Anyone else hesitant?

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Chulke
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Anyone else hesitant?

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My plan (85660) has me going to the F Fund tomorrow and staying in it most of the month...I am really hesitant that this will erode some gains I've made this year...Thoughts?



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Darren_Fos
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Ditto this question. I was actually going to post something very similar. C fund has been treating me well for awhile, and I've been using the Seasonal TSP calculator for a few years.

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Yes. It's counter-intuitive. There isn't a probable scenario for interest rates/yields to go down (for the immediate and long-term) such that aggregate bond prices will rise.
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Chulke
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Yeah....Think I'm gonna stick to the S fund for now...unless something crazy happens!
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Stick with the plan!
100666 has me going to G tomorrow.

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I have a handful of strategies. Half are in S most of the month and the other half are out most of the month, either in F or G. F has been crap and I share your concern. When I strategy says F, I would do at most 50%. Put the rest or all in G. My 2 cents. I'm 100% S right now and not sure what I am going to do yet.

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I had an interesting discussion with somebody the other day about this. His suggestion was that if you aren't liking how the F Fund is performing, and are on the fence about the rest of the market, then why not go to L Income for the month? That way you take the biggest chunk of your money out of the market, but leave a little skin in the game in case you were wrong and you can catch a bit of the upswing.

Not saying if I agree or not, but it was an interesting idea that I thought might be of use to this thread.
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Chulke
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Aitrus wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:54 pm I had an interesting discussion with somebody the other day about this. His suggestion was that if you aren't liking how the F Fund is performing, and are on the fence about the rest of the market, then why not go to L Income for the month? That way you take the biggest chunk of your money out of the market, but leave a little skin in the game in case you were wrong and you can catch a bit of the upswing.

Not saying if I agree or not, but it was an interesting idea that I thought might be of use to this thread.
Definitely an interesting idea....hmmmm??
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jdoma
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Why not just go into G and protect your gains? I follow 77322 which is very similar to 85660 and it uses G instead of F for June. While I am not a huge fan of G, its been working great for my strategy, which I have followed to the letter this year. Also if you don't stick to your plan, then you really are not following that plan. I have lost more money thinking I was smarter than everyone else and usually get proven wrong (see 2018 in my Fantasy TSP). I have since grown tired of losing money.

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Snapdragon wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:46 pm I have a handful of strategies. Half are in S most of the month and the other half are out most of the month, either in F or G. F has been crap and I share your concern. When I strategy says F, I would do at most 50%. Put the rest or all in G. My 2 cents. I'm 100% S right now and not sure what I am going to do yet.
I'm the same. Some stay in S until the 14th trading day, like 152300. But others have a move to F on the 3rd trading day, like 72022, but back to S last week of the month. I may split and move my Mil account one way and the Civ account the other way...see which one comes out ahead for the month.

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My plan says F, but my heart says G. Having a decent year and not wanting F to slow bleed my gains. Just going to keep my eye on a buy oppertunity while im exile.

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"The future is not what it used to be", for the F fund . It's been tracking like a stock fund since March. Must be having an identity crisis. :?

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My historical strategy is supposed to be in F as well. I have chose to tuck 70% in G, while 30% is split equally in C, S, and I. I was not able to take advantage of the S fund from Last march and ride it up, and I don't want to miss another opportunity to jump in at another Deep fall. Keeping the 70% ready to jump in at the low. thoughts? Comments?

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WilliT wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:58 am My historical strategy is supposed to be in F as well. I have chose to tuck 70% in G, while 30% is split equally in C, S, and I. I was not able to take advantage of the S fund from Last march and ride it up, and I don't want to miss another opportunity to jump in at another Deep fall. Keeping the 70% ready to jump in at the low. thoughts? Comments?
I actually like that idea and was heavily considering something simular.

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Re: Anyone else hesitant?

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Both charts for SPX (S Fund) & ^DWCPF are depicting Long Lower Shadow Candlesticks today

https://hitandruncandlesticks.com/long- ... ndlestick/

which can, oftentimes, signal a short-term upsurge in a stock, commodity or index.

Still sittin’ in C Fund, so I’m all about optimism (albeit tempered) @ the moment...

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Fund Prices2024-03-28

FundPriceDayYTD
G $18.15 0.05% 1.05%
F $19.08 -0.06% -0.74%
C $82.21 0.11% 10.55%
S $82.43 0.30% 6.92%
I $42.57 -0.24% 5.95%
L2065 $16.38 0.02% 8.37%
L2060 $16.39 0.02% 8.38%
L2055 $16.39 0.02% 8.38%
L2050 $32.73 0.01% 6.95%
L2045 $14.91 0.02% 6.58%
L2040 $54.38 0.02% 6.22%
L2035 $14.34 0.02% 5.79%
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