PO, if you are looking for the ~5% range, what do you think about the F fund?
May the force be with us.
Happy Birthday pesso...
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PO, Hope your having a great Birthday!!!
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I finally got a foot or two feet in the market on 5/29/20 after sitting in G since 2/19. 20% S fund. Timing seems to be good so far. Last 10 days got me back all monies taken out for my monthly installment payments on partial withdrawal so far this year. TSP terms not mine. I am withdrawing a certain dollar amount each month. I can change that down to $200 per month but am not sure I can ever stop it under the new rules.
This rise in stocks does not seem normal to me, but what does lately? Thought about going back to G on Friday. Thought about it this morning. Futures are down tonight. Maybe shoulda sold. Tomorrow will tell.
It’s not the end of the world if S fund dives. There’s enough in G to last over 10 years at current installment rate. I sure would like to appear I know what I am doing. Big question is getting greedy or get out?
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I have dabbled with F fund over the years bmneveu but keeping money in G and F at the same time has seemed not wise as if F goes up, bond rates go down. “normally”. Of course G fund is not so great these days. I have had very bad luck with the F fund over the years. Possibly would have been different if I had bought and held it.
PO
Please NO "S" Fund dive. I just got back on the plus side.
May the force be with us.
Well, shoot. The old question. Stick it out or capitulate? Still positive for June but back negative for the year. Not on autotracker but based on my own withdrawals. Payback for transferring to stock funds after all this time?
PO
If you stick it out, you could be riding it back down for 5% - 10% (since 9 Jun). But the question is how far down are you willing to ride it out? Of course, what goes down must come up. So technically, you have nothing to lose by sticking it out, right? Furthermore, Daddy Fed will be there to hold your hand during the entirety of the ride.
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Thanks Rod, I think I did take the ride. It was supposed to be a quick in and out experiment and I shoulda got out last Friday or Monday. Got greedy. It went down much quicker than I imagined. No real harm done and now I sit and see what happens. Karma for stating thoughts about recouping withdrawals?
Rod, hard to believe it’s been almost 11 years since you retired. Time flies. Good luck with moving the account.
I sit 20S and 80G for now.
PO
Happy July everyone.
Good luck to Tom with the autotracker. For anyone freaking out about not getting the updates it is real close to yesterday but up a fraction. Todays prices are posted at TSP.GOV. less than 1% for all stock funds.
I am supposed to be following a couple of strategeries for stocks but as usual have not. One has to do with 13 day EMA and 20 day SMA. The other has to do with 10 day EMA and SMA. One I violated, one I didn’t. It is only 20% or so of the TSP balance so no great danger so far. For example I made $101 in the S fund today. Better than losing.
I saw a post earlier about getting out or in on Friday. Just a reminder, Friday is a holiday and STP is closed.
PO
Up down. Like a merry go round round…
The idea of having a whopping 20% in equities is to only offset the withdrawals a household member insists are needed. So I watch it daily. I wish I had followed some sense posted here and got out two days ago. Whatever, 20% in S is not going to make us starve to death, just bring the disapproval of the household member if she notices.
Now I feel like a buy and holder since I can’t predict when to stay 20%S or go 100%G.
Just discussing. Best of luck to everyone.
PO
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