The share price changes and your contributions both will change the percentage allocations among the funds in few weeks. Over time these allocations will differ from your target allocations. Some readjust monthly, quarterly, or yearly to get back to the target allocations. The recommended frequency for entering a IFT to rebalance to the target allocation depends on how far the fund allocations depart from the target allocations. A rule of thumb is perform a IFT when a fund allocation differs by the smaller of 5% (for allocations more than 20%), or one-fourth of target (allocations of less than 20%). Are your contributions going into funds at the same allocations as Trader Fred's recommendation?
No, you would not enter these small percentage changes in your "Medic72's Account", when it is opened. The TSPTalk tracker assumes the percentages stay the same, but in reality they change and that’s what enhances long term performance.



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