Playing the I fund

[sugarandspice]

Gflat
F+.04
C+.11
S+.23
I+.23

Some good gains!

 

[Wheels]

I sure hope I get an FV out of this since I bailed on the I today.

No such luck. Oh well. At least the G penny waited for me.

Dave
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[frokker]

Gflat
F+.04
C+.11
S+.23
I+.23

Some good gains!

Once again, SWEET!!

 

[ocean]

1-877-968-3778
wait for voice then push#2
wait for voice then push #1

Usually have to wait until around 5-10 minutes till 4 pm....7 for you eastern types.

Thanks Sugar. I tried it again and it worked.

 

[Show-me]

Looks like about $20.04 with the 1.115% gain.

Well done Sugar!

 

[Show-me]

Nice way to open in Asia!

http://tinyurl.com/pt2xb

 

[Gilligan]

Gilligan,

If you were right again today, you ought to give a tutorial here to show us how to do it. Well, may be not because we have you on the board and that's good enough. Thanks.

Ocean

Ocean, I don't think anyone wants a tutorial from me after that miss. I'm throwing that formula in the shreader.

 

[Fivetears]

The NIKKEI is at 48.71 (0.30%) as post time stamped.
The AORD is at 75.00 (1.52%) as post time stamped.

 

[Fivetears]

The NIKKEI is at -25.10 (-0.15%) as post time stamped.
The AORD is at 76.00 (1.54%) as post time stamped.

 

[Griffin]

There have been so many big FV adjustments over the past 6-7 days, I've lost track, is the I-Fund evened up with the EAFE?

 

[Show-me]

Wowsers!

20.05 - There shouldn't be an FV today

I have not heard. S&S and Fabijo were within a penny. Great job guys!

 

[fabijo]

There have been so many big FV adjustments over the past 6-7 days, I've lost track, is the I-Fund evened up with the EAFE?

Yup. The I Fund is even with the EAFE.

 

[Birchtree]

So far during 2006, the German, French and British markets are up about 7%, 8% and 5%, respectively, outpacing U.S. stocks. If U.S. interest rates have peaked, then that is probably significant for the growth outlook. If growth slows to trend, then that's a good environment for equity markets globally, but if you get a hard landing in the U.S. then that's a different situation altogether. Go Goldilocks. Snort.

 

[airlift]

So far during 2006, the German, French and British markets are up about 7%, 8% and 5%, respectively, outpacing U.S. stocks. If U.S. interest rates have peaked, then that is probably significant for the growth outlook. If growth slows to trend, then that's a good environment for equity markets globally, but if you get a hard landing in the U.S. then that's a different situation altogether. Go Goldilocks. Snort.

You are spot on! I might add that there seems to be some profit taking today; but some traders think that this is only a rest, at least until next week, when the U.S. markets would become oversold. In any event, we have a few good things going for us in the I-fund, namely, the Dollar is declining against other currencies, and the price of oil appears to be in a short-term (1 or 2 weeks?) downward move, apparently, because of the easing of tensions in the Mideast. What I have heard, however, is that with the leading economic indicators coming in at -0.1%, the slowdown is foreseable. Because of this, other currencies should do better than the Dollar with the FED on hold. Of course, all bets are off, if the U.S. economy were to tank in a hard landing, or if the fragile Mideast truce were to gather strength toward resumption of hostilities. I think IRAN could have some surprises for the West, in terms of attitudes and intentions. They are supposed to have indicated that they are waiting for the August 22 date for something which is unclear to me. Also, the worries that investors will have after worrying about the FED raising rates will be whether corporate margins will be sufficient to keep a positive trend in the U.S. Supposedly, if the U.S. consumer slows down, corporate investments are supposed to increase and substitute any lags in activity; and, thus, the economy would not tank. We have to be aware that none of this will prevent the usual cycles from kicking in, and we are still in the worst couple of months of the year. Therefore, we could be getting a correction in September or October, before the U.S. stock market rallies at year-end! The timing of this becomes the necessity! Any other comments are welcome!

 

[airlift]

I will appreciate any opinion regarding whether today or tomorrow are good days to increase the transfer into the I-fund? Or would it be better to wait?

 

[Spaf]

sponsor,
You really have to consider your strategy!
At Q2 I was in the G-fund because tsptalk had a good point about a near future correction, the charts said that it was due.
So, in May we had a [$SPX] C-fund high of 1326.70. As the market dropped I bought in till it bottomed in June at 1219.29 That strategy is not a trading recommendation, in fact it's called Averaging Down. Buying in as the market goes up is averaging up or traders call it pyramiding, which builds a position in a strongly trending stock.
I only did what I did because I hold index funds in TSP and others.
Right now we are at 1296. The market should take a breather, the RSI is fairly warm.
But, the economic news is pretty good, oil is declining in price and the mid east is cooling (fingers crossed).
I tend to use multi funds with a max international of 30-40%, but that's just me.
Averaging up is what the text book says, that way there is risk but somewhat lessened........well thats MHO!
Respectfully........Spaf

 

[Birchtree]

And it hurt didn't it - until the pain started feeling good. That's a hard concept for participants to fathome - but the prices certainly good.

 

[airlift]

sponsor,
You really have to consider your strategy!
At Q2 I was in the G-fund because tsptalk had a good point about a near future correction, the charts said that it was due.
So, in May we had a [$SPX] C-fund high of 1326.70. As the market dropped I bought in till it bottomed in June at 1219.29 That strategy is not a trading recommendation, in fact it's called Averaging Down. Buying in as the market goes up is averaging up or traders call it pyramiding, which builds a position in a strongly trending stock.
I only did what I did because I hold index funds in TSP and others.
Right now we are at 1296. The market should take a breather, the RSI is fairly warm.
But, the economic news is pretty good, oil is declining in price and the mid east is cooling (fingers crossed).
Averaging up is what the text book says, that way there is risk but somewhat lessened........well thats MHO!
Respectfully........Spaf

Spaf, I can only say thank you for giving me your perspective! Have a great day!

 

[ChemEng]

So, in May we had a [$SPX] C-fund high of 1326.70. As the market dropped I bought in till it bottomed in June at 1219.29 That strategy is not a trading recommendation, in fact it's called Averaging Down.

Im still very much a newbie here, but whats the problem with Averaging Down? It seems like a decent way to reduce the gains required to break even in a fund thats dipping. I suppose the recommended strategy would be to cut bait, take the loss, and try again elsewhere?

 

[Gilligan]

Ballpark is +0.226 in LC, dollar is about -0.10% so USD would be about +0.326 and that should put the I fund around $20.12 but my guess was off by 9 cents yesterday.