"Safest" Daily
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"Safest" Daily
Greetings everyone.
I hope I'm not beating a dead TSP horse here, but I'm looking for some opinions on a Daily Strategy that is considered "safe" in the long-run. I understand a strategy with few negative monthly returns isn't likely to have huge gains at year's end, but I'm thinking long-term.
I was hoping some folks could offer some strategies they like as "safe."
Thanks!
I hope I'm not beating a dead TSP horse here, but I'm looking for some opinions on a Daily Strategy that is considered "safe" in the long-run. I understand a strategy with few negative monthly returns isn't likely to have huge gains at year's end, but I'm thinking long-term.
I was hoping some folks could offer some strategies they like as "safe."
Thanks!
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None of them are "safe". I was following 17842 because of its "safe" standard deviation of 2.38. That strategy is currently minus 8.14 with 1/3 of the year nearly completed.
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G fund January 1'st to June 30'th.
Second verse, same as the first.
Second verse, same as the first.
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I am using 17842 as well, which is what prompted me to inquire.
Based on it's previous returns (going back to 2004) I'm surprised to not only see that it's down a fair amount so far this year, but that it's also had 3 consecutive "down" months for the first time.
Based on it's previous returns (going back to 2004) I'm surprised to not only see that it's down a fair amount so far this year, but that it's also had 3 consecutive "down" months for the first time.
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As Octjan2 said, no strategy is really safe. However, the safest strategy I created last year was 24393. It is -1.69 for the year but it has only had 22 negative months out of the last 172. with an average of -1.75 for the negative months and 2.53 for the positive months. The standard deviation is still pretty decent even after this years roller coaster.
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Re: "Safest" Daily
I suggest the L funds if your looking for set it and forget it. Most other strategies just try to be better than buy and hold.
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Take a good look at 0 F and 0 G strategies.
That means they are in equities 100% of the time.
It is kind of seasonal meets buy-and-hold.
https://tspcalc.com/seasonal.php?years= ... x=0&Fmax=0
That means they are in equities 100% of the time.
It is kind of seasonal meets buy-and-hold.
https://tspcalc.com/seasonal.php?years= ... x=0&Fmax=0
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Also there is a lot of new data to chew through in the background. I will release a snippet of it to cover May while I finish developing the tool for public use.
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Ugh, it's only Tuesday... you drop something like this and expect us to wait until Sunday?mjedlin66 wrote:Also there is a lot of new data to chew through in the background. I will release a snippet of it to cover May while I finish developing the tool for public use.
Bug me on Sunday.
This is like something I would do to my impatient kids
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Re: "Safest" Daily
37197: mean of 27.83 and stdDev of .4. this is up to 2017
but as others pointed out, safest doesn't mean you will never have a negative month. Stddev is just a measure of past precision around the mean, but it has its limits as predictive tool.
also, Mjeldin66, great minds think alike! I've been working on the 0% g funds and trying to find better ones.
but as others pointed out, safest doesn't mean you will never have a negative month. Stddev is just a measure of past precision around the mean, but it has its limits as predictive tool.
also, Mjeldin66, great minds think alike! I've been working on the 0% g funds and trying to find better ones.
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Thanks for the responses everyone.
Ravioli; love the screenname.
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Fund Prices2024-04-17
Fund | Price | Day | YTD |
G | $18.19 | 0.01% | 1.25% |
F | $18.68 | 0.50% | -2.85% |
C | $78.62 | -0.58% | 5.72% |
S | $76.27 | -0.89% | -1.07% |
I | $40.66 | -0.17% | 1.19% |
L2065 | $15.60 | -0.47% | 3.17% |
L2060 | $15.60 | -0.47% | 3.18% |
L2055 | $15.60 | -0.47% | 3.18% |
L2050 | $31.39 | -0.35% | 2.57% |
L2045 | $14.34 | -0.33% | 2.47% |
L2040 | $52.43 | -0.31% | 2.41% |
L2035 | $13.87 | -0.28% | 2.31% |
L2030 | $46.25 | -0.25% | 2.24% |
L2025 | $12.93 | -0.12% | 1.78% |
Linc | $25.29 | -0.09% | 1.55% |