November 2018

Allocation Percentages for November 2018
F Fund

0%

C Fund

100%

S Fund

0%

I Fund

0%

If you take a look at my post from September, I ended it with saying I would not be surprised if we saw another flat month for October. Well, the results across the board are pretty surprising, but I should say they are not unexpected. To put a finer point on it, I expect choppy months like the one we just had in general terms, but I did not expect a market to perform this way when the underlining economy is performing so well. The key is to not panic. I am investing for the long-term and if I sell or move funds around to chase the market, I will be like a cat chasing its tail. As we saw towards the end of the month, anyone who chose to sell, lost out on the rallies in the last two days. To put this month in perspective, the last time we had a poor month like this was August 2015. After that very rough month, the C Fund experienced down months during 5 of the next 14 months. I do not think we are in that position just yet. What I do think is there is a tremendous amount of "how much longer can this good market last?" coupled with indicators that technology stocks, Amazon just to name one, have unsupported valuations. I also think the market will begin to settle out once the elections are decided. So, for the month of November, I am still 100% in the C Fund. Of all of my options, including the F Fund, it has the strongest fundamentals and the risk of moving my investments to the "safe harbor" of the F Fund is just too high, when I think the losses in October are fairly temporary.
           
  

TSP FUND QUOTES

Date L Income L 2025 L 2030 L 2035 L 2040 L 2045 L 2050 L 2055 L 2060 L 2065 L 2070 G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
2024-11-22 26.8071 13.8108 51.0235 15.4040 58.6345 16.1249 35.5088 17.9670 17.9648 17.9624 10.6429 18.6680 19.5294 94.1871 96.2559 42.6555
2024-11-21 26.7630 13.7847 50.8402 15.3435 58.3842 16.0512 35.3363 17.8624 17.8602 17.8579 10.5814 18.6658 19.5205 93.8581 94.6413 42.4370
Daily Change 0.16%0.19%0.36%0.39%0.43%0.46%0.49%0.59%0.59%0.59%0.58%0.01%0.05%0.35%1.71%0.51%
Month to Date 1.08%1.22%2.18%2.37%2.56%2.72%2.89%3.49%3.49%3.49%3.46%0.26%-0.33%4.74%11.13%-1.08%
Year to Date 7.64%8.67%12.8%13.65%14.52%15.26%16.02%18.82%18.82%18.82%0%3.92%1.6%26.66%24.85%6.16%
Details L Income L 2025 L 2030 L 2035 L 2040 L 2045 L 2050 L 2055 L 2060 L 2065 L 2070 G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
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