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Nice ending to yesterday. I need 1.14% to get back to my 12/31/07 TSP fund high. I have had a nice recovery since my absolute low on March 5th. Lets hope the last week and a half of 2009 can increase all of our retirement funds.
 
Over on coolhands account airlift and Scout333 where tlking about the <1% option. That account is now a read only located at the top of the "Members Account Talk" It has been edited to make it easier to find information. If anyone has any questions you can post them here.
 
Oh sure!! I take my 20% out of the I fund yesterday because the dollar is gaining strength and what happens today? The I fund closes up 0.64%. Well I still have one IFT left with 20% in G, 30% in C and 40% in S. There is still profit to be had this month. Good luck to all.
 
The C and S funds have had three good days in a row. Looks like today may add to that (anti jinx dance in progress). :laugh: Futures are up and Asia closed positive and Eurpoe looking green so far. With tomorrow being a short trading day I wonder if we will see some selling to lead into the last week of the year? Take some profit off the board. MMMMMM!!!
I am 0.71% away from my goal for 2009. Looks like I may catch that goal but will I be able to keep it? Four full trading days and 2 half days left in the year. I guess I will know for sure on the 31st. :blink:
Good luck everybody.
 



More pre-holiday cheer on Wall Street

By CNNMoney.com staff December 23, 2009: 5:15 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks were poised to open higher Wednesday, continuing a positive week leading up to the Christmas holiday, as investors look ahead to reports on income and home sales.
Dow Jones industrial average, Nasdaq-100 and S&P-500 futures were higher. Futures measure current index values against their perceived future performance and offer an indication of how markets may open when trading begins.
Stocks rallied for a third day Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 ending just below 14-month highs, after two economic reports fueled optimism.
The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes rose 7.4% on an annual basis in November and the government released its final revision of third-quarter gross domestic product, which said the broadest measure of U.S. economic activity rose at a 2.2% annual rate.

Economy: Government figures on personal income and spending in November will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET.

Economists surveyed by Briefing.com predicted a 0.5% increase in personal income, while spending is expected to be unchanged from the previous month.

A day after a surprisingly strong report on existing home, the government's report on November new home sales will be released at 10 a.m. ET. Economists expect the annual sales rate to rise to 438,000 from 430,000 a month earlier.

World markets: Asian markets closed higher, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng index up more than 1%; Tokyo was closed for a holiday. European indexes were higher in early trading.

Currency and commodities: The dollar was little changed against the euro and the yen, and up against the pound.

Crude oil for February delivery rose 38 cents to $74.78 a barrel. The government's weekly crude oil supply report is due at 10:30 a.m. ET.

Gold for February delivery eased $2.90 to $1,083.80 per ounce.
 
I was able to recover all the data I lost a couple of weeks ago in my Excel spreadsheet that followed the <1% Option vs "Buy and Hold" for 2009. I have also added the G and F funds as a 100% "Buy and Hold". Again I started January 1st with $100,000.00. Here are the results as of close of business December 24th.

<1% $126,390.23 (GFCSI 42.41%, 4.87%, 18.24%, 17.44% & 17.04%)
80,5,5,5,5% $106,872.27 (GFCSI)
30,35,35% $128,365.50 (CSI)
G-100% $102,901.31
F-100% $106,560.19
C-100% $123,939.00
S-100% $133,624.91
I-100% $126,900.24

The <1% Option does out perform the G fund but runs a close 4th behind the S and I funds and the 30,35,35 option.

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NASA:
<1% $126,390.23 (GFCSI 42.41%, 4.87%, 18.24%, 17.44% & 17.04%)
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-do I surmise correctly that for a <1%, you would up the ante each day an increase became available? I understand the theory of <1% in funds already open to me; but
in (trying to) thinking through your position as noted for the <1%, I see I am not grasping it. (so what else is new !!! :D View attachment 7760
The spreadsheet came, I am still trying to corral my daughter !! Thank you...
 
grandma said:
NASA:

-do I surmise correctly that for a <1%, you would up the ante each day an increase became available? I understand the theory of <1% in funds already open to me; but
in (trying to) thinking through your position as noted for the <1%, I see I am not grasping it. (so what else is new !!! :D View attachment 7760
The spreadsheet came, I am still trying to corral my daughter !! Thank you...
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grandma,

That's pretty close. With the noon deadline sometimes I missed an opportunity and sometimes I guessed wrong. I started the percentages at 80,5,5,5 and 5 in the GFCSI funds. Around the second week of August I had to reset the funds back to 80,5,5,5 and 5 because there was very little left in the G and F funds to draw from. Do not know if this helps.
I plan to track 2010 also just to get a good feel for the data. I want to back test for 2007 and what information I have for 2006 but I have not had the time.
 
Boghie said:
That is absolutely wild Burrocrat. I just sent him a PM. Maybe he can upload it to his thread. Others may find it interesting...
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Yeah, upload would be cool, i only have so many anonymous email addresses left, they are harder to come by these days, TSA security or something maybe.
 
burrocrat said:
Yeah, upload would be cool, i only have so many anonymous email addresses left, they are harder to come by these days, TSA security or something maybe.
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I actually have 2 spreadsheets. Both are Office 2007 and very large. There is a KB limit on what I can attach on this MB. One I use to track my personal TSP account the other I have been tracking the <1% Option against the "Buy and Hold" strategy. Just send me a PM with an E-mail address.
 
Interesting market day yesterday. Woo Hoo!! I only lost $6.68 :D:D Unfortunately, I jumped out of the I fund last week because the dollar was starting to strenghten. So what happens the I fund gains 45 cents per share over the last 5 days. :( Great timing huh!
 
thanks nasa1974,

got the spreadsheets you sent. instructions seem pretty easy to follow and looks like the results will show what i was looking for.

i'll ship them to my work email and play with it a bit on 'breaks' today. still slow at the office this time of year, i've been the only one there for almost a week now, kinda like a paid vacation.

thanks again, happy holidays.
 
burrocrat said:
thanks nasa1974,

got the spreadsheets you sent. instructions seem pretty easy to follow and looks like the results will show what i was looking for.

i'll ship them to my work email and play with it a bit on 'breaks' today. still slow at the office this time of year, i've been the only one there for almost a week now, kinda like a paid vacation.

thanks again, happy holidays.
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Your welcome!
 
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