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
2025-06-13 27.6479 14.2316 52.9024 15.9824 60.8723 16.7473 36.8940 18.6869 18.6846 18.6821 11.0726 19.1308 20.0012 95.0040 88.2485 48.5492
2025-06-12 27.7407 14.2818 53.2972 16.1137 61.4173 16.9078 37.2703 18.9127 18.9104 18.9080 11.2064 19.1284 20.0748 96.0737 89.7781 49.1157
Daily Change -0.33%-0.35%-0.74%-0.81%-0.89%-0.95%-1.01%-1.19%-1.19%-1.19%-1.19%0.01%-0.37%-1.11%-1.7%-1.15%
Month to Date 0.44%0.46%0.79%0.85%0.91%0.96%1.01%1.18%1.18%1.19%1.19%0.16%0.24%1.17%1.05%1.28%
Year to Date 3.39%3.42%4.87%5.11%5.35%5.54%5.72%6.28%6.28%6.28%6.29%2.01%2.69%2.23%-2.11%15.88%
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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