350Z's 2007 I Fund Thread

[weatherweenie]

eafe + 0.518%

 

[12%ayear]

eafe + 0.518%

nice little profit today

 

[Robo5555]

Up 12 cents for the day???

 

[350zCommTech]

Up 12 cents for the day???

Yes, 12 or 13 depending on the rounding.

 

[post]

Any chance of a + FV today?

 

[Gaetaone]

Question...

Does anyone follow the TSPLookup and has it been accurate?

Thanks

John

 

[ebbnflow]

G 11.90 even
F 11.37 even
C 16.64 +.10 (+0.60%)
S 20.29 +.26 (+1.30%)
I 24.19 +.14 (+0.58%)

That's all folks! Two extra cents! Where'd that come from?

 

[350zCommTech]

G 11.90 even
F 11.37 even
C 16.64 +.10 (+0.60%)
S 20.29 +.26 (+1.30%)
I 24.19 +.14 (+0.58%)

That's all folks! Two extra cents! Where'd that come from?

It came from the C fund!:laugh:

The C fund should have made .65%.:laugh:

We should all give thanks to Birchtree.

 

[jayhawker]

Question...

Does anyone follow the TSPLookup and has it been accurate?

Thanks

John

I use it (of course!)

If you're asking about the accuracy of TSPLookup's EAFE/I Fund estimate... it has its good days and bad days. I have been using it to post the early and late estimates here daily.

There's nothing wrong with the method, but still... compromises had to be made. All calculations are built-in. It's not like minor adjustments can be made on the fly. What it calculates is what you get. Sometimes Yahoo messes up. Sometimes late & volatile movement in the US$ will wreak havoc on the estimate.

IMO, it's better than nothing or following the EFA or using any other spreadsheet that has been made available here.

I do give props to 350z and his method. It is consistently accurate. BUT, he does have the advantage of making adjustments as necessary in real time which TSPLookup doesn't have. AND, he isn't sharing! :suspicious:

TSPLookup has many features. Estimating the EAFE/I Fund is just one of them.

Ed.

 

[fabijo]

One way to get a good estimate is to use stockcharts.com symbol $iee. It's purpose is to calculate the actual value of the funds making up the EAFE, taking into account the value of the U.S. Dollar vs. other currencies. It's pretty useful after the noon cutoff to see if there is a drastic change in value to anticipate an FV.

 

[fabijo]

Hong Kong and Australia are up tonight. Hang Seng is up almost 1% so far.

 

[airlift]

Thanks Fabijo!

One way to get a good estimate is to use stockcharts.com symbol $iee. It's purpose is to calculate the actual value of the funds making up the EAFE, taking into account the value of the U.S. Dollar vs. other currencies. It's pretty useful after the noon cutoff to see if there is a drastic change in value to anticipate an FV.

 

[GGal]

Hong Kong and Australia are up tonight. Hang Seng is up almost 1% so far.

Good news for the I funders! (of which I'm not one; Miss Scaredy Cat jumped out)

 

[Jonathan]

Good news for the I funders! (of which I'm not one; Miss Scaredy Cat jumped out)

I am, too.

While I won't say I never seek higher ground when things look really rocky, for the most part my plan is to stay in the I-fund full time except during bona-fide economic downturns. The history of the fund over the last several years is just too good overall, and whenever I've tried to time interfund transfers, I've almost invariably gone to the bond funds after the equities had already seen most of their losses, and gotten back in after they earned it back

 

[Jonathan]

I am, too.

err...should be "I am an I-funder". Misread the previous post.

 

[12%ayear]

fwiw I am going to the I Fund for tomorrow.
``The market is bearish on the dollar,'' said Boris Schlossberg, senior currency strategist in New York at DailyFX.com in New York. ``There is evidence that the job data will be weak tomorrow.'' Also, with the Dollar up 2 days, I think that tomorrow the Dollar will sell-off...Friday.

 

[350zCommTech]

Early Estimate: Down .204% or -5 cents.

 

[350zCommTech]

fwiw I am going to the I Fund for tomorrow.
``The market is bearish on the dollar,'' said Boris Schlossberg, senior currency strategist in New York at DailyFX.com in New York. ``There is evidence that the job data will be weak tomorrow.'' Also, with the Dollar up 2 days, I think that tomorrow the Dollar will sell-off...Friday.

And today makes it 3 days, I think. I agree with you about the dollar selling off tomorrow. But with the Dow overbought, wouldn't a lower than expected jobs number cause a sell-off? Ofcourse, the falling dollar will cushion the I fund. If a weak number is expected, wouldn't the F fund be a better choice?

 

[Robo5555]

I'm pretty bullish longterm but I think we are about to have a correction short term. I'm stepping out to the G fund for a few days. Good luck!

 

[12%ayear]

And today makes it 3 days, I think. I agree with you about the dollar selling off tomorrow. But with the Dow overbought, wouldn't a lower than expected jobs number cause a sell-off? Ofcourse, the falling dollar will cushion the I fund. If a weak number is expected, wouldn't the F fund be a better choice?

IMO I think a weaker job report would help the markets because they feel that the FED might cut and cushion a blow to future earnings and consumer spending. With a strong job report,many will worry about inflation and higher rates. This will be a great time to lock profits. So good news is bad news, bad news is good news. But what the heck do I know.