Hello All

[marine234]

Hi Everyone, Finally got a chance to jump on here and give a shout out to you all and get my account set up. Been watching you guys for the past 2 months and learned some good and bad lessons along the way. My Fantasy account pretty much mirrors my real one. I retired from the U.S. Marines in 97, and have been working with the Feds for the past 9 years. Balance right now is about $86,000.00....Was $92,000.00 after a good move to the G, but then I made a bad move and bought into the S fund to soon and finally bailed so I could buy back in at a good price. Live and learn. Now waiting on the S to bounce "Hopefully" to recover some of the loss, then watching the F. Think I may do that for the rest of the year...jump in and out, hopefully to make up the 6G loss, plus some. Time will tell. I am setting my goal at 10,000.00 this year...we will see. Have about 8 years left till I fully retire and would like to make some money before I leave. Let it sit all those years in the L funds and I think I could have done better managing and making a few fund transfers. We will see. Any Advice is more than welcome. Take Care and Semper Fi

[evilanne]

Greetings Marine, welcome to the board. I'm not very good at timing the market but I'm trying to get better understanding of seasonal strategies and unlearn what I've learned over the years. Good luck to you in meeting your goals.

[jbenisek]

Welcome to the board. Good to see that you have a specific goal in mind. You aren't the only one who has been hurt, but markets have a way of rebounding. All of us could have done better in managing transfers. Some years a "buy and hold" is the best plan, while in others, moving from one fund to another is the best way to maximize profits, but that assumes a stable market.
I am a former Marine as well.

Semper Fi