Thread: ebbnflow's Account Talk

G 12.08 even
F 11.47 +.02 +0.17%
C 16.56 +.19 +1.16%
S 19.92 +.26 +1.32%
I 23.77 +.33 +1.41%

Another big ol' good'un...thanks Ebb.

It's amazing! Congrats.

Thanks Ebb! Thanks for considering maybe including more than the one day predicitons, as you use to show. I made it through TDY this week by staying up late enough to catch your next days prediction, except for one night. Of course, if it "plays" with your model and you feel you get better results by going one day at a time, no problem. But, if you feel it's just as reliable, it is a great benefit for those of us who are in situations without internet access during the day.

All of us could not thank you enough for your selflessness in sharing your knowledge and ability to create such an amazing model as you have. Thank you, thank you, thank you soooooo much for being so kind as to share it with us! "Pats on the back!....Handshakes!....Cheers!"

Lobo

While everyone is in such a good mood because of the incredible success of the ebbchart system, let me lay this on you...

As I have mentioned in the past, there is a time that we will have to make changes to the way these services are delivered and accessed. We (ebb, trader fred, and myself) have always discussed a possible move in the Fall to make the services part of a fee based subscription. As with any payment service we realize many people won't participate once they have to pay, no matter how much or how little we charge. The bottom line is, these guys and myself, must be compensated for the time, effort, expertise, dedication, you name it, that goes into putting all of this together - but before you run off, hear me out.

There is a way around it. The only way to compensate these fine contributors and system creators is to either charge a fee or get advertisers to pay us. We have tried the latter and while we do make some money, I wouldn't say anyone will be quiting their day jobs anytime soon. I did the math and basically if TSP Talk's traffic can grow in the neighborhood of 4 to 5 times its current size, we may be able to keep things free and still compensate ebb and trader fred pretty well.

With millions and millions of government employees and military personnel out there, our traffic is just scratching the surface when it comes to traffic potential. I spend literally thousands each month in advertising TSP Talk putting virtually every dime I ever made back into the site one way or the other (advertising, email services, chart services, software, webhosting, servers, shirts, hats, mugs, etc.) to keep it growing, so I am stretched that way.

Here's where you come in...

If we could get everybody here (the regulars) to help spread the word, we may be able to accomplish the goal of getting 4 to 5 X traffic faster than we've grown to this point. If you tell your co-workers, forward your email alerts, tell people about the ebbchart, trader fred, the sentiment survey, the message board, mention it in meetings, retirement seminars, write to federal publications like Gov Exec, Causey, Stephen Barr, ask your agency put links on their websites to us, etc., etc., etc, it may only take a few months before we go from 10,000 visitors a day to 50,000 or more. And with those numbers the advertising revenue should kick up a notch where we could keep every free.

What do say? Any comments, feedback, suggestions, questions?

If there is a positive reception to this idea, I may write something similar to this in my commentary to get everyone on board. Otherwise, we will likely go to a subscription service some time this Fall.

Thanks!

So as not to clutter ebbnflows talk thread. I started a " TSPTalk as a paid site" thread in Comments.

Paid Services or Free with help...

Thanks V-man. I moved the posts over there.

We could help (ebbnflow or others) a little if we remind him about Holiday & G penny coming up in a few days. This Holiday & G penny could have some sort of effect on his calculation. For example, If I knew that FTSE is on Holiday, I would not be in I fund for Monday because without Ftse, I fund would not gain enough.

Hello. I'm one of those who requested that your system be updated at least a day in advance. We really thank you for trying this but it has me feeling a little uneasy. I have to agree with Paladin: Please don't update too far in advance if this might have too large an impact on your system. And by the way, one day in advance is WAY more than enough for most federal and postal employees who work days. In fact, a few hours in advance (which you already seem to do) is usually enough. For example, though many of us leave for work early in the morning (5:30 AM Eastern Time, for me) we can always check out your results before we leave for work. I realize you have to protect the integrity of your system so please do as you see fit. Thanks again for helping us. I work for a large PD&C in SW Florida and, believe me, I've been spreading the word around about both TspTalk and the ebbchart. Exciting stuff.

Thanks for all the props guys! About the ebbchart predicting one or four days ahead -- it really doesn't matter because once I compare the present pattern with the past patterns, I get the four days from the resulting matches.

Moved to the G-fund today. Good luck all!

I am very new to this site and your account talk. My first testing of the waters as it were was Friday and today. I did not dive in all the way but putting in almost half of my holdings into the "I" as you stated turned out very well for me. Thank you for what you do... I appreciate it.

Vintage money, welcome to the Board. Stick with Ebb, he's doing great.
Norman