early Tuesday EAFE estimate of -$0.2951
plus FV Tuesday (previous) of +$0.6500 = +$0.3549
dollar up 0.30% = 87.22
Europe is down about 1%
looks like a down day for the I fund so far
Corvette, I noticed a post of concern around Thanksgiving about FV not
being what it should. My Tracker incorporates FV, Dividends and anything
else which make the EFA and the (I) Fund different. Please take note of
the
"Pink"days below. Each day represents a similar situation that we
face today (being almost at a zero TSP Cent difference). On November
13th we got a .2157 tsp cent increase. On the 21st we got a .1178 cent
increase and on the 26th a .1064 cent increase.
......DATE.....YTD TSP CENTS.....
(11/10/08)+0.0029 tsp cents
(11/11/08)+0.0606 tsp cents
(11/12/08) -0.0083 tsp cents
(11/13/08)+0.2074 tsp cents (Large Up day after large loss)
(11/14/08)+0.1363 tsp cents
......DATE.....YTD TSP CENTS.....
(11/17/08)+0.1035 tsp cents
(11/18/08)+0.0958 tsp cents
(11/19/08)+0.0048 tsp cents
(11/20/08) -0.0446 tsp cents
(11/21/08)+0.0732 tsp cents (Large Up day after large loss)
......DATE.....YTD TSP CENTS.....
(11/24/08) -0.0785 tsp cents
(11/25/08) -0.0155 tsp cents
(11/26/08)+0.0909 tsp cents (Minor Up day before Holiday)
(11/27/08)+0.0909 tsp cents
(11/28/08)+0.0735 tsp cents
......DATE.....YTD TSP CENTS.....
(12/01/08) -0.0081 tsp cents
I guess what I'm saying is that even with a UP Day today, I believe the
Fund Mgrs. will stay as consistant as they have been. This translates into
a increase in the (I) Fund returns (over and above the EFA) of between
+0.10 and +0.20 TSP Cents. That is only assuming that they give us any
increase at all. It wouldn't be beyond them to simply give OR take a few
pennies just to keep close to their Goal of $0.00. One last thing, please
take note of the lack of change between the day before and the day
after Thanksgiving Day. I saw no discrepancy, only consistancy.
In any case, I thought I'd throw that in the mix and it most certainly will
be interesting to see how it works out at the end of the day. :embarrest: