https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/26/gdp-...ears-loom.html
U.S. GDP rose 2.9% in the fourth quarter, more than expected even as recession fears loom
Lordy, Lordy, Bless my Soul, I got the right Key baby, but the wrong Keyhole........ ~ Steven Tyler
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/26/gdp-...ears-loom.html
U.S. GDP rose 2.9% in the fourth quarter, more than expected even as recession fears loom
Lordy, Lordy, Bless my Soul, I got the right Key baby, but the wrong Keyhole........ ~ Steven Tyler
Lordy, Lordy, Bless my Soul, I got the right Key baby, but the wrong Keyhole........ ~ Steven Tyler
Looks like it's about time to get in the pool.
50% S, 50% C 06 Mar, was 100% G; 80% S 20% C COB 08 Jan '24; 100% G COB 14 Nov; was 100% C COB 31 Oct (Boo!); was 100% G COB 12 Oct; was 50% C, 50% S COB 22 Jun; Life is good!
I wish I would have jumped in a few weeks ago and rode it up, but this market is still too dam sketchy for my liking. Manipulation, Fake Pumps, and Algorithms.
If I was still contributing to my TSP, I'd be a much bigger risk taker like I used to be. Once you cross that line and are no longer putting in, your whole perspective on Risk/Reward changes. It took me a while to learn that and break my old habits.
I'll gladly wait till 2024 if I have to, when hopefully some of the previous "America First" and "American Independence" policies that were working so well before are reinstated, and that all of this absolutely insane spending and dependence on other countries is shut down.
There's Smart Money, and Dumb Money, and then there's the camp I'm in........... "Scared Money"
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Lordy, Lordy, Bless my Soul, I got the right Key baby, but the wrong Keyhole........ ~ Steven Tyler
Yea I share you're pain, but the truth (for me) is that many of my outside holdings are just holding, I haven't seen any serious gains in both my value or growth stocks. It sucks to play it safe, but like you, in the TSP I can't contribute, so I got what I got, and got to make it work.
I'm the same. I have a small Fidelity account just to play with. I'm not a day trader at all. More of a swing trader I guess. Good solid picks with upward momentum that I can hold for a few days or a few weeks depending. I've gotten lucky a few times but I need to learn to take profits before they magically disappear. I'm still learning. Just keeping my head above water and staying out of the RED.
These 3 did good for me today, but others not so much. Overall I still ended up in the green today. Been researching ABR. I hear they pay good dividends. Still looking into it.
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Lordy, Lordy, Bless my Soul, I got the right Key baby, but the wrong Keyhole........ ~ Steven Tyler
My REIT holdings were a sink hole last year, I shed a few of the underperformers, still holding some, but I'm under my cost basis on all of them. In hindsight, I should have exited at the first sign there was going to be an interest rate hike, and waited to re-enter sometime after the rates start dropping.
I'm still not educated in this specialty, I didn't realize that... Paraphrasing... When interest rates rise, investors shift out of these sectors (utilities, REITs, and telecommunications companies) on the belief that they can gain a similar level of income (from bonds) without the risk that stocks present.
But bonds also went into the shitter, so what the hell does the internet know
I also have a few REIT holdings, they appear to trade in a fairly tight range - as long as they keep paying dividends, they'll come back up at some point and you'll be whole from an equity perspective.
50% S, 50% C 06 Mar, was 100% G; 80% S 20% C COB 08 Jan '24; 100% G COB 14 Nov; was 100% C COB 31 Oct (Boo!); was 100% G COB 12 Oct; was 50% C, 50% S COB 22 Jun; Life is good!
Good, informative G-Fund read (just fyi) >>>>> https://www.barfieldfinancial.com/ne...d-vs-inflation
Lordy, Lordy, Bless my Soul, I got the right Key baby, but the wrong Keyhole........ ~ Steven Tyler
Enjoyed that read.
Most folks look at the G Fund as a mattress, a place to keep their $ and not lose any value.
We've been spoiled the last 10-12 Years of fantastic returns if you played fast and loose with your TSP account and good returns if you just bought and held.
Surely no one wants to make a quarter % on their investment annually but it most assuredly has its place in investing, and we should be happy to have it as an option.
In Dog Beers I've only had two.
Give me a risk free 5-8% and I'm going to be tempted to say eff it, and park my $$ there.
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