I-Fund

[ravensfan]

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Is the I fund expected to get an artificial boost today because of the beating it took from the dollar yesterday?

Not sure what happened. Things were looking good this morning and then we nose dived after 1200 hrs. I suspect it will remain like this until the Ukraine situation stabilizes. It is certainly primed for a run up though...

 

[bmneveu]

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Is the I fund expected to get an artificial boost today because of the beating it took from the dollar yesterday?

It looks like it did get a nice little push from the TSP Gods. EFA ended the day -.20%, while the I fund ended +.26%. That adds up to a friendly nudge of almost half a percent!

 

[ebbnflow]

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Wow, the TSP overlords must have messed up the I-fund on Wednesday for not issuing a -FV.
The MSCI EAFE folks finally updated Tthursday to show a loss of -0.01% in the I-fund (a couple hours late).
Then the TSP overlords gave the I-fund a gain of +0.20%. That's not even a +FV...it's a whopping price adjustment of +0.21%. :notrust:

Note: Price adjustments are usually in the +0.03% range.

 

[fedgolfer]

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Wow, no discussion on I-fund and a long-term dollar spike that is about to take place?! 'Bout time to hop on board the I-train with some new IFTs coming in Nov.

 

[tsptalk]

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Too many I-fund threads, I guess...

http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/i-fund/21235-dollar-hurting-i-fund.html

I'm confused by what you said... Are you thinking the dollar is going to continue to spike, or has finished spiking?

It sounds more like you're saying it will continue to spike, so wouldn't the I-fund be hurt by that? Thanks.

 

[fedgolfer]

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I'm thinking that with the dollar spiking so aggresively and BOJ's QE, that the I-fund isn't nearly as bad as it may seem. At least through early Nov. Despite the longer term uptrend of the dollar, UUP can have a week or two of downward pressure and still remain in an uptrend... giving insitutional investors time to unwind from the surprise BOJ QE. Then, rather that going from I-fund to safety... I-fund to S/C-fund, post elections. Just a contrarian strategy worth discussing that bucks the mass trend since so many are sidelined by the fast spike in US equitities and predicting topping patterns. I agree with your assessments of inverted H&S and strong bullish patterns forming. PSARs with a max step adjusted from .2 (more volative) to .1 (less volatile) shows some pretty strong bullish trends that will continue until they are broken. And coming back to the I-fund/dollar... nobody thinks its a good trade today... which means its shaping up to be a great short term one... uup price is outside the top bollinger, with a strong chance of a short term reversal back into the band.

 

[tsptalk]

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The U.S. markets are closed but overseas markets were open today. Europe was down Monday and Asia was up. I think the I-fund is leaning slightly negative going into Tuesday.

 

[exnavyew]

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[h=1]Greek debt talks with euro zone break down, way forward uncertain[/h]
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/france-hints-euro-zone-ease-111155699.html

 

[tsptalk]

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I see the EAFE actually closed up 013% on Monday.

The U.S. markets are closed but overseas markets were open today. Europe was down Monday and Asia was up. I think the I-fund is leaning slightly negative going into Tuesday.

 

[law87]

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I see the EAFE actually closed up 013% on Monday.

so monday count or does it roll over to tuesday?

 

[FireWeatherMet]

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I see the EAFE actually closed up 013% on Monday.

And that's with lots of negative geopolitics...Greece walking away from debt restructuring talks, More proof Russian artillery pieces are moving across border into Ukraine.

 

[tsptalk]

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It will incorporated into Tuesday's closing price.

so monday count or does it roll over to tuesday?

 

[tsptalk]

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And that's with lots of negative geopolitics...Greece walking away from debt restructuring talks, More proof Russian artillery pieces are moving across border into Ukraine.

Yeah, and a little surprising since the European markets were down.

 

[Cactus]

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With the pop in the I Fund not occurring until 2 PM today I guess it will be another day for the fund to get shorted, I mean FVed. Oh well, at least it crossed over the 200 day SMA today.

 

[Skorcher]

I Fund FV

With the pop in the I Fund not occurring until 2 PM today I guess it will be another day for the fund to get shorted, I mean FVed. Oh well, at least it crossed over the 200 day SMA today.

Looks like the FV is in your favor today. EAF up 0.59% and I Fund up 0.72%. That was with the dollar (UUP) up 0.04%.
Go figure.:blink:

 

[MrJohnRoss]

Re: I Fund FV

Looks like the I Fund is regaining some strength against C and S. Perhaps I sold too soon.

 

[exnavyew]

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Simply for what it's worth:

ETF Quote: efa iShares MSCI EAFE - Morningstar

 

[exnavyew]

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[h=1]Americans chase European stocks[/h]
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ameri...avoid-the-euro--the-right-call-191324431.html

 

[Joe66]

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Last year the I fund lost about 5.3%, so far this year it has made nearly 6%. I have about 20% of my income there. If the I manages to have a very good year, meaning if it returns 15%, I will still transfer most of my money out of it because I don't like the roller coaster associate with this particular fund.

 

[nasa1974]

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Americans chase European stocks


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ameri...avoid-the-euro--the-right-call-191324431.html

Interesting article. What I got out of it was invest local and don't worry about overseas.