Count me in. As it is, unless it would benefit to move between non-G funds, your second move is wasted since it is back to the G anyway.
Should we start a campaign in 2013 asking for 1 more IFT per month?
That would allow us to buy and sell twice (with the free G fund move) each month. One buy / 1 sell each month is so unforgiving, but if we get 2 chances to buy I think it will make a big difference in our account management, without adding too many overall IFT's to the TSP system.
It would probably add several hundred to a couple of thousand IFT's to the entire TSP processing each month. Considering there are millions of TSP participants, it would be a drop in the bucket, but it would be significant for to the individual accounts who are paying attention. I know it would take me less than an hour to program something like this change to the AutoTracker so it's just a matter of getting them to agree.
Who's in?
Tom
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Count me in. As it is, unless it would benefit to move between non-G funds, your second move is wasted since it is back to the G anyway.
I'm all in for another monthly IFT. My question is: Why are TSP participants restricted to 2 IFT/month? Is it because processing an IFT is labor intensive or is a an issue with fund stability (too much money moving between funds creates instability)?
I'm all for it. And, get rid of the terrible 4 hr lag time.
Nsurf9 is really looking deep into working with DC folks about making changes...NSurf9 Account Talk
I remember when we had 1 IFT a month, telephone or FAX.
I'm in. That's a no brainer.
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And the lag time was a minimum of 15 days!
I remember that I bailed to the G fund at the end of August 2001 (made the move prior to Aug 16) because of the old rule of thumb about avoiding Sept. Then 9/11 happened. If you wanted to be back in the market Oct 1 you had to make your move by Sept 15, and the markets were still closed if I remember correctly. And yes, if you wanted to go high tech you used a phone or fax, which was a big improvement over submitting paper forms just a few years prior.
I'm in, and if they buy into 1 more per year, it would make a great retirement gift!
Oh my...that is one awesome avatar MrBowl!!!!!!!
THIS IS WHERE I WOULD PUT SOMETHING TO REPRESENT MY THINKING, BUT THEN THEY SHOW UP!
Tracker = Check my position
I'm in, but certainly not counting on the like of the TSP board to play along.
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The Ebbchart system used to trade a couple of times a week and after some impressive success he had a huge following. It caught the attention of the TSP folks who claimed the nearly daily trades were increasing costs, but we knew otherwise (for reasons I won't go into here).
You can read a lot about what was going on back then (late 2007 / early 2008) and it was quite controversial. They did not like us very much....
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Tom
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