Retirement is threatened to CSRS

**alevin** · 07-20-2009, 03:16 AM

My boss wants me to go for that next promotion before I get too dusty sitting in one place too long. would require moving and taking on substantial new mortgage to buy equivalent home in other community. Ugh. Oh yes, and the new mortgage payments would mean no increased cashflow going into TSP/Roth next year. Hmm. She doesn't understand why I'm not jumping at the idea-yet.

Meantime, I told Birch the other day if I'd been more focused on watching weekly candlestick patterns, I'd have gone at least partway in early last week for a short ride. That pattern requires a confirmation white candle week before I bail in now. The other weekly EMA/SMA/ADX patterns I'm watching are close but not there quite there yet either. If we're in a renewed bull market (hard to believe but coolhands charts are persuasive regardless of the real economy), there'll be time to enter in 2-3 stages over the next two-three weeks.

Anybody got a "cannonball dive" pic they want to share? Show-Me? Nnutt? surely one of you have one for the pool next to the Tiki Bar?

**Birchtree** · 07-20-2009, 01:51 PM

We all must remember that the money in the annuity and social security is not ours - those programs are only obligations and can be altered by the payee do to various circumstances. Money that is in a defined contribution plan belongs to the holder no matter what happens and you get to choose your beneficiary.

**nnuut** · 07-20-2009, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by alevin

My boss wants me to go for that next promotion before I get too dusty sitting in one place too long. would require moving and taking on substantial new mortgage to buy equivalent home in other community. Ugh. Oh yes, and the new mortgage payments would mean no increased cashflow going into TSP/Roth next year. Hmm. She doesn't understand why I'm not jumping at the idea-yet.

Meantime, I told Birch the other day if I'd been more focused on watching weekly candlestick patterns, I'd have gone at least partway in early last week for a short ride. That pattern requires a confirmation white candle week before I bail in now. The other weekly EMA/SMA/ADX patterns I'm watching are close but not there quite there yet either. If we're in a renewed bull market (hard to believe but coolhands charts are persuasive regardless of the real economy), there'll be time to enter in 2-3 stages over the next two-three weeks.

Anybody got a "cannonball dive" pic they want to share? Show-Me? Nnutt? surely one of you have one for the pool next to the Tiki Bar?

cannonball.jpg
THAT WAS A GOOD ONE!!!