A lot of hymin' and hawin' by these FED board members...
The dummy who wrote the headline didn't read the article, and another dummy stated that the long term norm for the FED Funds rate is 2.5%....
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A lot of hymin' and hawin' by these FED board members...
The dummy who wrote the headline didn't read the article, and another dummy stated that the long term norm for the FED Funds rate is 2.5%....
Tom, there still is a problem - at least for me at work - with logging into the AutoTracker...
Basically, it just cycles the login form and has a nice red error message telling me that my session...
Not feeling it and made a good return so far - being an old guy who is no longer playing the game like a sweaty try harder:D
Fund Allocation:
G 50% - I'll just call it 'Going away in May' and...
The FED rate is a normal rate. They will not reduce it. In fact, if inflation rears up again they will raise it. They will hold it though a mild to moderate recession.
We are not headed into...
The important word is 'we'.
We want this crap. The main issue is that each member of 'we' wants different crap and our politicians work deals to buy other crap if they get their crap bought. ...
Folks, some of you are waiting for these high interest rates to decline. They shouldn't and they likely won't. They are normal interest rates - if not still too low.
Anyway, Joshua Kennon wrote...
After data mining the AutoTracker: 7% of us have 20%+ invested in the 'F Fund'
That ain't showing a lot of confidence. Some (much) of that is because of the return, but a lot of it is because we...
It is a problem going forward...
We, as voters, keep voting for more of the same. Treasuries and Gubmint Bonds are now more difficult to sell - hence their interest rates are going up. It really...
The niceness of this years markets have jiggered my Allocation enough to warrant notification. This is the current reality:
Fund Allocation:
G 31% - It is earning 5%, which is an OK return in...
The G-Fund rate will trail Treasuries and has no direct correlation with home loan rates. Apparently, it is a computed, weighted average of some Treasuries. Many Treasuries still pre-date inflation...
Who could have seen this coming 'Mysterious rise in US Treasury yields perturbs markets', AFP.
Too damn funny. Unforeseen. Unexpected. WAT
Yet, they are guessing the following:
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It doesn't appear as if the credit rating entities give one whit whether our politicians increase the Federal Gubmints credit limit or not...
We all knew in our heart of hearts that it really did...
I'm not a bond investor, but somewhere down the line it will be wise to invest in bonds (F-Fund).
I think I might understand what an 'inverse yield curve' is now. I found an article mentioning...
We are finally approaching normal markets.
The C (S&P 500) is a bit hot, but it was lousy last year - so it is behaving normally.
The G is near/at a normal interest rate - it is not pure dog...
The F-Fund will continue to decline till the average yield is some margin greater than the FED Funds rate. The AGG yield is currently around 4.75% with an 8.5 year average maturity date. The FED...
The interest rate for the G-Fund - and, in fact, Social Security Bonds - is set by a weird pension-like formulation. Kinda the way a floating annuity is set. It is not directly set by 'the market'....
The actual debt ceiling is like the actual minimum wage - but in reverse:laugh:
That is, the politicians can play around with whatever numbers they want, but the debt ceiling will be the point at...
Who cares about the debt ceiling?
Our politicians think they control the situation, but they don't. Even if they - and, they will - get some dumb agreement it will mean nothing. When...
TommyIV,
If by 'the banking system' you mean banks that use Federal Treasury bonds as their backstop then understand that there are many NATIONS that use Federal Treasury bonds as their backstop. ...
Why, oh why do we keep seeing HSBC Bank and Credit Suisse in the news anytime there is a bit of bond trouble. Just asking for a friend.
Maybe that friend, or friends of that friend, or even...
Where you gonna go NNuut ;damnit
Heck, entire countries backstop their currencies on US Treasuries. As interest rates rise the value of those Treasuries drops. That is the beauty of the Bond...
Here's what apparently caused the collapse of SVB:
They bought Treasuries as a funding backstop - they could sell them if needed
The Federal Government induced inflation through various...
Not ready to dive into the AGG (F) yet, but there will be a point...
Because the FED has to yank trillions of inflationary 'Treasury Bucks' out of the system they will keep raising interest rates....
I think this Investopedia topic "Can I fund a Roth IRA and Contribute to My Employer's Retirement Plan" answers the mail very well...
I see now where your $30K contribution limit to TSP comes from...
Chpwolf,
I think evilanne's response is clear, but to make things simpler:
Your contributions to either a Traditional (pre-tax) TSP or a 401(k) do not affect your ability to contribute to a...
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