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Nice find MD2008.  Thanks
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I watch a couple of other financial videos. And what they are saying is that until the Fed signals that inflation starts to drop they will continue to raise interest rates. So we might be getting a bounce but the trend is still down. But maybe the bottom is in, but likely to be tested again. 
In the past 2008-09, 2018, 2020 the Fed had our backs and as soon as the market corrected they were lowering interest rates and buying bond. But now they are doing the opposite. Once they stop raising interest rates maybe the market will start trending up. 
What I took from this video was that if you were in cash you could start buying but just not all in, and be ready to go back to cash if the rally fails. 



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Have we reached bottoms?

https://www.ccmmarketmodel.com/short-takes/bottom-process
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Dave,

The point that you bring up is already what I understand. The dollar is easy; meanwhile, the mapping of that (+ gold) onto bitcoin is not straightforward. In my opinion, this has little to do with the infancy of bitcoin. One can start with what it is, in an ideal sense, to bypass practical software and algorithmic issues.

So I see the situation with the dollar as a false equivalency -- a method of argument that is popular today.

Generic people issues and societal issues are also a key part of the picture. Furthermore, does the "intent" pan out and how well?

Regards,
Tex
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Tex;

Thank you for your thoughtful  and informative response. I am thinking that the market is down so much that I want to buy into C and S very soon. I hopefully don't need to take much out of the TSP except for RMD because of my age, so hopefully enough time to increase the stocks value.

Herb
On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 10:09 PM Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:
JP, Impressive. You don't need anyone's opinion. Forgive me for intruding. Best wishes.

Herb, tough question if we include the allocation between G and S/C. It comes down to how much money one needs in order to live and to life expectancy, along with possibly supporting dependents. So that is actually a tougher calculation. I live a very low expense life style, although I am supporting some other people, so I am not a good point of reference.

First Point: If one is afraid of stocks, one should be true to oneself and do whatever one needs to feel safer. My personal assumption is that one is never safe anyway, life is short, and inflation is built into the system. So I would prefer to allocate to stocks, which will increase at least with inflation and probably faster than inflation over the long term. Someone will benefit, even if it is only your heirs. Grin and bear it and expect some psychic pain during bear markets. But above all, whatever I put in stocks, I keep in stocks.

All that being said, just the question of S or C is easier. If one looks ten years out or longer, my preference is pedal to the metal, so that would favor S over C. This is because smaller cap stocks perform better than large cap stocks over long periods of time. For say 10 years or less, it is probably a crap-shoot. On the other hand, the C Fund (S&P 500 Index) is the largest 500 stocks by capitalization and is updated a few times per year, as I remember. This means that companies in C which are declining should be replaced with better performers over time. To me that is a big advantage and I infer that the C Fund is potentially higher quality and less risky than S. So naively, I would offer the following very vague characterization of options:

I fund, probably okay, but I believe that US stocks are easier for me to trust, as long as our economic system continues to thrive.

10-year horizon or less: Stock allocation only (ignoring the G-fund allocation): (a) maximum potential for growth, i.e., pedal to the medal: S Fund; (b) allocation given the unpredictability of performance by large cap (C Fund), medium cap (in the S Fund) and small cap (in the S Fund) 50% C 50% S. (c) Risk averse allocation of stocks: 100 % C. None of these are bad and they all move together in a general way.

Greater than 10 year time horizon: (a) My preference: S Fund for maximum growth; otherwise: (b) Risk averse: C Fund.

20 years or more, if one is prepared to buy and hold: Stocks, stocks, stocks. 100% S would be my choice. Again C is somewhat higher quality in my opinion.

These are what I would do. S and C will perform similarly. Since I am now investing for my heirs, who know little about stocks, I am trying to move to the S&P 500 index ETFs or C Fund, since these are standard throughout the investing industry.

Good luck,
Tex

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On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 02:49 PM, Locutusoftexas wrote:
If anyone wants to explain the underlying value of bitcoin to me, I would appreciate it.
If you want to explain the underlying value of the US dollar to me, I'll take a crack at the underlying value of BTC.  Spoiler:  I don't think either has an underlying value.  They're just units of currency that have varying degrees of confidence from the market/the people.  At one time, it held the promise of being a currency that was decentralized (value can't be manipulated) and anonymous, but I think we've seen that neither of those two features is 100%.  The big problem BTC has, is that since it's still in its infancy, people are looking at its increase in value as some reason to "invest" in it, when it's only intended to be a currency.
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Tex, 

Not sure if you were being sarcastic but by no means were you intruding. I welcome opinions and value them greatly as I'm no investment expert. I just have been lucky to have had the opportunity to land a great paying job with the federal government coming from humble origins and making the most out it. 

For me it is indeed an impressive accomplishment but by my measurements and not comparing to anyone as mileage varies greatly and more likely than not, there are a very large number of TSP participants that have done far better than me and I am happy for them. Since this is an investing strategy forum I'm under the impression that this is sort of the topics that are discussed. Forgive me if I'm wrong. 

Thanks,

JP

On Friday, June 17, 2022, 8:09 PM, Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:

JP, Impressive. You don't need anyone's opinion. Forgive me for intruding. Best wishes.

Herb, tough question if we include the allocation between G and S/C. It comes down to how much money one needs in order to live and to life expectancy, along with possibly supporting dependents. So that is actually a tougher calculation. I live a very low expense life style, although I am supporting some other people, so I am not a good point of reference.

First Point: If one is afraid of stocks, one should be true to oneself and do whatever one needs to feel safer. My personal assumption is that one is never safe anyway, life is short, and inflation is built into the system. So I would prefer to allocate to stocks, which will increase at least with inflation and probably faster than inflation over the long term. Someone will benefit, even if it is only your heirs. Grin and bear it and expect some psychic pain during bear markets. But above all, whatever I put in stocks, I keep in stocks.

All that being said, just the question of S or C is easier. If one looks ten years out or longer, my preference is pedal to the metal, so that would favor S over C. This is because smaller cap stocks perform better than large cap stocks over long periods of time. For say 10 years or less, it is probably a crap-shoot. On the other hand, the C Fund (S&P 500 Index) is the largest 500 stocks by capitalization and is updated a few times per year, as I remember. This means that companies in C which are declining should be replaced with better performers over time. To me that is a big advantage and I infer that the C Fund is potentially higher quality and less risky than S. So naively, I would offer the following very vague characterization of options:

I fund, probably okay, but I believe that US stocks are easier for me to trust, as long as our economic system continues to thrive.

10-year horizon or less: Stock allocation only (ignoring the G-fund allocation): (a) maximum potential for growth, i.e., pedal to the medal: S Fund; (b) allocation given the unpredictability of performance by large cap (C Fund), medium cap (in the S Fund) and small cap (in the S Fund) 50% C 50% S. (c) Risk averse allocation of stocks: 100 % C. None of these are bad and they all move together in a general way.

Greater than 10 year time horizon: (a) My preference: S Fund for maximum growth; otherwise: (b) Risk averse: C Fund.

20 years or more, if one is prepared to buy and hold: Stocks, stocks, stocks. 100% S would be my choice. Again C is somewhat higher quality in my opinion.

These are what I would do. S and C will perform similarly. Since I am now investing for my heirs, who know little about stocks, I am trying to move to the S&P 500 index ETFs or C Fund, since these are standard throughout the investing industry.

Good luck,
Tex

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JP, Impressive. You don't need anyone's opinion. Forgive me for intruding. Best wishes.

Herb, tough question if we include the allocation between G and S/C. It comes down to how much money one needs in order to live and to life expectancy, along with possibly supporting dependents. So that is actually a tougher calculation. I live a very low expense life style, although I am supporting some other people, so I am not a good point of reference.

First Point: If one is afraid of stocks, one should be true to oneself and do whatever one needs to feel safer. My personal assumption is that one is never safe anyway, life is short, and inflation is built into the system. So I would prefer to allocate to stocks, which will increase at least with inflation and probably faster than inflation over the long term. Someone will benefit, even if it is only your heirs. Grin and bear it and expect some psychic pain during bear markets. But above all, whatever I put in stocks, I keep in stocks.

All that being said, just the question of S or C is easier. If one looks ten years out or longer, my preference is pedal to the metal, so that would favor S over C. This is because smaller cap stocks perform better than large cap stocks over long periods of time. For say 10 years or less, it is probably a crap-shoot. On the other hand, the C Fund (S&P 500 Index) is the largest 500 stocks by capitalization and is updated a few times per year, as I remember. This means that companies in C which are declining should be replaced with better performers over time. To me that is a big advantage and I infer that the C Fund is potentially higher quality and less risky than S. So naively, I would offer the following very vague characterization of options:

I fund, probably okay, but I believe that US stocks are easier for me to trust, as long as our economic system continues to thrive.

10-year horizon or less: Stock allocation only (ignoring the G-fund allocation): (a) maximum potential for growth, i.e., pedal to the medal: S Fund; (b) allocation given the unpredictability of performance by large cap (C Fund), medium cap (in the S Fund) and small cap (in the S Fund) 50% C 50% S. (c) Risk averse allocation of stocks: 100 % C. None of these are bad and they all move together in a general way.

Greater than 10 year time horizon: (a) My preference: S Fund for maximum growth; otherwise: (b) Risk averse: C Fund.

20 years or more, if one is prepared to buy and hold: Stocks, stocks, stocks. 100% S would be my choice. Again C is somewhat higher quality in my opinion.

These are what I would do. S and C will perform similarly. Since I am now investing for my heirs, who know little about stocks, I am trying to move to the S&P 500 index ETFs or C Fund, since these are standard throughout the investing industry.

Good luck,
Tex

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Thanks Tex. I wish I could put every cent I have but I have a family to support, nevertheless, I am putting $1k per pay period which is a decent amount. We also have a paid of vacation home in the NM mountains worth around $300k which includes a newly built smaller cabin shell waiting to be finished. The little cabin will be our guest house from time to time but mostly it will be a secondary source of income through AirBnb or VRBO. 

We also just purchased the lot (6 acres) next to ours at a good price with a little equity in it. 

Our main home also has good equity (until the housing market crashes). Hopefully it will hold some until we sell in two years when I will probably retire.  

Sadly the downturn took us slightly below the $1m net worth but we aren't too worried because as soon as it bounces back we will be well above that threshold since we are buying stocks at a discount. 

I keep telling my coworkers to stop panicking. They keep wanting to move to G. 


JP

On Friday, June 17, 2022, 1:49 PM, Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:

Bill and JPass et al.

My policy is to avoid giving advice. However, I would like to offer the group some comments on purely hypothetical cases.

Hypothetical case I: If I were retiring in 20 years or longer, the best strategy for me would not be trading of any sort. I would instead strongly consider being fully invested in stocks until I retired. That would require not letting bear markets bother the investor and not listening to anyone else's advice, including so-called professionals.

Hypothetical case 2: If I were retiring in under 10 years and the market went down as it has now or as it did in March 2020, I would personally invest every cent that I had in stocks right away and not try to find a bottom in the market. Unlike 30 years ago, this market now turns on a dime and even a moderate opportunity to make an extra 20% could easily be lost. Glass half-full sort of thing.

Note: this is not advice. These are hypothetical cases. In my own case, I raised cash to simply my overall portfolio for my heirs when I die. My intention was to put it in the equivalent of the C fund, but low and behold, I saw that the market was going to take a dive. Also my indicators are working. So waiting to buy was just dumb luck. As the actor Mako (playing James Chan) said in the Chuck Norris film, "An Eye for an Eye," when he knocked a bad guy out with a rotary telephone (!), "
The warrior uses whatever is closest to hand."

One final comment, I personally know someone who made a few million dollars by mostly buying stocks and other assets and not selling, i.e., by doing nothing. Of course the person did not take vacations and also drove cars until they fell apart. If the person had invested in plain vanilla stock index funds and not sold stocks at all, the figure would have been around double or triple that.

If anyone wants to explain the underlying value of bitcoin to me, I would appreciate it.

As always, I wish you good luck.
Tex
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Well it's nice to hear that everything is going to be ok by next February. Nobody really knows but it's comforting to hear. This prediction also calls for the market to continue falling until October and then recovering by February. 

https://on.mktw.net/3O3zylM
Check out this article from MarketWatch - History says the next bull market is just months away, and it could carry the S&P 500 to the 6,000 level, according to Bank of America


On Jun 17, 2022, at 3:58 PM, Herb Black <blackht71@gmail.com> wrote:


May I ask if you would buy C or S fund now if you were newly retired and had a lot of G fund (Yes, that is me!)

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 3:49 PM Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:
Bill and JPass et al.

My policy is to avoid giving advice. However, I would like to offer the group some comments on purely hypothetical cases.

Hypothetical case I: If I were retiring in 20 years or longer, the best strategy for me would not be trading of any sort. I would instead strongly consider being fully invested in stocks until I retired. That would require not letting bear markets bother the investor and not listening to anyone else's advice, including so-called professionals.

Hypothetical case 2: If I were retiring in under 10 years and the market went down as it has now or as it did in March 2020, I would personally invest every cent that I had in stocks right away and not try to find a bottom in the market. Unlike 30 years ago, this market now turns on a dime and even a moderate opportunity to make an extra 20% could easily be lost. Glass half-full sort of thing.

Note: this is not advice. These are hypothetical cases. In my own case, I raised cash to simply my overall portfolio for my heirs when I die. My intention was to put it in the equivalent of the C fund, but low and behold, I saw that the market was going to take a dive. Also my indicators are working. So waiting to buy was just dumb luck. As the actor Mako (playing James Chan) said in the Chuck Norris film, "An Eye for an Eye," when he knocked a bad guy out with a rotary telephone (!), "
The warrior uses whatever is closest to hand."

One final comment, I personally know someone who made a few million dollars by mostly buying stocks and other assets and not selling, i.e., by doing nothing. Of course the person did not take vacations and also drove cars until they fell apart. If the person had invested in plain vanilla stock index funds and not sold stocks at all, the figure would have been around double or triple that.

If anyone wants to explain the underlying value of bitcoin to me, I would appreciate it.

As always, I wish you good luck.
Tex

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May I ask if you would buy C or S fund now if you were newly retired and had a lot of G fund (Yes, that is me!)

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 3:49 PM Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:
Bill and JPass et al.

My policy is to avoid giving advice. However, I would like to offer the group some comments on purely hypothetical cases.

Hypothetical case I: If I were retiring in 20 years or longer, the best strategy for me would not be trading of any sort. I would instead strongly consider being fully invested in stocks until I retired. That would require not letting bear markets bother the investor and not listening to anyone else's advice, including so-called professionals.

Hypothetical case 2: If I were retiring in under 10 years and the market went down as it has now or as it did in March 2020, I would personally invest every cent that I had in stocks right away and not try to find a bottom in the market. Unlike 30 years ago, this market now turns on a dime and even a moderate opportunity to make an extra 20% could easily be lost. Glass half-full sort of thing.

Note: this is not advice. These are hypothetical cases. In my own case, I raised cash to simply my overall portfolio for my heirs when I die. My intention was to put it in the equivalent of the C fund, but low and behold, I saw that the market was going to take a dive. Also my indicators are working. So waiting to buy was just dumb luck. As the actor Mako (playing James Chan) said in the Chuck Norris film, "An Eye for an Eye," when he knocked a bad guy out with a rotary telephone (!), "
The warrior uses whatever is closest to hand."

One final comment, I personally know someone who made a few million dollars by mostly buying stocks and other assets and not selling, i.e., by doing nothing. Of course the person did not take vacations and also drove cars until they fell apart. If the person had invested in plain vanilla stock index funds and not sold stocks at all, the figure would have been around double or triple that.

If anyone wants to explain the underlying value of bitcoin to me, I would appreciate it.

As always, I wish you good luck.
Tex

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Bill and JPass et al.

My policy is to avoid giving advice. However, I would like to offer the group some comments on purely hypothetical cases.

Hypothetical case I: If I were retiring in 20 years or longer, the best strategy for me would not be trading of any sort. I would instead strongly consider being fully invested in stocks until I retired. That would require not letting bear markets bother the investor and not listening to anyone else's advice, including so-called professionals.

Hypothetical case 2: If I were retiring in under 10 years and the market went down as it has now or as it did in March 2020, I would personally invest every cent that I had in stocks right away and not try to find a bottom in the market. Unlike 30 years ago, this market now turns on a dime and even a moderate opportunity to make an extra 20% could easily be lost. Glass half-full sort of thing.

Note: this is not advice. These are hypothetical cases. In my own case, I raised cash to simply my overall portfolio for my heirs when I die. My intention was to put it in the equivalent of the C fund, but low and behold, I saw that the market was going to take a dive. Also my indicators are working. So waiting to buy was just dumb luck. As the actor Mako (playing James Chan) said in the Chuck Norris film, "An Eye for an Eye," when he knocked a bad guy out with a rotary telephone (!), "
The warrior uses whatever is closest to hand."

One final comment, I personally know someone who made a few million dollars by mostly buying stocks and other assets and not selling, i.e., by doing nothing. Of course the person did not take vacations and also drove cars until they fell apart. If the person had invested in plain vanilla stock index funds and not sold stocks at all, the figure would have been around double or triple that.

If anyone wants to explain the underlying value of bitcoin to me, I would appreciate it.

As always, I wish you good luck.
Tex
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Not in the TSP but I heard from a friend that the advice here was good so I joined up but that is TBD....  but I traded 65% of my total investments(index based) back to fcash in February (Should have done in Jan when I told myself but didn't listen, lol).  Back in October 2021 I sold back to fcash in my two other personal investing accounts.

I am looking for the bottom as well  .. even if I don't hit it I hope to be close.

I'm hoping crypto come back over the long haul but it's super ugly right now that I'm not even looking.   I thought crypto would hold as it is the alternative to traditional money but that does not seem to the the case, sigh.


 -Bob 

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 2:55 PM Bill Holzworth <holzworth.bill@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Tex! Please let us know when you buy. I was thinking of buying today but will wait to see how market goes.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 11:57 AM Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:
In March, I raised about 25% cash in my various accounts. I have not committed it yet.

Based on my technical indicator, which you should take with a grain of salt, the market has more to go down.

That is consistent with the Zweig model.

When my technical indicator hits the low of March 2020, I am committing the cash. I would be amazed if it got that low, but it is now much lower than any time since March 2020 and is in what seems to be a remarkably oversold position. Novices should look up what this term means.

I will probably miss the bottom. I will let the board know when I do the buying. It is going to take me a while. I am a buy-and-hold guy and I cannot get my head around large transactions, which happen almost never. So at least it should give you a laugh.

Best advice: ignore what I am doing. I am just the entertainment. Play the long game; that is the only winning strategy.

Good luck,
Tex

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Thanks Tex! Please let us know when you buy. I was thinking of buying today but will wait to see how market goes.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 11:57 AM Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:
In March, I raised about 25% cash in my various accounts. I have not committed it yet.

Based on my technical indicator, which you should take with a grain of salt, the market has more to go down.

That is consistent with the Zweig model.

When my technical indicator hits the low of March 2020, I am committing the cash. I would be amazed if it got that low, but it is now much lower than any time since March 2020 and is in what seems to be a remarkably oversold position. Novices should look up what this term means.

I will probably miss the bottom. I will let the board know when I do the buying. It is going to take me a while. I am a buy-and-hold guy and I cannot get my head around large transactions, which happen almost never. So at least it should give you a laugh.

Best advice: ignore what I am doing. I am just the entertainment. Play the long game; that is the only winning strategy.

Good luck,
Tex

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I don't really follow any of the models mentioned and usually go with the recommendations from this forum and another seasonal TSP group. As of today, I'm 22.41% down from my peak early in the year. For now I'm sitting still on C/S but will be raising my TSP contribution to as much as monthly budget can handle. 


Thanks,

JP

On Thursday, June 16, 2022, 11:16 AM, ShaneBro via groups.io <s.guy75=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Sounds like a good plan.  Another indicator to get back in will be when the 20 and 50 day averages start angling up.

On Thursday, June 16, 2022, 12:42:53 PM EDT, JOHN N <jw.nelson64@gmail.com> wrote:


I went to cash back in February. I'll probably miss the bottom too, but I hope to be close. I am not familiar with the Zweig model, but I hope it finds the bottom for you.  

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 11:57 AM Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:
In March, I raised about 25% cash in my various accounts. I have not committed it yet.

Based on my technical indicator, which you should take with a grain of salt, the market has more to go down.

That is consistent with the Zweig model.

When my technical indicator hits the low of March 2020, I am committing the cash. I would be amazed if it got that low, but it is now much lower than any time since March 2020 and is in what seems to be a remarkably oversold position. Novices should look up what this term means.

I will probably miss the bottom. I will let the board know when I do the buying. It is going to take me a while. I am a buy-and-hold guy and I cannot get my head around large transactions, which happen almost never. So at least it should give you a laugh.

Best advice: ignore what I am doing. I am just the entertainment. Play the long game; that is the only winning strategy.

Good luck,
Tex

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Sounds like a good plan.  Another indicator to get back in will be when the 20 and 50 day averages start angling up.

On Thursday, June 16, 2022, 12:42:53 PM EDT, JOHN N <jw.nelson64@gmail.com> wrote:


I went to cash back in February. I'll probably miss the bottom too, but I hope to be close. I am not familiar with the Zweig model, but I hope it finds the bottom for you.  

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 11:57 AM Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:
In March, I raised about 25% cash in my various accounts. I have not committed it yet.

Based on my technical indicator, which you should take with a grain of salt, the market has more to go down.

That is consistent with the Zweig model.

When my technical indicator hits the low of March 2020, I am committing the cash. I would be amazed if it got that low, but it is now much lower than any time since March 2020 and is in what seems to be a remarkably oversold position. Novices should look up what this term means.

I will probably miss the bottom. I will let the board know when I do the buying. It is going to take me a while. I am a buy-and-hold guy and I cannot get my head around large transactions, which happen almost never. So at least it should give you a laugh.

Best advice: ignore what I am doing. I am just the entertainment. Play the long game; that is the only winning strategy.

Good luck,
Tex

Re: [TSPStrategy] FWIW: What I am doing.

Re: [TSPStrategy] FWIW: What I am doing.

I went to cash back in February. I'll probably miss the bottom too, but I hope to be close. I am not familiar with the Zweig model, but I hope it finds the bottom for you.  

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 11:57 AM Locutusoftexas <mrweyl@hotmail.com> wrote:
In March, I raised about 25% cash in my various accounts. I have not committed it yet.

Based on my technical indicator, which you should take with a grain of salt, the market has more to go down.

That is consistent with the Zweig model.

When my technical indicator hits the low of March 2020, I am committing the cash. I would be amazed if it got that low, but it is now much lower than any time since March 2020 and is in what seems to be a remarkably oversold position. Novices should look up what this term means.

I will probably miss the bottom. I will let the board know when I do the buying. It is going to take me a while. I am a buy-and-hold guy and I cannot get my head around large transactions, which happen almost never. So at least it should give you a laugh.

Best advice: ignore what I am doing. I am just the entertainment. Play the long game; that is the only winning strategy.

Good luck,
Tex

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[TSPStrategy] FWIW: What I am doing.

[TSPStrategy] FWIW: What I am doing.

In March, I raised about 25% cash in my various accounts. I have not committed it yet.

Based on my technical indicator, which you should take with a grain of salt, the market has more to go down.

That is consistent with the Zweig model.

When my technical indicator hits the low of March 2020, I am committing the cash. I would be amazed if it got that low, but it is now much lower than any time since March 2020 and is in what seems to be a remarkably oversold position. Novices should look up what this term means.

I will probably miss the bottom. I will let the board know when I do the buying. It is going to take me a while. I am a buy-and-hold guy and I cannot get my head around large transactions, which happen almost never. So at least it should give you a laugh.

Best advice: ignore what I am doing. I am just the entertainment. Play the long game; that is the only winning strategy.

Good luck,
Tex
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Re: [TSPStrategy] Format Balance Statement from New TSP Website?

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I second your opinion about the new TSP site. I haven't been able to create a new login since I get stuck on the the authentication code sent by text. I never got it. Now I am locked out and have to call to fix their mess.


Thanks,

JP

On Sunday, June 5, 2022, 9:19 AM, Dave in Dallas <datruedave+GroupsIO@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't have an answer to your question, but I hope they fix the new site soon.  It's a steaming pile of poop right now.
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@John 
$149/year
$14.99/month



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I don't have an answer to your question, but I hope they fix the new site soon.  It's a steaming pile of poop right now.
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Re: [TSPStrategy] Format Balance Statement from New TSP Website?

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Don't know for sure

Stan Kays 
srkays@gmail.com

On Jun 4, 2022, at 19:19, JOHN HOLLIS via groups.io <John.hollis_oo4=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Thanks Stan, I went ahead and did that. Do you know how much TSP Folio charges if one subscribes to their monthly reallocation recommendations? I see they have a free one month trial, but don't see how much after that. Thanks,
John


On Jun 4, 2022, at 4:17 PM, Stan Kays <srkays@gmail.com> wrote:

Sign up for the TSP Folio which can be emailed to you every weekday. Breaks out all the funds' performance. 

Stan Kays 
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On Jun 4, 2022, at 11:10, David Correll <davidcorrell@comcast.net> wrote:

Does anyone know how to format and print a simple 1-2 page statement of account balances that is anything like the old format?  

I sign on about once a week to monitor balances.  I usually print out a statement and save it.  The old site provided a simple 2-page summary.  The closest I find on the new site would run 3 or 4 pages, unless I use the very barebones CSV download option.  I can live with this, but if someone knows how to find something closer to what we used to have, I'd love to know about it.

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Stan in Northwest Florida

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John
Re: [TSPStrategy] Format Balance Statement from New TSP Website?

Re: [TSPStrategy] Format Balance Statement from New TSP Website?

Thanks Stan, I went ahead and did that. Do you know how much TSP Folio charges if one subscribes to their monthly reallocation recommendations? I see they have a free one month trial, but don't see how much after that. Thanks,
John


On Jun 4, 2022, at 4:17 PM, Stan Kays <srkays@gmail.com> wrote:

Sign up for the TSP Folio which can be emailed to you every weekday. Breaks out all the funds' performance. 

Stan Kays 
srkays@gmail.com

On Jun 4, 2022, at 11:10, David Correll <davidcorrell@comcast.net> wrote:

Does anyone know how to format and print a simple 1-2 page statement of account balances that is anything like the old format?  

I sign on about once a week to monitor balances.  I usually print out a statement and save it.  The old site provided a simple 2-page summary.  The closest I find on the new site would run 3 or 4 pages, unless I use the very barebones CSV download option.  I can live with this, but if someone knows how to find something closer to what we used to have, I'd love to know about it.

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Stan in Northwest Florida
Re: [TSPStrategy] Format Balance Statement from New TSP Website?

Re: [TSPStrategy] Format Balance Statement from New TSP Website?

Sign up for the TSP Folio which can be emailed to you every weekday. Breaks out all the funds' performance. 

Stan Kays 
srkays@gmail.com

On Jun 4, 2022, at 11:10, David Correll <davidcorrell@comcast.net> wrote:

Does anyone know how to format and print a simple 1-2 page statement of account balances that is anything like the old format?  

I sign on about once a week to monitor balances.  I usually print out a statement and save it.  The old site provided a simple 2-page summary.  The closest I find on the new site would run 3 or 4 pages, unless I use the very barebones CSV download option.  I can live with this, but if someone knows how to find something closer to what we used to have, I'd love to know about it.
[TSPStrategy] Format Balance Statement from New TSP Website?

[TSPStrategy] Format Balance Statement from New TSP Website?

Does anyone know how to format and print a simple 1-2 page statement of account balances that is anything like the old format?  

I sign on about once a week to monitor balances.  I usually print out a statement and save it.  The old site provided a simple 2-page summary.  The closest I find on the new site would run 3 or 4 pages, unless I use the very barebones CSV download option.  I can live with this, but if someone knows how to find something closer to what we used to have, I’d love to know about it.
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