Thread: C-fund

James,

President Obama picked the low in the market, recommended we dumb money get back in, and carefully monitored the 67% boom through the leavers of Federal power.

The DOW is now at 10,428
Your 2010 projection is 9,210
You spent 100 days in the G Fund

So, you are projecting that 'The One' will guide the market down 12%. That implies the S&P will be 981. Thus, the C Fund will end the year around $11.63. Maybe it will be the best for us.

I, for one, am far more positive - and have been more positive - regarding our Fearless Leaders guiding hand. I am predicting that President Obama will shepherd us to an S&P 500 of 1148 by the end of the calendar year. That implies a C Fund price quote of $13.61.

I stand ready to hazzah the leader of the realm

Since small caps usually lead the way. Isn't time for the CFund to start moving upward?

Originally Posted by merlin

Since small caps usually lead the way. Isn't time for the CFund to start moving upward?

I think this is the biggest indicator that something is not 100% in this bull run.....

I know I shouldn't say that.

Even though I like the returns this year already, I think small caps is the smart money right now.....

No sell sign yet.

http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/gallery.html?spx

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49815214

Nice article on CNBC talking about how investors are putting more weight into municipal bonds (F Fund) because of concerns over market direction.

16 Nov 12 C fund.jpg

The C fund weekly chart shows a breakdown from its long term trend. The price, TSI, & MFI are all moving in a bearish direction.

Oh how I wish the TSP would start an inverse fund such as SDS, SPXS, DXD, or any other major index inverse fund. It would give members a much better way to grow their accounts in a bear market. Im fairly sure nobody would mind a 10% profit in a down market, compared to a possible 1% when an account is transferred to F or G.

Just wanted to note that today we crossed 1500 in the S&P 500 for the first time since 2007.
I think we may flirt with that milestone for a while.

Historically, here are other milestones on the S&P 500, and when we crossed them:

Milestones for The
Standard & Poor's 500 Index:

S&P 500 Index Breaks The 100 Mark: June 4, 1968 (100.38)

S&P 500 Index Breaks The 200 Mark: November 21, 1985 (201.41)

S&P 500 Index Breaks The 500 Mark: March 24, 1995 (500.97)

S&P 500 Index Breaks The 1000 Mark: February 2, 1998 (1,001.27)

S&P 500 Index Breaks The 1500 Mark: March 22, 2000 (1,500.64)

S&P 500 Index All Time Record High: October 9, 2007 (1,565.15)

Glad we're back to where we were in 2000. :-)

I feel for the folks that bought in early 2000 and are just now going to show a profit... How do you calculate those returns?

$1
13 years

Originally Posted by RealMoneyIssues

I feel for the folks that bought in early 2000 and are just now going to show a profit... How do you calculate those returns?

$1
13 years

if they bought SPY they probably made money from the quarterly dividends. not a great amount but better than nothing, wish tsp funds would also give the quarterly divs (or do they and just reflect it in the overall share price?)

Originally Posted by RealMoneyIssues

I feel for the folks that bought in early 2000 and are just now going to show a profit... How do you calculate those returns?

$1
13 years

keeps the math nice-n-simple

Originally Posted by sniper

if they bought SPY they probably made money from the quarterly dividends. not a great amount but better than nothing, wish tsp funds would also give the quarterly divs (or do they and just reflect it in the overall share price?)

Disappearing Dividends - Pay & Benefits Watch - Pay & Benefits - GovExec.com