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RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

 

TSP Wealth actually moved to G (they subsequently went 25%C/25%S/505G as of today, 5/31)

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RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

 

yes I meant I was in the S fund since I was in the Bahamas when a lot of people moved to the F fund.


To: TSP_Strategy@yahoogroups.com
From: TSP_Strategy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 17:51:36 -0700
Subject: RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

 
Apologies Brett- do you mean not being in the S fund?  It seems like their move was ill-timed; they got out right when it started to move up.  I know we're both 100% S, which is up $1.59 in the eleven days since TSP Wealth exited.

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RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

 

Apologies Brett- do you mean not being in the S fund?  It seems like their move was ill-timed; they got out right when it started to move up.  I know we're both 100% S, which is up $1.59 in the eleven days since TSP Wealth exited.

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[TSP_Strategy] Re: Federal Pay Raises - A Sad History

[TSP_Strategy] Re: Federal Pay Raises - A Sad History

 


Kudos to Mr. Causey for enumerating the history. The CRS quit publishing the report "Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969" in 2010. This report which only kept up with raises and how they compared to SS COLA increases and wage index increase was a good resource. (It didn't try to resolve issues of step increases and promotions.)

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RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

RE: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

 

That move by TSP wealth may of been fine for some but I would of lost $16,000.00 in the next 11 days being in the S fund.


To: TSP_Strategy@yahoogroups.com
From: TSP_Strategy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 03:57:27 +0000
Subject: Re: [TSP_Strategy] Recommendation for moving out if the S fund.

 
TSPwealth moved 100% G fund effective May 19, 2016.


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On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 11:27 AM, Paul ur12bfriend@gmail.com [TSP_Strategy] <TSP_Strategy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

I'd not recommend moving out of the market if you're already in the market.  I just moved out last Tuesday and moved back in last Friday (100% in the market) hoping to catch a new high (or maybe a few percentage gains as a minimum).  Good luck folks! 

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 12:53 PM, meco_man@yahoo.com [TSP_Strategy] <TSP_Strategy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
Hello everyone, I'm not to savvy with stocks and am always reluctant to ask questions but I need some advise. When Sarah recommended a move to the F fund I missed the move and stayed on the S fund! I was scared to look at my balance as I have a while before retiring. Just the other day I took a look at my TSP and was surprised to see that it actually was up more than expected. Should I stay in the S or should I prepare for a move since things are starting to look like they are moving into the red? Thanks


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Re: [TSP_Strategy] Re: A fear driven IFT move!

Re: [TSP_Strategy] Re: A fear driven IFT move!

 

Cannot beat "Sleep at night" advice 


Few can do that with trades driven by 'Gut" which ='Emotions', yet wish those few success.

Objective, informed system approach with discipline is better alternative to Buy&Hold.

Ray  TSPRadar

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Re: [TSP_Strategy] Re: A fear driven IFT move!

Re: [TSP_Strategy] Re: A fear driven IFT move!

 

Sarah wrote, "Do what allows you (and your gut) to sleep at night."

It seems to me that those who choose to make 100% moves on a given day need to understand why they are making that move and why on that particular day. Then they have to accept the inherent risk of trying to time the market. Especially if they intend to hold that position for a good portion of a year.

Trading it all one day either way could easily result in a 1% difference in either direction. As we just saw with the S Fund, even in this meandering market a few weeks difference on the day of a 100% move can result in a 6% difference or more (7.4% is S versus 1.4% in F since 8 March). 

Of course, these are all paper gains or losses until we start withdrawing funds. But a few big mistakes or lucky breaks along the way can make a dramatic difference in the end result. Picking which one fund will be the next winner and picking the best day to abandon the previous choice aren't easy.   
 
For me, holding a mix of 3 to 5 TSP Funds funds at a time and making well informed, more modest and frequent adjustments among them (a few times per year as needed) has been a less risky alternative. 

I certainly don't have the best performance over a given period, but my long term result has been good so far. I find this approach far more gratifying and engaging than say simply buying and holding one of the L-Funds. And for me its a lot lower stress than picking the right day to sell and buy 100% of any fund then hold on tight for a long time to see the move paid off or not. 

It might not be for everyone, but like Sarah says, it allows me to sleep at night. Good luck to all and have a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend.

Jim


On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 8:02 AM, sarah_oz@yahoo.com [TSP_Strategy] <TSP_Strategy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

Do what allows you (and your gut) to sleep at night.


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[TSP_Strategy] Major Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities

[TSP_Strategy] Major Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities

 

Charts of the Week

Major Foreign Holders of U.S. Treasury Securities

Chart of the Week for May 27, 2016 - June 2, 2016

China and Japan reduced their holdings of U.S. Treasury securities over the 12 month period ended March 2016.

On a monthly basis, the U.S Treasury ("Treasury") gathers data from U.S-based custodians and broker-dealers on the amount of U.S. Treasury Securities held overseas. Some economists monitor this data for possible impacts on U.S. interest rates and on the value of the U.S. dollar, among other uses. For the period March 31, 2105 through March 31, 2016 noted above, Mainland China ("China") and Japan were the largest holders of U.S. Treasury Securities.

China and Japan both reduced their holdings over this period, China's holdings were lower by -1.30% and Japan's holdings were lower by -7.15%. Over the past year, China has seen its economic growth slow and Japan's economy has been relatively weak for years. Both the Chinese and Japanese central banks have been selling U.S. Treasury securities largely to support their domestic currencies and economies. In December 2015 alone, Japan sold $22 billion of securities and China sold $18 billion. For calendar year 2015, global central banks sold a total of $225 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, the most since at least 1978, which is the last year of available data. Even with China and Japan reducing their positions, the rest of the world increased its holdings over this period by 5.92%, as U.S. Treasury securities continue to be an attractive investment worldwide.


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Re: [TSP_Strategy] Re: A fear driven IFT move!

Re: [TSP_Strategy] Re: A fear driven IFT move!

 

Do what allows you (and your gut) to sleep at night.

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[TSP_Strategy] Federal Pay Raises - A Sad History

[TSP_Strategy] Federal Pay Raises - A Sad History

 

Sad history of federal pay raises

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By Mike Causey | @mcauseyWFED

May 27, 2016

What if somebody told you that your 2017 white-collar federal pay raise was on track to be the biggest boost you've had in eight years?

Bring on the dancing persons, and break out the champagne, right?

Or not.

Joy will be unconfined until reality rears its ugly head. Until you run the numbers and see that the last really, really big raise you got was 2.9 percent. And that was in 2009. After that the 2010 raise was 1.5 percent followed by goose egg (as in nothing) in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Three years, no pay raises. The non-raise in 2013 was followed by a 1 percent increase in 2014, another 1 percent in 2015 and yet another 1 percent last January. Some people got a bit more, thanks to locality pay, but not much more.

In 2008, workers got a 2.5 percent raise, followed by 2.9 percent in 2009.

The federal pay raise is like the Democratic and Republican presidential nominee race. We are pretty sure (as in horrified) who each party is going to nominate, but it is not chiseled in stone. Yet.

In the case of the pay raise, the magic number is 1.6 percent. That's the amount proposed by President Barack Obama in his budget. On Wednesday, a House subcommittee passed an appropriations bill, but without any federal pay raise in it. What that means is that the President's 1.6 percent recommendation will happen, unless he or the Congress raises that amount. Or lowers it.

Some members of the House and Senate — spearheaded by politicians in fed-rich Maryland and Virginia — are pushing for a 5.3 percent raise. They and federal unions say that's the minimum amount due to workers after three years of no raises and five others at the 1 percent level.

It wasn't supposed to be like this. Years ago, a Republican president (George H.W. Bush) and a Democratic Congress passed the FEPCA law. It provided for a series of annual pay raises that were designed to gradually lift federal pay, on a city-by-city basis (locality pay) based on comparable wages for their counterparts in the private sector. But when he took office, President Bill Clinton balked at what he and advisers thought were overly generous raises. He recommended a 0 percent increase. Congress overrode him, but that set the pattern that continued through President George W. Bush. Pay raises that were smaller than called for by the FEPCA law. President Obama proposed a two-year federal pay raise freeze which Congress, happily, extended to three.

So if you are looking for a one-size-fits-all partisan politician to blame, you've got your work cut out for you.

 


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Re: [TSP_Strategy] Re: A fear driven IFT move!

Re: [TSP_Strategy] Re: A fear driven IFT move!

 

My balance would say otherwise.

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