BigJohn's Account Talk

**KevinD** · 11-11-2009, 05:57 PM

My calculations have you down still by about 13%.

You were NOT nnuuts if you continued to DCA. Did you?

**BigJohn** · 11-11-2009, 07:17 PM

I actually amped up the amount I was purchasing every pay period and haven't stopped buying since.

**Birchtree** · 11-11-2009, 07:29 PM

That's excellent. You've experienced the benefits of throwing good money down the well - getting those golden prices and many more shares.

**BigJohn** · 01-11-2011, 04:24 PM

My revised 2011 investment strategy:

Going back to 2005 (using the first trading day of the year as a measuring point) and charting the share prices of the C/S/I funds I found the following:

C Fund: 10.76 (lowest share price) --- 16.32 (highest): as of 1/10/2011: 15.36

S Fund: 12.49 (lowest) --- 21.56 (highest): : as of 1/10/2011: 21.51

I Fund: 14.54 (lowest) --- 24.60 (highest): as of 1/10/2011: 19.68

My thought is that each fund will eventually get back to their respective highs (at least measured by the first trading day of the year) of the last 5 years; with that in mind, the I fund has approximately $5.00 to go to get back to the high in 2008...and that is where I went all in the morning.

I have many years to go before retirement and can afford more risk than many of my co-workers; so I am going to try it for the rest of the year and see.

**JTH** · 01-11-2011, 05:03 PM

Good to see you posting! I did an autotracker study once, identifying consistent outperformers and if I recall correctly, your name came up more than once.

**BigJohn** · 01-11-2011, 05:11 PM

I thought I would throw my new theory out there, not sure if will hold water...but nothing ventured nothing gained. I have had a lot of luck over the last few years; I harass my co-workers with my collection of travel mugs...all in good fun of course. Most of my success has been by tagging along with some of the forum standby's, from Griffin to Fundsurfer...to Birch and 350 Z.

**JTH** · 01-11-2011, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by BigJohn

I thought I would throw my new theory out there, not sure if will hold water...but nothing ventured nothing gained. I have had a lot of luck over the last few years; I harass my co-workers with my collection of travel mugs...all in good fun of course. Most of my success has been by tagging along with some of the forum standby's, from Griffin to Fundsurfer...to Birch and 350 Z.

Either ways you deserve the recognition, if anything this gives our newer members a learning opportunity

**goforit** · 01-11-2011, 05:21 PM

after 9/11 more like 02 i started to really take an interest in MY tsp. back then i found the I fund great. it just kept going and going. today i would not trust it because of its by-polar mood swings related to the dollar.

**BigJohn** · 01-18-2011, 09:33 PM

The key to what success I have had so far is demonstrated here: I have no idea of what you just said.

I am going to hang in the I for a while and see what happens...

Who's with me???

**goforit** · 01-20-2011, 11:53 AM

you know after i read what i wrote i even had a hard time figuring what i said . i think i meant to say that i was a I fund maniac always in 100% did well for several years but then the recession talk and the housing fall hit and the market went into a reactive mode made me pull. i profitted nicely then but i am still leary of the I fundafter the last two to three years because i am not comfortable with the up and down of the dollar verses the euro. so as you said "i have no idea what i said" too. any points or views as to why the I fund is attractive to you.