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 2010/02/15 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

The S Fund (“Extended Market”), which invests in small and medium cap stocks, appears to be outperforming the other two stock funds. However, as markets are still unstable, we are pulling out of stocks completely in our Conservative allocation.

on 2010/01/31 by Alex, [TSP,Thrift Savings Plan]

Stocks have been sliding relentlessly since January 20. While we are adjusting our position to be mostly in the money market, we do believe that there is still some near-term potential for stocks coming back. Both the I Fund (“Europe Pacific”) and the S Fund (“Extended Market”) look good. Though the C Fund (“S&P 500″), [...]