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Tired of the superfluous investment news and black box strategies, we set out to find the best strategy for diversified index funds. After researching investment news letters and strategies, we found what we think is hands down the best strategy since it is simple to execute, avoids most bear market losses, and significantly beats a buy and hold investor over the full market cycle. Our goal is to help investors avoid expensive fees and commissions and unrecoverable investment mistakes. We enjoy sharing our research and if you read us you will learn why our motto is simply "Invest Smart".
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TSP Funds: April 2021 Quicklook
It does not have to reset to the historical average for another large round of losses to hit your retirement funds. This is why determining the difference between normal pullbacks and larger corrections and bear markets is critical.
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TSP Funds: Situational Awareness
A mental exercise of where the market and our funds are today.
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Quick Look: TSP Funds Today
China’s National Team stepped in overnight to buy their stock market. Global markets bounced overnight. The central banks are getting nervous again.
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Smart Bird: Fix It Rant
Social Security is a transfer tax from the current generation to the retired generation. It is a generational tax, not an investment account, so the rich in our generation should NOT get off the hook…
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Smart Bird: “You have to wipe these people out”
Gamestop is blowback to wall street. Wall Street wants protection. Two minutes of truth.
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Smart Bird: Millennials are Screwed
Millennials own less than 5% of all US wealth today compared to baby boomers at the same age who owned 21%. The economy and financial system have been rigged against them.
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Smart Bird: Does this bother anyone else
Pardoned General Flynn calls for martial law to overthrow Congress and the Courts and Trump holds a press conference saying he is going to do something to defend the election system…great, just great.
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Smart Bird: Not a Scientist but…
Meaning even if Americans were to take this seriously today, the US daily death rate will STILL probably exceed 3,000 daily in weeks.
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TSP Funds: The Current Situation
The bottom line: It sucks.
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TSP Smart: Hope for the Take Down of Wall Street
“And we can reorient our economy from wealth to work. To do all of that, we have to take on Wall Street power.