on 2010/07/18 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

While still invested in bonds (F Fund), we’re getting into small-cap stocks (S Fund) again. The stocks are very risky, but their expected return is a good deal higher than that of bonds. The only other fund worth considering right now is money market (G Fund), which, as always, has a low expected return and [...]

on 2010/07/05 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

Bonds (F Fund) appear to be the only investment that’s doing well right now. Money market (G Fund) is another good option, that, of course, is always risk-free. Even small-cap stocks (S Fund), which we’ve been recommending recently, are flat. Definitely stay away from the other two stock funds — large-cap stocks (C Fund) and [...]

on 2010/06/13 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

With stocks bouncing off the lows on Tuesday, it’s possible that they are resuming the up move that came to a halt in April. Of the funds in the TSP, small cap stocks (S Fund), which we have been recommending for some time, remains the best fund in our opinion. Bonds (F Fund) are decent [...]

on 2010/05/31 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

Though the stock market has been shaky for the past month, we believe that the S Fund (“Extended Market”) remains the best TSP fund at the moment. Bonds, in the form of the F Fund (“Total Bond”), are a somewhat distant second. The worst performer right now is, of course, the I Fund (“Europe Pacific”). [...]

on 2010/05/16 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

Despite the recent market shakeup, the S Fund (“Extended Market”) still looks like the place to be. The C Fund (“S&P 500″), on the other hand, though it could have a decent return, is much riskier. The I Fund (“Europe Pacific”) is almost certainly in a downtrend. If you are looking for safety right now, [...]

on 2010/05/03 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

We’re staying in the S Fund (“Extended Market”), since it appears to have the best prospects, though it is a bit overbought. Stock funds, such as the S Fund, C Fund (“S&P 500″), and L2040 (“Lifecycle 2040″), have high expected returns right now. On the other hand, though expected returns for the non-stock funds, like [...]

on 2010/04/19 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

We are switching back into the S Fund (“Extended Market”), which again appears to be outperforming the other TSP funds. The other funds within the TSP, such as the C Fund (“S&P 500″), which follows large US companies, are doing relatively poorly right now. (follow: facebook, twitter, identi.ca, rss.)

on 2010/04/04 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

The uptrend in stocks from the Europe and Pacific region has intensified since our last newsletter. They now appear to be outperforming small cap stocks that we’ve been in since mid-February. This switch into international stocks is consistent with the analysis that we did for this week’s edition of our ETF newsletter, in which we [...]

on 2010/03/14 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

It appears that not a lot has changed in the markets in the past couple of weeks. Our current recommendation is a minor tweak of the one we gave then — put a lot of money into the S Fund (“Extended Market”), but keep most of it in the G Fund (“Money Market”). As the [...]

on 2010/03/01 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

The S Fund (“Extended Market”), which we recommended last time, continues to do well. We are therefore moving a little more money into it. As the stock market is still generally unstable, we continue to be out of stocks in our Conservative allocation.