nasa1974's Account Talk

[nasa1974]

Turned a slight profit today. Was a bit of a surprise. So what will tomorrow bring?

 

[nasa1974]

Had to go to a funeral today so I wasn't following the market. Nice day today. Let's hope Monday can come through as well.
Going to the Cavs game tonight, see everyone over the weekend.

 

[nasa1974]

This is how my spreadsheet looks for the week ending 4/9.

Week ending 4/9
<1% $103,938.92(GFCSI 45.82%, 4.98%, 17.10%, 17.06% & 15.04%)
80,5,5,5,5%$101,673.53 (GFCSI)
30,35,35%$106,049.69 (CSI)
G-100% $100,856.47
F-100% $101,624.58
C-100%$106,004.33
S-100%$111,533.26
I-100%$100,604.99


Difference between 4/2 & 4/9
<1% $789.98
80,5,5,5,5%$301.15
30,35,35%$1,587.16
G-100% $74.68
F-100% $79.39
C-100%$1,498.85
S-100%$2,786.34
I-100%$463.67


Week ending 4/2
<1% $103,148.94(GFCSI 48.72%, 4.96%, 16.04%, 15.95% & 14.32%)
80,5,5,5,5% $101,372.38 (GFCSI)
30,35,35% $104,462.53 (CSI)
G-100% $100,781.79
F-100% $101,545.19
C-100% $104,505.48
S-100% $108,746.92
I-100% $100,141.32

 

[nasa1974]

Yesterday was pretty choppy and today could be interseting for sure. Since the first of the year Tuesday trading has only 3 negative days across the board (CSI). So the odds favor today being an up day. But Asia closed pretty much to the red side, Europe is mixed so far and futures this morning are pointing to a lower opening. Going to be another long day.

 

[Handballer]

Yesterday was pretty choppy and today could be interseting for sure. Since the first of the year Tuesday trading has only 3 negative days across the board (CSI). So the odds favor today being an up day. But Asia closed pretty much to the red side, Europe is mixed so far and futures this morning are pointing to a lower opening. Going to be another long day.

Thanks for the info. I remember January and February not in favor of my TSP holdings.

 

[nasa1974]

Been away from the computer all day doing yard work. WOW!!! :nuts: Some nice numbers. Charts show a pretty steady climb all day. So does the climb continue tomorrow or do we see a decent sell off and take the profits? Sure wish we could make up our minds by 3:30 instead of noon.

 

[WorkFE]

I'm with ya NASA.

 

[JTH]

Been away from the computer all day doing yard work. WOW!!! :nuts: Some nice numbers. Charts show a pretty steady climb all day. So does the climb continue tomorrow or do we see a decent sell off and take the profits? Sure wish we could make up our minds by 3:30 instead of noon.

SPX said "screw you 1200" passed it up, and closed at 1210. This is only a potential 1-2 days away from the much predicted 1230 number. The question then becomes are there enough lemmons left to squeeze me some juice. The market ear tells me 1st quarter earnings are expected to exceed expectations.

Next thing you know folks will be looking at 1300 as the next level. Meanwhile the Bears will be sitting in cash with thier "____" in hand wondering how it happened. Hedge funds will be scrambling to beat the S&P 500 in the second quarter, then those sleepy "burned in 2008" bears will start buying at the top, pushing us even higher to a sweet exhaustive climax.

Or we could just tank...

 

[KevinD]

Or we could just tank...

:laugh:

 

[nasa1974]

From CNBC
http://www.cnbc.com/id/36562493?__source=yahoo|headline|quote|text|&par=yahoo

S&P 500 Headed For 1350: BofA

Published: Thursday, 15 Apr 2010 | 1:24 PM ET

By: Jeff Cox

CNBC.com

Strong economic growth and an even better earnings season than projected has Bank of America-Merrill Lynch raising its view on the stock market's prospects.
The Standard & Poor's 500 [.SPX 1212.48 1.83 (+0.15%) ] will reach 1300 by the end of 2010 and 1350 a year from now, BofA-Merrill Global Research said in a note to clients. The projection represents a 7 percent increase from current levels to year's end and is 25 points higher than the firm's original estimate......

 

[nasa1974]

Below are partial excerpts from


GovernmentExecutive.com

Here is the link to the article.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45032&oref=todaysnews


Oversight committee OKs telework and TSP bills

By Jessica Lambertson jlambertson@govexec.com
April 14, 2010

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday approved measures to expand telework and to allow federal employees to invest the value of unused leave in their retirement accounts...

The committee also passed by voice vote a bill (H.R. 4865) that would allow federal employees to add the cash value of leftover annual leave to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts, so long as it didn't put them over annual contribution limits of $16,500 for employees younger than 50 and $22,000 for those who are 50 or older...

 

[nnuut]

Below are partial excerpts from


GovernmentExecutive.com

Here is the link to the article.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45032&oref=todaysnews


Oversight committee OKs telework and TSP bills

By Jessica Lambertson jlambertson@govexec.com
April 14, 2010

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday approved measures to expand telework and to allow federal employees to invest the value of unused leave in their retirement accounts...

The committee also passed by voice vote a bill (H.R. 4865) that would allow federal employees to add the cash value of leftover annual leave to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts, so long as it didn't put them over annual contribution limits of $16,500 for employees younger than 50 and $22,000 for those who are 50 or older...

Yeah Great timing on my part!!!

 

[BamaAF]

Yeah Great timing on my part!!!

I've got to look into this -- I turned 50 this last Oct -- does this mean I put more $$ into my TSP now?

 

[nasa1974]

In January 3 out of 4 Fridays where negative. Since then Fridays have been mixed and hard to trend. So today could go either way. Right now it looks as if the markets may take back at least 33% of gains made this week. But the last half hour has always been interesting and nerve racking. Tough call today whether to jump in or get out. Good luck everyone.

 

[nasa1974]

Roller coaster ride for sure today.

 

[grandma]

Getting on the highly renowned roller coaster without a parachute & without the lap-bar secured in place before the start of the trip is not recommended.

Shrieking & flailing of arms about during the ride will still result in being at the bottom of the pit, only sooner than the coaster-car would have you there anyway.

Extend the ride by repeating tomorrow to see if you can get your lunch back, your voice back, your equilibrium back....

Nor is jumping ship before the lifeboats are correctly positioned in the water recommended; the lily pads are generally back closer to the shore !

I'm Stuck !!!!
:toung:

 

[nasa1974]

Looks like the SEC actions against GS is having a real negative affect. May give back all of this weeks gains and then some. To add insult to injury next week is experations week right?

 

[nasa1974]

Had to post. I was only one away from falling to the second page.

Well, what a day. I lost 1.47% so I guess I will need about 2% on the positive side to make up for that loss. Even if we trade flat for the rest of the month it will be a good month. Yeah right!!!:blink:

 

[nnuut]

I've got to look into this -- I turned 50 this last Oct -- does this mean I put more $$ into my TSP now?

It's always best to contribute the Max that you can afford, especially if you are FERS!!

 

[nasa1974]

GRRR!!! Did this earlier and hit the wrong key and it all disappeared.

This is how my <1% vs. "buy & hold" spreadsheet looked at the end of last week. The C fund was the only one that lost money thanks to Friday's sell off. Also last week was the first time in a long time I made two <1% moves in the same week.

Week ending 4/16
<1% $104,177.00 (GFCSI 40%, 5%, 19%, 19% & 17%)
80,5,5,5,5%$101,816.88 (GFCSI)
30,35,35%$106,442.24 (CSI)
G-100% $100,922.00
F-100% $102,348.12
C-100%$105,817.44
S-100%$112,578.43
I-100%$100,841.58

Difference between 4/9 & 4/16
<1% $238.08
80,5,5,5,5%$143.35
30,35,35%$392.55
G-100% $65.53
F-100% $723.54
C-100%$226.89
S-100%$1,045.17
I-100%$236.59

Week ending 4/9
<1% $103,938.92(GFCSI 45.82%, 4.98%, 17.10%, 17.06% & 15.04%)
80,5,5,5,5%$101,673.53 (GFCSI)
30,35,35%$106,049.69 (CSI)
G-100% $100,856.47
F-100% $101,624.58
C-100%$106,004.33
S-100%$111,533.26
I-100%$100,604.99