Hmmmm...G or F for June?
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Hmmmm...G or F for June?
I'm thinking the charts are saying go to G Fund for the month of June...but my strategy says F...Do I stay the course? or do I stay safe...either way June-September are a crap shoot for strategies really....Ugghh! Decision Decisions!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Current Strat: Loosely following 152300 and 85660 more the former rather than the later
Current PIP: 24.04
Current Strat: Loosely following 152300 and 85660 more the former rather than the later
Current PIP: 24.04
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
G fund. F will continue to drop as interest rates rise.
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Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
Atrius advises to follow the strategy format, but he also posted on another thread that with the interest rates, he understood people going to G for the consistent returns. I have been contemplating this move myself, but I will move to the S fund next week and see how the F. It is gaining, but very slowly.
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Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
Personally I use G those days do to the fact that interest raise and F fund poor preformance.
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
You can look at F fund performance in months with Fed rate increases, as they signaled will happen this June. That should tell you what you need to know.
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Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
On the one hand, Bonds are good even in rising interest rate environments unless you sell before maturity which is what Bond Fund managers do (sell low & buy high) and why the funds perform badly when interest rates rise.
On the other hand, the Fed is trying to unload the $4 trillion in bonds they bought to stabilize Obama's Great Recession which raises bond yield rates and makes bonds more attractive.
On the third hand, bond funds haven't responded in the traditional manner (bonds up when stocks down) like in the past (prior to 2014). This might be due to the Fed's extensive meddling or maybe a decade of the stock market having a higher risk-free interest rate than bonds or maybe a combination of these plus other factors. Some days the bonds move up when the stocks move down and other days the bonds move in the same direction as stocks. You just can't count on the F fund to act like an inverse fund when the stock market is down.
I'm just going to avoid the F fund till I retire and leave the TSP.
If you're looking for "risk-free" (no loss) in the TSP, you're stuck with the G fund because all other funds can and do lose money sometime.
On the other hand, the Fed is trying to unload the $4 trillion in bonds they bought to stabilize Obama's Great Recession which raises bond yield rates and makes bonds more attractive.
On the third hand, bond funds haven't responded in the traditional manner (bonds up when stocks down) like in the past (prior to 2014). This might be due to the Fed's extensive meddling or maybe a decade of the stock market having a higher risk-free interest rate than bonds or maybe a combination of these plus other factors. Some days the bonds move up when the stocks move down and other days the bonds move in the same direction as stocks. You just can't count on the F fund to act like an inverse fund when the stock market is down.
I'm just going to avoid the F fund till I retire and leave the TSP.
If you're looking for "risk-free" (no loss) in the TSP, you're stuck with the G fund because all other funds can and do lose money sometime.
mo meng, mo ching (which loosely means: no money, no life)
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
Yes, yes, we all know how President Obama used his executive time travel powers to start a financial crisis prior to his election, in direct violation of Article 2, §2.mindofmush wrote:Obama's Great Recession
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
Actually that part of the Constitution is Article 2, §5.mattch45 wrote:Yes, yes, we all know how President Obama used his executive time travel powers to start a financial crisis prior to his election, in direct violation of Article 2, §2.mindofmush wrote:Obama's Great Recession
Of course few people know that part is written in invisible ink. A lot was written on the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in invisible ink, mostly your mamma jokes directed towards the King of England.
OCTOBER: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February. - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
I chose the G fund...for now...This years market is just way too wishy washy to do anything else at this time...
Cheers!
Current Strat: Loosely following 152300 and 85660 more the former rather than the later
Current PIP: 24.04
Current Strat: Loosely following 152300 and 85660 more the former rather than the later
Current PIP: 24.04
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
No, the market isn't to "wishy washy", you are just too uncertain. The market doesn't make your decisions or limit them based on how it's acting.Chulke wrote:I chose the G fund...for now...This years market is just way too wishy washy to do anything else at this time...
OCTOBER: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February. - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
Jefferson was such a dick. “Your recently deceased mother was so fat...” At least Madison had the tact to finish the Bill of Rights with “Just kidding, she was a lovely woman.”ArrieS wrote:...mostly your mamma jokes directed towards the King of England.
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Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
how about 70G 30F
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
Obama traveled through time? Well, that is something.
Re: Hmmmm...G or F for June?
I'm definitely avoiding the F fund, unless I decide to change my mind. Until then, I'm definitely staying in the G fund until I'm not. After that I'm moving all my money to my debit card and heading to Vegas, unless I'm not.
Please don't try to change my mind... I've got a plan.
Please don't try to change my mind... I've got a plan.
Fund Prices2024-03-27
Fund | Price | Day | YTD |
G | $18.14 | 0.01% | 1.00% |
F | $19.09 | 0.26% | -0.68% |
C | $82.11 | 0.87% | 10.42% |
S | $82.19 | 1.48% | 6.61% |
I | $42.68 | 0.56% | 6.21% |
L2065 | $16.38 | 0.84% | 8.36% |
L2060 | $16.38 | 0.84% | 8.36% |
L2055 | $16.39 | 0.84% | 8.36% |
L2050 | $32.73 | 0.71% | 6.94% |
L2045 | $14.91 | 0.67% | 6.56% |
L2040 | $54.37 | 0.63% | 6.20% |
L2035 | $14.34 | 0.58% | 5.77% |
L2030 | $47.66 | 0.53% | 5.35% |
L2025 | $13.14 | 0.31% | 3.40% |
Linc | $25.60 | 0.24% | 2.79% |