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To TSP or not to TSP
- Thread starter DazedandConfused
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ehehehe, Lacy.
Should you move your TSP elsewhere? It depends: can you achieve a better return elsewhere?
2/3 or so of mutual funds underperform the market indexes. That means the TSP funds are in the top 1/3. Also, gripe about TSP's IFTs all you want, but they are still just as expedient as most.
If you can beat the TSP funds, by all means, transfer it; otherwise, enjoy the convenience and next-to-nothing fees.
Personally, I will transfer my TSP to a traditional IRA when the time comes. I can do sector plays in my Scottrade IRA for more investment options in most market conditions.
And I still cannot see the graphs in FireFox. That's OK, I don't use it except for testing and "testing" anyway. I can see them in Opera.
ehehehe, Lacy.
Should you move your TSP elsewhere? It depends: can you achieve a better return elsewhere?
2/3 or so of mutual funds underperform the market indexes. That means the TSP funds are in the top 1/3. Also, gripe about TSP's IFTs all you want, but they are still just as expedient as most.
If you can beat the TSP funds, by all means, transfer it; otherwise, enjoy the convenience and next-to-nothing fees.
Personally, I will transfer my TSP to a traditional IRA when the time comes. I can do sector plays in my Scottrade IRA for more investment options in most market conditions.
And I still cannot see the graphs in FireFox. That's OK, I don't use it except for testing and "testing" anyway. I can see them in Opera.
DazedandConfused
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Rolo, I may be wrong but it seems your level of expertise in the investing field would be a strong determining factor for staying or leaving the TSP. I don't want to mess with individual stocks at all so would something like Scottrade really be worth me looking into?
Rolo, I may be wrong but it seems your level of expertise in the investing field would be a strong determining factor for staying or leaving the TSP. I don't want to mess with individual stocks at all so would something like Scottrade really be worth me looking into?
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If you need to keep some of your TSP in a riskless asset, the G fund is a free lunch (5 year yield and no market or credit risk. Unless you plan to chase yesterdays returns (buy high/sell low), the TSP funds are adequate for unsophisticated investors such as yourself. I'm keeping my TSP into retirement. BTW, I don't see Eliot Spitzer investigating the TSP.
If you need to keep some of your TSP in a riskless asset, the G fund is a free lunch (5 year yield and no market or credit risk. Unless you plan to chase yesterdays returns (buy high/sell low), the TSP funds are adequate for unsophisticated investors such as yourself. I'm keeping my TSP into retirement. BTW, I don't see Eliot Spitzer investigating the TSP.
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