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I want to thank the kind host of this forum for taking on the challenge of maintaining this site while, at the same time, trying to educate or enlighten the board participants and lurkers about these "financial" markets.

I've been 100 % "all in" the I fund since January of 2004. I made one transfer in January of 2005 for about a week and then realized the stupidy of that decision and have been 100% in since then.

This is the no brainer "investment" of the next, well, very long time.

Good luck all.
 
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Red Pill Market Analyst wrote:
I want to thank the kind host of this forum for taking on the challenge of maintaining this site while, at the same time, trying to educate or enlighten the board participants and lurkers about these "financial" markets.

I've been 100 % "all in" the I fund since January of 2004. I made one transfer in January of 2005 for about a week and then realized the stupidy of that decision and have been 100% in since then.

This is the no brainer "investment" of the next, well, very long time.

Good luck all.
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If what you say is true, then you have great patience and have done well.Fear is what keeps people from making money. The over-all trend has been up and even after some consolidation the market continues to push higher. Sometimes it best to look at the big picture and the over all trend. Time is our biggest friend and at the some time our worst enemy.
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hello i am new here... i am in theI fund myself since june 05... it's been great so far

here compares I,S and Cfor 2 previous years...

icsfundcompare.jpg


its says dwcp not valid symbol, but it says dwcpf is not valid either...still shows the same chart...

BTW: howDO you imput that symbol anyone know...
 
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EFA up only .18% today...from 1 pm friday to 1 pm today, efa up 1.1%, gotta give us more than the .18%...did give us a little break on friday tho
 
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Hi All,
I recently found this forum while in surfing the net. I have some questions regarding the share price of the I-Fund and appreciate if anyone can clarify.

From my understanding, I Fund is correlated to EAFE index. So from today's action on Oct 31,2005 , the EAFE index is up .10 from previous close so the change is 0.18% [/b]. However, the I-Fund share price is up .20 from previous close so the change is 1.23%[/b] .

Am I missing something here? Why aren't they corresponding to each other?????
 
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hi laguy..i don't think anyone has quite figured it out yet....the TSP board figures a fair valuation...how is the question...I see some correlation using EFA from 1 p.m. to 1 p.m. the following day...sometimes:?...today was close, from friday 1 pm to today 1 pm was 1.1%...also a mutual fund (symbol BTAEX) does show some correlation onit's close vs I fund close...again ...sometimes. It was up 1.1% today
 
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i may be in left field but i think it's the way that it's weighted (like) the stocks in the index but it's not the exact MIX of the whats in the index
 
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EFA up .76% today....up .425% from 1 pm yesterday to 1 pm today, lets see what "fair valuation" is for I at 7 pm esttonite:%
 
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Welcome LA_Guy! From tsp.gov...

On some days, the change in the I Fund share price reported by the TSP does not match the change reported for the Morgan Stanley EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) index, which the I Fund tracks. This happens when the Board's investment manager, Barclays Global Investors (BGI) reprices its EAFE Equity Index Fund, in which the TSP invests, after the close of the foreign markets. This process, known as "fair valuation," occurs when there are large U.S. market or currency movements between the time the foreign markets close and 4:00 p.m., eastern time, when BGI's share prices are determined. Fair valuation ensures that traders cannot "market time" the I Fund by making investment decisions based on the "stale" prices, thus diluting the returns of other participants who invest in the I Fund. Because the EAFE uses the foreign market closing prices to calculate its values, its price change will differ from the TSP's on those days.
 
Letting up? Nope.

Mergers and acquisitions activity has sent the FTSE 100 to multi-year highs in recent months and shows no signs of letting up with renewed takeover talk surrounding Cable & Wireless and music retailer and mid-cap HMV.

But analysts say a raft of pending company results, especially in the banking sector, will be pivotal in dictating the direction of UK equities in the near term.

"We will have a much better picture in three weeks and that is possibly why the market is treading water," said Richard Hunter, head of UK equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.

So... with 3 weeks of "let's wait and see..." and the Asian markets doing reasonably well, I'll do just that; run the truck in the I Fund MOAB, and wait & see. :cool:
 
I fund direction-Caution

I personally stress caution on the I fund...I know that the Euro markets are going gang busters at the moment......but there is indication that the I fund is going to either go on hold or take a drop for a few days....it remains to be seen as usual....of course this isn't proven yet.....
 
To Reminisce the Greatest I-Fund Run.

April 2003 to March 2004
.................45.21%
.......Never a negative month; not one.
.......Plenty of world disorder then too.
 
Another I-Fund Title in the Making?

June 2005 to Present
.................24.24%
...Only one negative month; October 2.9%.
..Is there any disorder in the world now? :rolleyes:
 
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