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rmaschino
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Allocations Advice

Post by rmaschino »

I have put my shares into the I and C funds 50% split. This is my thought process on this. Both funds are real low right now, so I am buying cheap and eventually they should come back up, which should make me some good money. I have 17 yrs before I retire, so I figure I have time to play with it a bit. Any advice or thoughts on this would be welcomed. Am I going at this right, or should I do somthing a bit different?

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I think this is a smart way to go. The market has pulled back hard and a rebound has got to be in the future at some point. At least I hope so :shock:
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Post by Dr Pain »

Did you ever hear the expression knife catcher? It’s for someone who catches a knife on the way down and gets cut. Putting money in now may be a classic case of knife catching. That being said, I move my money into stocks today as well. I am betting that over the weekend, the near panic of today will subside. Yea the Macs have 5 trillion in loans but maybe 2% are in trouble, that’s $100B. Also with these guys you had to either put 20% down or get insurance. They might be looking at $20B in losses on 5 trillion in loans. Also I don’t see Iran shooting some missiles that everyone knows they have as being that big of a deal.

I might be wrong and get hurt but I think this is an over reaction and I can get a couple of points up using 1 of my 2 moves a month.

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I'm uneasy about the state of the markets. I hope for a couple point bounce so I can get to the sidelines even though that still means I took a small loss on my current allocation.

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Post by Floss Boss »

I'm not ready to move back in to the C, F, or I accounts yet but that may change. I am watching oil (but more
importantly gas) prices, unemployment, the exchange rate on the Euro and the dollar, and LOL Dr. Pain.... just
kidding. He has done well this year so his opinions are worth a listen. Honestly, I pulled up the history of the
F account during election years and it has steadily grown from July until October in every election year we have on
record (only 1 so this may be a stretch). I think that is because many people have been unsure as to the direction the country was heading so they moved their money to more secure areas. Combine that with the fact that the F fund
traditionally performs well in periods of low interest rates. That be said Fannie and Freddy have me watching closely...
Good luck. I may be wrong but I'm sticking in the F fund for now.

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Oops I meant S...

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Ooops I meant S.

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Dr Pain
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Post by Dr Pain »

Looks like I bet wrong. The FDIC shut down Indymac at 4:30 today. This is big

http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/fai ... klist.html


$17 Billion in deposits that may be frozen by the FDIC. Yea they insure them but that doesn’t mean you can get you money any time soon I believe.

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Post by Dr Pain »

At the time of closing, IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. had about $1 billion of potentially uninsured deposits held by approximately 10,000 depositors. The FDIC will begin contacting customers with uninsured deposits to arrange an appointment with an FDIC claims agent by Monday. Customers can contact the FDIC for an appointment using the toll-free number above. The FDIC will pay uninsured depositors an advance dividend equal to 50 percent of the uninsured amount.
"Privatized profits and socialized losses"


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Post by Dr Pain »

Yea. I think today will be up up up :)
"Privatized profits and socialized losses"


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Fund Prices2024-03-27

FundPriceDayYTD
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%

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