Interfund Transfer 10/14 for 10/17/05

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Hi Tom! I knew yesterday the I fund was down and the MSCI comes out showing the fund down by 1.15%at the end. Now today they open EFA at 1.04% down this is actually yesterdays loss! These guys are regulating thisfund as stated as they do not want anyone timing the thing. It seems to me they are taking the EFA and adjusting against what actually happened when they realign it. It seems to bemost noticeable on days when the swing is big. The persons or person doing the adjusting has habits and this maybe the key to figuring thisfund out.By doing so they have made the EFA a worthless indicator and only a factor of the whole. So vertually it is a guessing game as to when the person or persons make the adjustment to the funds. It really torksme when they do this cause it costs you the difference. This is why Icost averaged into this fund and still they caught me.
 
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How 'bout that I fund? EFA up .81% and the I fund loses .18%, and the dollar was down!Yesterday'sloss was a bit lighterthan the EFA loss so I can see some minor adjustments, but my guess is tomorrow the I fund willhave to pay a bit more than the EFA return to even things out.
 
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Yep. I'm leaving it alone for a long time.

I still have to watch the market due to my home-purchasing / Roth IRA situation, but other than that, I don't care much. :P
 

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A decline in the Consumer Confidence Report is pulling the market back after a nice opening rally. That is good. A bad confidence report tends to lead to higher prices (another contrarian indicator). I'm ready to go full force into stocks and am making an interfund transfer this morning going 40% C, 30% S and 30% I fund. This will be effective 10/17 getting theclosing prices of 10/14.

Please only get aggressive here if you can be nimble and get out again fairly quickly. Maybe as early as next week. Today's Market Comments are at www.tsptalk.com/comments.html

Tom
 
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