Transfer 7/7 for 7/8/04

[tsptalk]

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I haven't exactly been setting the world on fire with my market calls lately, so please consider your goals, risk tolerance and pain threshold before joining me on this one...

Before the noon ET deadline on Wednesday, I will initiate a transfer to the following allocation:

50% S, 50% I fund.

To read more about it, please see today's comments.

Tom

 

[Rolo]

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hehe...I loved your comments today...always entertaining and informative...on markets and personal choices...much wisdom there. "Knowing when you are wrong and acting upon it is better than being stubborn." -- I, myselfhave recently come to terms with that very important concept...thanks for the reinforcement!

Abandoning C for now? I take it the rationale is that small-caps will benefit more on short spikes?

 

[puertorico]

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I was yesterday 20-C 70-s 10-i

big losses S fund beat me to dead:s

A least for today 30-s 70-I ,lets hope the dolar is down

over the euro AND I FUND CAN put me back on the game

I DID the move to i-fund was risky but I thing was

a good lucky move

 

[puertorico]

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yEssss look like the Euro is very up today

that's good for I FUND.:^

 

[tsptalk]

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puertorico wrote:

I was yesterday 20-C 70-s 10-i

big losses S fund beat me to dead:s

A least for today 30-s 70-I ,lets hope the dolar is down

over the euro AND I FUND CAN put me back on the game

I DID the move to i-fund was risky but I thing was

a good lucky move

Nice call. I hope I'm not a day late on the I fund.

 

[Rolo]

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tsptalk wrote:

I hope I'm not a day late on the I fund.

Me too! But, "better late than never" probably applies.

I'm just following the TSPTalk herd for a while.

 

[puertorico]

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:?Yesterday was not that good :?

Today

s&p fut. nasd fut. dow fut. will open low

:s"red zone":s

hope during the day become greeeeen

 

[tsptalk]

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Rolo wrote:

Abandoning C for now? I take it the rationale is that small-caps will benefit more on short spikes?

Sorry Rolo, I didn't see your post until today. Yes, I am basically getting aggressivepreparing for any rebound, which I was hoping for today. But Yahoo!, who should change their names to Yikes!, put a damper on that so far this morning. I'm still hoping bargain hunters swoop in before the close.

 

[Rolo]

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tsptalk wrote:

I'm still hoping bargain hunters swoop in before the close.

Ah, cool...I was thinking that, too....seeing this steep pull-back as buying opportunities for value-type investors and, more importantly, for institutional investors.

 

[lovegardening]

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:shock: I just dont know what to say after seeing today's market returns.....WHAT ARE WE TO DO.Is there any hope

 

[Rolo]

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heh, ya, somebody bled all over my Scottrade today. :shock:

My oil tankers are still unsinkable though!

At least this was a good buy point for my little bit of G that is getting moved today. (How's that for a soother, heh heh.)

 

[Frizz B.]

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These are the same conversations we heard the last time the market went belly up. Then all of a sudden it turned around and came back. Just give it time and things will get back to the future. The only part is when to figure the market will say enough and keep on climbing to the predictions that were made in the begginning of the year. A rise of 10 to 12 % for the year. Hang in there. :dude:

 

[Pete1]

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Don't bail yet, especially if you are 100% invested in stocks. Be patient.

 

[mrhaslam]

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Good evening everyone. I am new to the websiteandI just wanted to introduce myself. I am mrhaslam:^. I have been enrolled in TSP since December 03. I will be asking questions, and hopefully one of these days in the near future, I will be as knowledgeable as all of you. Oh yeah, I am currently allocated 30% F, 10% C, 30% S and 30% I. The only reason I can gather that I have made such a move is because I guess it is pretty balanced. Please let me know what you think.

 

[tsptalk]

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Welcome mrhaslam!

Your allocation looks fairly aggressive. I don't know about that F fund for the longer term. You may want to try the G fund or get more aggressive with stocks. I don't see the F helping you too much this year.

Thanks for joining us.

Tom

 

[Rolo]

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Welcome, Mr. H!

Yeah, ditch that F. Live on the edge with eeeeeeeeSSSSSSSSS! or go with the less volatile C in lieu of F.

I would also add that you can put it in G and wait for a buy point, but I believe a great buy point was yesterday, so get-ta-steppin'!

 

[lovegardening]

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:^Hey, its nice to see we are up for a change. should give us all a few extra pennies in our funds.......wonder what caused this change???????

 

[puertorico]

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Tom

When are options expires "july 17" ?

I things the market will go up after friday

expiration.The market will be in his way down

until expiration ,then last week of July I expect

to be a good-one.Today may be:^good ,

but after today nothing else than way down.

That my call.

 

[tsptalk]

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puertorico wrote:

Tom

When are options expires "july 17" ?

Yes.

Options Expiration Calendar

 

[mrhaslam]

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Thank you for the advice Tom. Could you please explain your reason as to why the F fund over the G. Also, since I have been invested in the F, it has gradually increased. I changed my allocation about 2 weeks ago when it was down around $9.94. As of yesterday it was around $10.09. I guess it is just beginners luck. I could reckon that this is a good move for the short term. As for the C fund I would think that I got hit pretty hard, but is this the time that I should be putting more into it? This is soooooo much fun!



mrhaslam:^