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Last week's meltdown in the stock market was ugly. There's no denying it. The market doesn't like uncertainty, and there's plenty of uncertainty about the coronavirus. Be that as it may, some financial news stories made the drop sound worse than it actually was. Let's look at a few of them. The Fastest 10% Drop [...]

Lessons learned There are a few major takeaways from 2019: Lesson 1: Don’t fight the trend “The trend is your friend” is an old Wall Street adage, and the trend for stocks was up in 2019. If you kept a large allocation in the G and F Funds, you missed a great opportunity. Lesson 2: […]

The S&P 500 index is a very popular benchmark for U.S. stocks. Even Warren Buffet is a fan. For the fortune he'll leave behind, he's requested a 90% allocation in an S&P 500-based fund. There are many S&P 500 mutual funds. There are also exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like the SPY (SPDR S&P 500). Despite the [...]

Before getting to the topic, here's a brief look at our performance. Our return through the end of April was 6.47%. We remain well ahead of other services tracked by TSPCenter in 2017: Retirement question We sometimes get questions from people nearing retirement. They're usually more risk-averse and wonder if our service is a good [...]

Many TSP account holders also invest through brokerage accounts and IRAs. Because of this, we've decided to cover some investing ideas outside of the TSP. In this blog, we'll go over one of our favorite real estate investments. Before getting started, a standard disclaimer applies: we don't give personalized advice. Investments discussed in this blog may [...]

The stock marked moved up again in February. Our return through the end of February was 5.30%. This is significantly higher than any other service tracked by TSPCenter.com: Things to watch this year We're revisiting the major themes covered in our last blog, namely: Will the Dow move (and stay) above 20,000? How much will the Fed raise [...]

The stock marked moved up in January. Our service's return was 2.03% for the month. All of the TSP funds had gains, ranging from 0.23% (F Fund) to 2.89% (I Fund). Things to watch this year Market analysts are focusing on several questions: Will the Dow move (and stay) above 20,000? How much will the Fed raise interest rates this [...]

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