Thread: Dr Faustus's Account Talk

Am showing a BUY signal for the S fund today. It would take a SERIOUS down day to turn this into a SELL signal tomorrow, so ..... Tally Ho! Im in.

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Well, back in the days when we were allowed to rebalance every day, my strategy was the 'Dead Cat Bounce' strategy - I'd buy a dip and then get out the next day or so. That worked out fairly well for me - I did ok with it. I suppose my 'system' is based on a similar philosophy but I'm really having a hard time dealing with the IFT limits. Of course, I was never a believer in the theory that the TSP was a low-cost investment strategy anyway - it was low cost because the majority of 'investors' put their money in the G fund and just let it ride. That was proven out when the TSP board freaked because several of us ( and lets face it, a relatively small number of TSP investors ) started to shift money in and out of the I fund on a daily basis. ( Thanks, Ebb! lol ) So in their infinite stupidity, they decided to throttle us back. Oh well, it is what it is.

Well, this is typical. I get in the market and it takes a nosedive. Someone out there in marketland has it in for me, I swear ....

Well .. the S fund is telling me it's time to get out. Trouble is, the F fund is saying the same thing, so ... I guess it's time to switch to G. ( running home to mama with my tail between my legs )

The Markets are just too squirrely for me.
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Originally Posted by DrFaustus

Well .. the S fund is telling me it's time to get out. Trouble is, the F fund is saying the same thing, so ... I guess it's time to switch to G. ( running home to mama with my tail between my legs )

I too was considering the F-fund move, but it looks like it was dropping faster than the S and C's and was already at a pretty decent high of close to $18 here recently. I see more pullback to that until I buy into it close to the start of June. (hopefully)

Market looks like it's going up today but my charts are indicating that we should continue to hold the phone. It's going to take a +1 sigma or better day to change the indicators from a SELL to an ALERT status. Even a +3 day still only generates an ALERT. So ... my suggestion is to hold the phone for the nonce.

phone2.jpg Hurry this thing is heavy!

I said 'HOLD' the phone .... not 'HOLD UP' the phone : )

Let me get this straight ... the DOW is DOWN .... but the S-fund is UP???? Something is SERIOUSLY wrong!