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[FUTURESTRADER]

What do you mean "follow 2easy in the Autotracker"? I saw the forum for Member's accounts, is that what your talking about? Do you wait for them to post and if you agree or think it's a good move, follow it?

yes..TSPTalk Automated Tracker, link on homepage, 2Easy up 13.63% YTD and still in G today. I don't know if you can log in to the tracker until you have 10 posts or maybe just can't join the tracker till you have 10. Check out the Autotracker Thread for the rules. Just watch what the leaders have done, are doing...just another strategy, but like most strategies, they get hot and cold.

 

[Hockeyfreak]

yes..TSPTalk Automated Tracker, link on homepage, 2Easy up 13.63% YTD and still in G today. I don't know if you can log in to the tracker until you have 10 posts or maybe just can't join the tracker till you have 10. Check out the Autotracker Thread for the rules. Just watch what the leaders have done, are doing...just another strategy, but like most strategies, they get hot and cold.

Well, I'm almost there. I'm in no hurry, I'm going to ride out the month where I'm at anyway. I'm hoping the 500 will gain back what it lost this week. I'll look at it when I get the posts and see what your talking about. Right now, I'm just going to get my history in either the spreadsheet or Quicken, and see how bad I've been doing.

 

[Hockeyfreak]

The tsptalk08.xls is the spreadsheet I started with. It took about 3 months for me to modify it for my purpose, but my spreadsheet is basically Tom's template. I did put another couple worksheets in to track share prices and my fund growth/contraction on a monthly bases. This was the hardest as I had to login to my tsp account and request balance for the first of every month since I began my account. I used the paper trail I had to account for all my contributions and then I downloaded the daily share prices and the monthly returns to track that as well. I may be able to put a template of this spreadsheet together, but I can't promise anything as work is taking up most of my time. GL

Thanks for the offer. If you get time, I'm sure I'll use it, but don't worry about it if it's a big deal.

One question I had was about my TSP loans (see first post as to why I have loans!). I know they only gather the interest that I'm paying myself on the loan, but how would I account for them in the spreadsheet, and are they included in my TSP balance shown on statements and on the website?

Thanks again for all the help and advice that you guys are giving.

 

[Scout333]

One question I had was about my TSP loans (see first post as to why I have loans!). I know they only gather the interest that I'm paying myself on the loan, but how would I account for them in the spreadsheet, and are they included in my TSP balance shown on statements and on the website?

Hockey, I have a spreadsheet and just account for the money that is actually in my account. ie Reduce the original balance when the loan is taken out. As I pay it back I add it back to my balances. Same as your bi-weekly contributions. That may be a little overly-simplistic but it works for me. For example if you normally put in $ 500 bi-weekly and you split it 5 ways evenly between the TSP funds(20% each) and you pay yourself back $ 500 on the TSP loan I would split it the same way. Over time, as you pay back more than you borrowed ( The interest -G fund rate) it will be added back into your account. Good luck! Hang in there better times are ahead!

 

[Scout333]

Hockey, I have a spreadsheet and just account for the money that is actually in my account. ie Reduce the original balance when the loan is taken out. As I pay it back I add it back to my balances. Same as your bi-weekly contributions. That may be a little overly-simplistic but it works for me. For example if you normally put in $ 500 bi-weekly and you split it 5 ways evenly between the TSP funds(20% each) and you pay yourself back $ 500 on the TSP loan I would split it the same way. Over time, as you pay back more than you borrowed ( The interest -G fund rate) it will be added back into your account. Good luck! Hang in there better times are ahead!

For anyone who might be interested I posted the spreadsheet I use at Tally Talk under thread titled Scout333's TSP Contribution Spreadsheet. Link is there also. Current Version as of 9/25/08: http://www.tsptalk.com/utilities/Scouts_Spreadsheet.xls

Just a tip for those who don't like the split window view, just select Window and then Remove Split.

 

[EW_ret]

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