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    Quote Originally Posted by bmneveu View Post
    Putting the 35% I had in G into the fire. IFT COB tomorrow 40C/40S/20I.
    Well looks like I'll be getting an extra discount on that IFT today. I'm okay with that, as long as it doesn't continue into next week!

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    Has anyone ever thought about building up an account invested in dividend paying stocks and then living jobless ("retired") off the payouts? The account would need to be pretty big, but could snowball up to it if you reinvest the dividends until it gets there. If you think the account will average 3.5% payouts, that would give you $35K a year on a $1M account. Give 15% to the man and you're somewhere around $30K. I suppose you could live happily on that if your house and kid's college plans were paid off. Not much to travel/vacation on though. It all depends on expenses. If the wife likes shiny things that probably won't be enough. Double everything: $2M account would give you $60K a year. That money would go further in a cheaper area. I don't think it would work in Hawaii. This place is so damn expensive. Thankfully I make most of my purchases on base at government-subsidized commissaries and gas stations. Anyway, I guess I need to find $2M somewhere so I can retire early and live off the dividends.

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    Has anyone ever thought about building up an account invested in dividend paying stocks and then living jobless ("retired") off the payouts? The account would need to be pretty big, but could snowball up to it if you reinvest the dividends until it gets there. If you think the account will average 3.5% payouts, that would give you $35K a year on a $1M account. Give 15% to the man and you're somewhere around $30K. I suppose you could live happily on that if your house and kid's college plans were paid off. Not much to travel/vacation on though. It all depends on expenses. If the wife likes shiny things that probably won't be enough. Double everything: $2M account would give you $60K a year. That money would go further in a cheaper area. I don't think it would work in Hawaii. This place is so damn expensive. Thankfully I make most of my purchases on base at government-subsidized commissaries and gas stations. Anyway, I guess I need to find $2M somewhere so I can retire early and live off the dividends.
    that is the 'birchtree' strategery.

    it works pretty good if you got $3M laying around. but first you got to get $3M laying around. and that takes time.
    100g

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmneveu View Post
    Putting the 35% I had in G into the fire. IFT COB tomorrow 40C/40S/20I.
    Well looks like I'll be getting an extra discount on that IFT today. I'm okay with that, as long as it doesn't continue into next week!
    Ka-Ching!

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    Everything is lagging the C fund right now. Gains are gains, but it doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmneveu View Post
    Everything is lagging the C fund right now. Gains are gains, but it doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.
    Yep it's a tough call. Seasonality comes to the S Fund on Nov 23rd which further muddies the waters...
    "the biggest mistake that traders make is to let these short-term trades turn into longer-term investments when they don’t work." RevShark


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    After today I've climbed up to within a tenth of a percent of the G fund. I would like to at least beat that for the year to reclaim a semblance of dignity.

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    After today I've climbed up to within a tenth of a percent of the G fund. I would like to at least beat that for the year to reclaim a semblance of dignity.
    aawww, you've always got your dignity in our eyes...
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    green across the board! small caps leading the way again. things are looking healthier I'd say.

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    First IFT in a long time. I've been passive in that regard, but with an aggressive allocation. I was 40C/40S/20I for months. IFTd to 100G tonight (last night for the mainlanders). Longterm S&P looks toppy to me. Elections are around the corner. I'm probably out until late November / early December.

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    This tour in Hawaii was a busy one for me. Managing my TSP account took a back seat to many other things I had going on. I never adjusted to being in a timezone that makes it difficult to make timely IFTs and swing trades. I ended up leaving my account mostly untouched while I was here. That would have been great if it were 100% in stocks! Unfortunately it mostly in G. My PIP is 5.25% right now. Not bad, but not anything close to what the C/S/I funds did this year. I did get to increase my contributions by a considerable amount while I was out here though, so that was nice. And I bought a bunch of physical silver too.

    I'm PCSing to MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL in March. I plan to get back to being more active with this account and my trading account during that tour while I'm in a time zone that is easier to work with.

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    Does anyone consider guns/ammo an investment? I don't own any myself, but I feel like they hold their value well. Just a thought.

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