Is it time to invest in the F-fund?

**titan3d** · 01-15-2005, 12:03 PM

The F fund is the lowest of all the TSP funds and everybody is bearish on it. Even the lowly G-fund is higher. That usually means it is the time to buy from a contrarian standpoint. Maybe this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get into the F-fund near the $10 starting price.

Is anyone else going to take the plunge into the F-fund? I have a feeling that 6 months from now I will be kicking myself if I don't at least put in some money.

**Dakota** · 01-15-2005, 01:13 PM

yeah I've been thinking of the F fund maybe 10 to 20 % but I can't seem to find where to takr it from. Possibly the I fund which I am currently not using

**Rolo** · 01-15-2005, 01:16 PM

Welcome, titan!

Buy some F when it is cheap and hold it for a long time, profitable? Possibly. But how long will it take? What will your return likely be?

**titan3d** · 01-15-2005, 02:16 PM

Thank you for the welcome. This looks like a great place for guidance on our TSP investments. It seems impossible to me that the F-fund could go much higher with the coming rate increases, but everybody is so bearish on it that it must be a good investment. I always learned to buy something when nobody else wants it, and now nobody wants the F-fund.

Chips · 01-15-2005, 03:43 PM

I have allways been told to stay away from bond funds, think that is why most people don't like it.

**grandma** · 01-15-2005, 03:44 PM

titan3d wrote:

Is anyone else going to take the plunge into the F-fund?

Welcom, titan3d!

This past Tuesday I did put some into the F. Someone had mentioned going to G & F, so I thought I would try it again. Yesterday, tho, I went from 20% to 5%, putting more into G...(1/14 @ 11:44 est.)

**tsptalk** · 01-15-2005, 06:10 PM

titan3d wrote:

Is anyone else going to take the plunge into the F-fund? I have a feeling that 6 months from now I will be kicking myself if I don't at least put in some money.

Welcome titan -
If we do have some economic trouble this year and that is a possibility,the F fund may outperform the G fund. But it is still likely stocks will do better or at least as well as bonds so I am only considering it only as a safe haven when I'm out of stocks.

**Mike** · 01-15-2005, 06:40 PM

Interest rates are climbing, and that is NOT good for bonds.

**Rod** · 01-15-2005, 11:38 PM

The F fund is too boring for my blood.

God Bless:^

**Rolo** · 01-19-2005, 11:44 PM

Amen Rod, Mike.

It was a question that had to be asked, though, lest we miss a buying opportunity sometime in the future.

**Mike** · 01-20-2005, 06:00 AM

When interest rates are nearing their peak and the markets are gasping for air, that is the time to go into the F fund... we're years away from one of those conditions happening (while the other seems to be happening right now :shock

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