Yes.
No. The number of shares you have is irrelevant. Bringing up shares confuses the issues. The number of shares is irrelevant.
What is relevant is the return (and also the risk). Just think...
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Yes.
No. The number of shares you have is irrelevant. Bringing up shares confuses the issues. The number of shares is irrelevant.
What is relevant is the return (and also the risk). Just think...
TSP posts daily prices. Why follow AGG?
AGG and F are two different funds. There is no reason that they should give the same return on a daily basis. They both follow the same index, so over the...
What McCain upset?? :)
Why attempt to predict the future when you can simply react to the market? Right now, stocks are dropping, so why be in them? Or, even easier, find a newsletter that simply...
You are right. Different people use slightly different language when describing these things. What matters is the concept, not the language.
Price makes no difference. 100 shares at $1 each is the same as 1 share at $100. What matters is not the price but the returns.
I never said to stick your money in the G fund and then sit on it...
It's true. Market timing doesn't work. What I am talking about is different.
Market timing is trying to predict the tops and bottoms, and then buying at the predicted bottoms and selling at the...
Yes, it makes sense to be in G. It has made sense for months now. I am surprised people are only thinking about this now. For many months now, stock returns have been negative. Stocks now are lower...
Thanks for the welcome.
I think people are confused. They mix two different topics: price and returns. People keep talking about price. Price is lower, therefore you can afford more shares, etc....
I don't know of any successful long-term market timers. Market timing is based on predicting the future. You might do it well for a bit by luck. But long term?
The theories about smart / dumb money have been around forever. Has anyone made any money trading them?
Nope, not in Vegas. Yes, it's a common name. :)
The only fund that's making any money right now is the G fund. That's where your money should be. When that changes, you can shift your money to other funds.
Dollar cost averaging. It's a marketing gimmick used to sell investments that are losing value. People who promote DCA tell you to buy an investment even while it's losing money.
It's not about accumulating shares. It's about maximizing returns while controlling risk. Right now, the returns on the stock funds are negative. That means you should not be "accumulating" them....
Yes.
The stock funds, along with the L funds, are losing value. As long as they are losing value, it makes no sense (to me at least) to be invested in them.
Hi,
Just an introduction. I am new on this board. Been in the G fund for a few months. It's not sexy, but it sure beats the stock funds right now.
I'll take a look around the board.
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