EFA = +0.99%,,,,,,,(I) Fund = +0.68%,,,,,,,Some Debt was paid today and
happily resulted in a positive gain today. But the USM outperformed the
(I) Fund quite readily. The O/D Tracker still has the (I) Fund within the
"High" Overpayment area. If tomarrow's market gives us a day like today,
then the Fund Managers may have no choice but to put the Debt Payback
on hold and give the (I) Funder's every penny the EFA gets. But when you
weigh out all the Stock Funds, the (I) is not my fund of choice. Two weeks
ago we saw back-to-back "high" days which resulted in a payback of half
the debt the following day. BUT that was on a day that saw huge gains,
similar to todays action. Like I said, if we have another 2% day in the US
Market, both the EFA and (I) Fund should do well, even with a debt.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT MARKET DAY FULL OF POSITIVE VIBES
......DATE.....DLY % DIFF.....YTD TSP CENTS.....
(7/07/08)+0.802% -0.5058 tsp cents
(7/08/08)-1.1409% -0.2585 tsp cents
(7/09/08)+0.794% -0.4264 tsp cents
(7/10/08)-0.786% -0.2592 tsp cents
(7/11/08) +0.457% -0.3527 tsp cents
......DATE.....DLY % DIFF.....YTD TSP CENTS.....
(7/14/08) +0.397% -0.4372 tsp cents
(7/15/08) - 0.508% -0.3229 tsp cents
(7/16/08) -0.3206%-0.2605 tsp cents
(7/17/08) -0.2940%-0.2013 tsp cents
(7/18/08) -0.2422%-0.1504 tsp cents
......DATE.....DLY % DIFF.....YTD TSP CENTS.....
(7/21/08) +0.7334%-0.3109 tsp cents
(7/22/08)
-0.7174%-0.1553 tsp cents
(7/23/08)
+0.5982%-0.2868 tsp cents
(7/24/08)
+0.4519%-0.3797 tsp cents
(7/25/08) -
0.5288%-0.2868 tsp cents
......DATE.....DLY % DIFF.....YTD TSP CENTS.....
(7/28/08) +0.4966% -0.3660 tsp cents
(7/29/08)
-0.3038% -0.3039 tsp cents
THE KEY:
------------------------------------------------- WE OWE THEM ----
- .4000 thru -.3000 High Overpayment (Debt Payment Imminent)
- .3000 thru -.2000 Meduim Overpayment, (Flip A Coin)
- .2000 thru -.1000 Low Overpayment (Goal is Met)
- .1000 thru -.0000 Not Seen For A Long Time (TBA)
-------------------------------------------------- THEY OWE US ----
+.0000 thru+.1000 Low Deficit (Goal is Met)
+.1000 thru+.1500 Medium Deficit (Flip A Coin)
+.1500 thru+.2500 High Deficit (rarely goes higher)
+.2500 thru+.3000 Windfall Coming !
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