Long-term charts out of Ned Davis Research suggest stocks are overpriced and households are fully invested. These charts undermine the scarce plausibility of a continuation of the bull market. That's not to say these charts give ground to a recession or a major market sell-off. But reasons to keep buying are dwindling as we hit the boundaries of long-term trends (since 1928), we see cash levels are lower than normal, we're surrounded by the multitudes of uncertainty coming into an election year, and all the while predictions of a coming recession get louder every day. The take home message is not to retreat to the G-fund or cash for good, but to pay attention.
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Fair point. And to that, I've been in the G-fund for most of the year as far as the auto tracker (although I mostly trade ETFs). But if your goal is to maximize your return then you have to be able to leave comfort when faced with opportunity.
The F-fund for instance outperformed all TSP funds in August due to the demand across the globe for a reasonable yield. And the C and S-fund have been fluctuating in a trading channel that exposing just part of your account for a day or two during the bounce off support could have added more than 0.5% or more than if you stayed in G-fund all month.
I mean to say pay attention for opportunity. But I agree with the importance of protecting capital and the power to choose not to invest at any particular moment.
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