Thread: Last Month's Best Fund Method Strategy

Got it now. Thanks Tom!

Last Month Best Month method:

Results are in for January.

As of Jan 31, the results are: I fund continues to be the best of the lot.

We'll stay in "I" fund for the next month.

Here is the data tonight-
January 2011:

G= + 0.24%
F= + 0.13%
C= + 2.37%
S= + 1.23%
I = + 2.41%

So "I" continues to be the best performing fund, and we'll stay in "I" for February.

(Note- this graphic I got off Govexec.com tonight- and it contains errors. The prices are right, but the "daily change" is all wrong. I'll post TSPTALK's correct numbers after Tom posts them. Thanks)

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P.S. - the L-2050 fund officially opened today at the close of business, and is now at $10.00 a share.

Interesting. I dumped everything into the L2050. I want to see how long it takes to get to 15 or 16 a share, then Ill dump it pick up on the LMBFM again.

Good month for the I Fund... and all ready a good start for February! And this with the chaos in Epgyt.

Happy end of February.

Last month-Best Month method moves this month- the "I" fund was good, but "S" fund was better, so in the morning we'll place a trade to move from "I" to "S" again.

How much longer will this trend last? Who knows? Not me. So we'll go with the momentum.

Here's the data for February- showing "S" in the lead:

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Making the move to "S" in the morning. Happy investing.

Hi - I just discovered this thread/system tonight. Very intriguing!

I've been following the Sentiment Survey for the last several months, and am committed to see one system through for at least a year. But I'll be following this as a comparison. Thanks for sharing!

Two month report card for my LMBF:

In 14-th place out of 718 on the autotracker.

Present return: 6.38% Yearly projection: 38.28% !!!

Looks like its the S Fund for April.

http://www.tsptalk.com/tsp_share_prices.html

YAY...don't have to move anything!!

Yes- officially the "Last Month Best Month" method remains fully invested in the "S" fund. The March gain was 2.06%, and for the year to date, we're at 7.99%.

LMBM Method stays in "S" for another month.

good luck.

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Well, well, well.

April turned out pretty good. We were up 2.94% for the month in the S fund. Last Month's Best Fund strategy continues to do well.

However, there was a different fund that performed better.

Which means, according to the Last Month Best Month method, it's time to shift our money.


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Since the best fund for the month of April was the International fund (Up 6.03% for April) , we'll put in an IFT request on the LMBM Method for Monday, to move the balance into the I fund for May. Yes, it's chasing today, but that's what the LMBM method does- it sees each month which fund did best the month before, and it goes to that fund the next trading day after the month's close.

So it's IFT Monday to "I" fund.

Good luck.