Playing the I fund

[mlk_man]

Do you have to buy two tickets?

 

[sugarandspice]

Where you going? A cruise perhaps? Last time I took one, internet access was close to a dollar a minute, but I was able to trade.

Covering operations for the military. Aboard military vessel.

 

[Pilgrim]

Covering operations for the military. Aboard military vessel.

Sic Spice on them. After ten minutes of her, they'll hand you the keys to the comm center.

 

[fabijo]

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^N300


http://www.allstocks.com/markets/World_Charts/world_charts.html

I like that world charts link! Thanks for posting. I've noticed a couple of times how Japan and China tend to have about a one hour span of a pretty flat chart. I saw it the past two days. Is this like a lunch break for the traders or something?

 

[nnuut]

Msci +.267

 

[Veruca]

I'm a newbie with some questions.

1. I notice that EFV gapped up today. I made an ITF yesterday to I around 11:00 am EST. Am I buying in at the price at the end of the day yesterday or at the beginning of the morning today?

2. Also earlier this week someone mentioned that September 24 was going to be a big weird day for the dollar-that the currency people might know something the rest of us did not. That's the start of Ramadan. Is that what the reference was to or is there something else? Is there some sort of meeting or economic announcement that happens on the last Monday of the month?

Finally, i s there someplace on the web to get a list of when during each month important economic news comes out?

Your help is appreciated.

Veruca

 

[nnuut]

Veruca, welcome to the board.
1. You buy the closing price of the day that it is purchased, by the deadline of 12:00 EDT.

2. The 24th of Sept. is a Sunday. I surely don''t know of anything that effects the Market on Sunday.

Norman

 

[fedgolfer]

where's Gilligan's estimate? There's a large disparity between MSCI's +.267%and EFA's approx 1.00%.

 

[FundSurfer]

I'd bet there is no FV today. Markets were steady (fairly) after the OSM closed (noon). The MSCI # is probably going to be correct. The EFA # is an ETF that follows the EAFE index. As a result it varies based on where people think the EAFE is going. People are betting the OSM goes up tommorrow and I think they will.

 

[fedgolfer]

What's OSM and how does it relate to the EAFE? Thanks in advance.

 

[Griffin]

What's OSM and how does it relate to the EAFE? Thanks in advance.

OSM - Overseas Market

 

[Pilgrim]

I'd bet there is no FV today. Markets were steady (fairly) after the OSM closed (noon). The MSCI # is probably going to be correct. The EFA # is an ETF that follows the EAFE index. As a result it varies based on where people think the EAFE is going. People are betting the OSM goes up tommorrow and I think they will.

Still pretty discouraging - Watching EFA do so well, close up 1.12%, then get less than a fourth of it. Maybe tomorrow we'll see the real green.

 

[FUTURESTRADER]

"Finally, is there someplace on the web to get a list of when during each month important economic news comes out? "

Veruca,

http://www.cbot.com/cbot/calendar/month/0,2409,9+1+2006+H+AR+FR+EU,00.html

a little less overwhelming:

http://tradingeducation.com/default.asp

 

[Gilligan]

where's Gilligan's estimate? There's a large disparity between MSCI's +.267%and EFA's approx 1.00%.

I was busy working on a new hut this morning. Sugar normally calculates MSCI's numbers. It looks like a 5 cent gain to $19.89

 

[Robo5555]

i'll take the nickel!!

 

[Griffin]

Finally, i s there someplace on the web to get a list of when during each month important economic news comes out?

Your help is appreciated.

Veruca

Welcome aboard

Yahoo's calendar is simple and it gives a description and importance rating of the various reports

http://biz.yahoo.com/c/e.html

 

[AIF]

Also some good links to Economic Calendars under 1st post in Economic News Section of this site:
http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showthread.php?t=2240&highlight=calendar

 

[ATCJeff]

I'm a newbie with some questions.

1. I notice that EFV gapped up today. I made an ITF yesterday to I around 11:00 am EST. Am I buying in at the price at the end of the day yesterday or at the beginning of the morning today?

2. Also earlier this week someone mentioned that September 24 was going to be a big weird day for the dollar-that the currency people might know something the rest of us did not. That's the start of Ramadan. Is that what the reference was to or is there something else? Is there some sort of meeting or economic announcement that happens on the last Monday of the month?

Finally, i s there someplace on the web to get a list of when during each month important economic news comes out?

Your help is appreciated.

Veruca

1. The closing price is the same as the opening price the next morning. You can see your IFT generally after 6am EST the next day showing your new allocation.

Jeff

 

[Robo5555]

Have you guys noticed a hike in stock prices whem funds are getting ready to distribute allocations? I might be wrong here...

 

[Robo5555]

I know TSP does not put a dent on the market....but all mutual funds do..