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    Index funds or Regular funds

    imported post You should check out the Diehard forum on morningstars website, or the Diehards.org site. They are the Kings and Queens of buy-and-hold, index funds, low expense, no load funds.
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    Recommended CONTRIBUTION ALLOCATIONS

    imported post You might want to read some more info on this stuff. The best book I could recommend is The Four Pillars of Investing, by William Bernstein. It helps explain the fundamentals of investing, asset allocation, etc. Its important to get a handle on all of this stuff before diving...
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    Almost time to rebalance, but how?

    imported post Well you wont find many buy and holders on this board, and I dont want to confuse rebalancing with trying to time the market which is what I think you mean? But...basically if you have your asset allocation set up, the idea is to rebalance back to your goal %'s. IE: If you have...
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    I'm New at this, need advice

    imported post From what I understand, most people (buy and hold) recommend maximum equity exposure of 80% with 20% in fixed income/bonds. From the books I have read, the difference in returnbetween 80% and 100% equity is negligible over the long term, with the advantage of decreased volitility...
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    mlk_man's account talk

    imported post I wish you nothing but the best! I'm very new to this also and a few months ago didnt even know how the market worked. I just dont place any faith/worth in backtesting, for a number of reasons. But I am looking forward to watching you profitin the future and hope yoursystem works...
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    mlk_man's account talk

    imported post Boots wrote: Someone call Warren Buffett, I think he would want tofollow too ;)
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    Long Term: Buy and Hold

    imported post I would recommend reading William Bernsteins Four Pillars of Investing. You will learn about buy and hold vs market timing, asset allocation, and more. This is probably the wrong board to be anti-market timing, but after reading that book and a couple of others, and hanging out...
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    Long term allocation

    imported post Hey all, got some more questions :) First, let me say I do not plan on changing my allocations except to periodically rebalance, as I have 29-30 years to retirement. I recently changed my allocation from 100% G to the moderately aggressivelong term buy and hold recommendations on...
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    New to TSP - Stupid Questions to follow

    imported post Great thanks for all the info everyone! So I guess since all my money thus far is in G fund, the idea is to get in while the other funds are as low as possible? Guess it is time to change my allocation, although I will probably keep my money depositing into G and make interfund...
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    New to TSP - Stupid Questions to follow

    imported post Hey all, beware, stupid questions to follow! I recently became a federal employee and started my TSP contributions right away, automatically put into the G fund. I have a bunch of questions about this. Now what I think I know: 1) G fund is basically an interest bearing account...
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