting on that for quite a while with some rebalancing... thoughts?
    50% S, 50% C 06 Mar, was 100% G; 80% S 20% C COB 08 Jan '24; 100% G COB 14 Nov; was 100% C COB 31 Oct (Boo!); was 100% G COB 12 Oct; was 50% C, 50% S COB 22 Jun; Life is good!

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    I wrote NARFE a letter about a month ago asking them to act on behalf of all feds in the TSP and focus on getting policy changes to increase the number of IFTs and the timing of the IFT. They send me a lot of stuff so I'm surprised that I haven't even gotten a "we're too busy" response from them. I'll go in and resubmit the request. It seems to me that the labor union and NARFE are the right places to fight to get the policy changed. The TSP Board simply doesn't do enough to support feds in the TSP. The system is antiquated and doesn't meet the needs of folks trying to growth their retirement next egg.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FogSailing View Post
    I wrote NARFE a letter about a month ago asking them to act on behalf of all feds in the TSP and focus on getting policy changes to increase the number of IFTs and the timing of the IFT. They send me a lot of stuff so I'm surprised that I haven't even gotten a "we're too busy" response from them. I'll go in and resubmit the request. It seems to me that the labor union and NARFE are the right places to fight to get the policy changed. The TSP Board simply doesn't do enough to support feds in the TSP. The system is antiquated and doesn't meet the needs of folks trying to growth their retirement next egg.

    FS
    Bravo.

    I think it would take a concerted effort to fix this. There must be leadership. The workers would have to first be educated and brought onboard. Afterwards, it would get more political. Pressure should start at the grassroots level...first applying local pressure, towards union leaders, for example. Then that combined pressure would be directed towards one or more relevant politicians at the national level. You can't fire those running the TSP; so you have to vote folks out of office that refuse to bring about the change that the people want.

    What would you do with a letter someone wrote you asking you to voluntarily increase your workload...exactly.
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    Agreed Q. While the changes are policy changes ...the resources to implement them are budget driven and require a political action.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whipsaw View Post
    Thanks! I appreciate that, certainly have been fortunate these past few months. Now to figure out what to do next... I don't want to make a short play for consolidation movements and get shut out for an entire month and miss the big run up. Thinking of DCA-ing into the market, moving in with ~40% this week, and then over the next month a couple more moves in and sitting on that for quite a while with some rebalancing... thoughts?
    That sounds like a good plan. I think in these volatile times it is best to proceed with caution. Keep in mind though that September is the worst performing month for stocks and with the threat of an interest rate hike, not that I think it will happen anytime soon, but that never stopped the rumor from negatively affecting the markets and let's not forget about Puerto Rico and it's monetary troubles. With that said, I think a slow build to the Santa Claus Rally is smart strategy and may just get you that coveted #1 spot on the Auto Tracker.

    Good Luck!
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    Best Fund, Worst Fund as of COB 26 Aug 15.

    G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
    15 DAY TOTAL 0.18% 0.23% -7.45% -8.04% -8.47%
    60 DAY TOTAL 0.72% 0.41% -7.49% -9.23% -9.36%


    Good luck in your investments and have a good evening!!!
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    dude, why did you bail and lock in the loss? at absolutely the worst time? was it for the same reason i jumped in too early and got smacked for -6%? just too much to resist?

    folks mention 'pain points' in markets like this, meaning "that's enough", but did you also know there are 'pleasure points' meaning "i can't get enough"?

    the trick is knowing the difference. and it has something to do with allocation, time horizon, and risk tolerance. i am still trying to figure those things out.

    but it is just as equally clear to me that i should've jumped in monday not friday, as it is to you that you should've got out today not yesterday. this is the only part of the market that i can see or hope to understand, that money play between pleasure and pain and tolerance. all that chart stuff and quants and waves makes me fall asleep and drool.
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    Well said Burro! One of the toughest decisions we have in TSP (complicated by problems with timing and IFT's, and especially when we are losing money and the markets are down) is whether to hang in there or jump out. It would be great if we had a TSP Ombudsmen (all knowing and altruistic and great with charts of course) who we could converse with (for free) for counsel in those dark moments where either we don't know what to do, or we know what we should do, but the fear\pain is leading us in a different direction. Let me know if there is anybody on the forum like that....well Birchtree maybe
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