First, Merry Christmas all or whatever holiday you celebrate or not this time of year.
Some may have been waiting with bated breath about why I moved funds after over a year sitting at 60C 40 G. Some of you may follow a Christmas tradition involving fish so would have baited breath.
The actual percentages were about 65C and 35G. This happened because S&P did so well overall. This also meant losses and gains on the auto tracker were a bit larger than shown.
The move was made because lately I have occasionally had too much time to watch the account and mourn about missed opportunities. Plus with two or so years left to retiring from the fed job I have been thinking about moving to the relative safety of the G fund, or at least getting most of it to G.
Under normal circumstances I likely would have let it ride and taken whatever gain or loss next week brings as my yearly % on the auto tracker really doesn’t mean a lot to me.
The SO I have been complaining about over the years has developed some health problems and been in and out of hospitals for close to two months. Continuously since surgery on Dec 4-6. Now she is in a rehab hospital which is a real big step towards recovery. I have been on family sick leave for almost two months. Thankfully I have enough sick leave and annual leave to get through this.
Thanks to Tom and all who started TSPTalk and for allowing it to become not only an investment MB but also a family of members who discuss many diverse issues.
So, do not put any emphasis at all on my move to G fund. Did it because I wanted to not worry about it or watch it for a while. I did follow the market every day and worry a lot, just never could figure out when to move. I think I will get back to C or S at some point.
The upside is that now my auto tracker and real TSP account have the percentages in sync.
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