The TALLY

**FundSurfer** · 12-10-2004, 08:34 PM

I started keeping track of a few people I know are faithfully posting there moves. I like to see how people are doing. You should not use just this post to judge how people are doing totally befacuse we don't have a long track record yet. As an example, TSP-Tom is doing very well since October but he had a very bad July/August.

Since 10/1 Last 30 Days #moves

Tsp-Tom 7.73% 3.53% 13

Namor 4.17% 2.0%29

Rod 4.57% 2.85% 22

Mike 5.14% 4.13% 12

FundSurfer 7.11% 2.81% 8

Zbwmy 6.91% 2.08% 0 (80%c 20%s long)

Dakota *5.96% 2.48%13 (started 10/26)

Show-me ** 1.90% 1.00% 10 (started 10/28)

Milk II *** 3.94% 6 (started 11/19)

C Fund 6.43% 1.61%

S Fund8.80% 3.95%

I Fund 10.86% 3.12%

20 Each Fund 5.58% 1.97%

The calculations ending date was 12/7.

I got these numbers using the post from each account talk list. If you are a regular poster but I missed you it was because I either felt you were not posting regularly and had quit or you were not posting in the right place. If you want to check the numbers, I'll e-mail Tom the spreadsheet for him to post --- WARNING : The spreadsheet is slightly different than Tom's.

**tsptalk** · 12-10-2004, 09:58 PM

FundSurfer -
I really appreciated this!! :^ I have wanted to keep track of everyone, but I just didn't have time to do it.

One thing, how did you determine the # moves? I only count 9 for me in last 30 days, not 13.

Thanks again!
Tom

**Mike** · 12-10-2004, 11:53 PM

Not bad, considering I've been developmentally disabled with regards to my moves in the past two weeks. :P

Let's see... thought I'd get a flat to slightly up day to reduce my S exposure, then I read the share price fell 22 cents when I woke up at 9 pm. Then the markets were down big early the other day, so I move my G into C, thinking I'll get a break on the price... only to wake up that night and see the market finished higher.

Arrrrrrgh.

**FundSurfer** · 12-10-2004, 11:56 PM

Number of moves is from 10/1 not 30 days. I copied your transactions from your posted spreadsheet.

I don't mind keeping a running tally now that it is set up. Fairly easy to enter in the new spreadsheet and I set up the fund prices as a lookup table so I only add that to the spreadsheet once.

**tsptalk** · 12-11-2004, 01:10 AM

Here is FundSurfer's TALLY spreadsheet...

http://www.tsptalk.com/utilities/tsp-score.xls

**Timer** · 12-11-2004, 05:38 AM

Wow FS, what a valuable service - Thanks!

**Dakota** · 12-11-2004, 05:41 AM

good show here here

**tsptalk** · 12-11-2004, 05:55 AM

FundSurfer wrote:

Number of moves is from 10/1 not 30 days.

Doh! I see. Sorry. :dah:

**Show-me** · 12-11-2004, 07:18 AM

Great job FS! Wish I could say the same for my account. Looks like I need to be a buy and hold kind of guy.:?:dah::#:*:@:%Alot of emotion here. lol

**Rod** · 12-11-2004, 11:00 AM

Show-me wrote:

Great job FS! Wish I could say the same for my account. Looks like I need to be a buy and hold kind of guy.:?:dah::#:*:@:%Alot of emotion here. lol

Don't worry about it.

It just goes to show that you don't ride the coat-tails of others. You take it upon yourself to study the market, while digesting everyone's comments, then making a move which you believe is best.

It's definitely a learning experience. We all have our UP & DOWN days.

Ifsomeone simply follows Tom's or any of our moves without doing any analysis for themselves or without participating in this site, they will bein a world of hurtifthis siteeverceases to exsist for whatever reason.

God Bless:^

**Show-me** · 12-11-2004, 03:22 PM

It at least allows me to go back and see what not to do. I have 20 years to go.

**grandma** · 12-11-2004, 07:25 PM

Rod wrote:

. You take it upon yourself to study the market, while digesting everyone's comments, then making a move which you believe is best.

It's definitely a learning experience. We all have our UP & DOWN days.

Ifsomeone simply follows Tom's or any of our moves without doing any analysis for themselves or without participating in this site, they will bein a world of hurtifthis siteeverceases to exsist for whatever reason.

God Bless:^

Show-me, I think it is great you can not only do the market studying, but that you can find What to digest from everyone's comments! I read everyone's entries, but I find Iit is gettting harder & harder todeduce what some are actually doing & their rationale, d/t the increasing amount ofinnuendos, insinuations, unnecessary comments inserted between pertinant infomation.I don't have time for anything other than `the facts, sir, please, just the facts.' (And - as far as typing & spelling, I spend more time backspacing than I do going forward!!) Thank you for your sharing of your actions, and your expected actions, I appreciate all the entries, I just hate spending an hour or two searching thru the irrelevant, I don't really care what one thinks of another this afternoon. I have to, sorry, I GET to go work now!!!