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bmneveu
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[FONT="]$TRIP[/FONT][FONT="] chart looking bullish for a reversal to the upside. Targeting a gap in the $33-34 range. [/FONT]https://www.tradingview.com/x/K355BrV1/
bmneveu
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2023 was wild. Completed my first WESTPAC deployment. TSP hit 6 digits for the first time. Back in Hawaii now and it's been tough to be as involved in the market out here due to the time difference. But I've let my accounts ride the S&P 500 and it was a pretty great year for that. I'm starting to get the itch to look at some charts again. Not sure I even remember how though!
bmneveu
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I haven't used an IFT since this transaction on 5/19/2022. It's been a good run. I've noticed the S Fund outperforming the C Fund lately and I can only deduce that it is politically driven. I think the market is pricing in a republican win that would be good for stocks, so investors are moving to the more volatile but potentially more profitable small caps. I think I agree and am strongly considering my first move in 2+ years. Will update if I do.
bmneveu
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Still holding strong in the C fund. 26% last year and 28% this year is pretty nuts. This buy and hold thing has been working out. And its easy too! That said, I still have a separate small trading account to scratch that itch of timing the market.
Got orders to PCS to Maryland in June/July next year. Will be nice to be back on the east coast where the market hours are actually when the sun is up!
bmneveu
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I put a sell order in yesterday from my big taxable account. Taking some profits to enjoy with the family. That account is fully invested in a tech fund that has been going bananas, so gonna put some of that money to use around our new house. It's only like 6% of the total balance of that account, nothing crazy. Gotta remind myself every now and then that we make money to enjoy it. We are still getting settled into Maryland. Lots of projects around the house to do. Still have lots to explore, food to try, sights to see, etc.
I'm still 100% C fund in TSP, 100% into a QQQ-like tech fund with my big account, and then my small trading fun account is in cash right now until I pay attention and pull the trigger on a swing trade of some sort.
bmneveu
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We are planning to sell our home in 3-6 months when we PCS. It has appreciated substantially during this 4-year tour in Tampa. Now to figure out what to do with the profits of the sale while we rent in Hawaii for the next 3+ years. We have no debt and our savings are good. Best thing I can think of is to put it in an index fund and let it ride until we are ready to buy our next home, which could be anywhere between 3 and 10 years from now. Would potentially double in that timeframe and be enough for us to buy our "forever" home in cash.
We ended up selling that house around May 2022 for a ~300K profit (and we only put 15K down when we bought it, so 15K turned into 300K over 4 years). We invested that profit into the VOO index, which is a low-expense S&P 500 ETF. That did super well over the 3 years we were stationed in Hawaii. That account ramped up to 650K by April 2025 (not all from the house profits, but majority), so we decided to liquidate it and buy our home in Maryland with cash because interest rates are so high. Now we are living mortgage free
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