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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 Perspectives: QE to the Rescue?
Since the October correction, the TSP C and S fund bounced back in lockstep until this last week. The TSP S fund peaked earlier in the week and began a slight slide while the TSP C fund continued to make… Read More ›
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Capitalizing on the Santa Rally
What is the Santa Rally and can you capitalize on it with TSP funds? We answer these questions and provide the details in our free online Santa Claus Rally Guide. While we do not recommend speculating with your core retirement funds, the end of… Read More ›
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Easy Pickings: How to Double Your Retirement Funds the Simple Way
How can you double your retirement nest egg? Simply make two allocation changes per year — only two. Most investors have heard the saying “Sell in May”. You will find two opposing views in the financial media on this strategy. In… Read More ›
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TSP Charts: Quantitative Easing and TSP Funds
Japan “surprised” the markets with an expansion of its own version of Quantitative Easing the day after the Federal Reserve ended QE3. And while we will not go into the real reasons for the surprise, we will take a… Read More ›
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The Smart Bird – The Truman Show
“Despite Kurodamania and record stock prices, I contend that the great global Credit Bubble has been pierced.” –Doug Noland What drives the stock market? In theory it is driven by the fundamentals of the economy, the business cycle, corporate earnings, interest rates, etc. … Read More ›
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TSP Investing Today: Watching the Shift in Fund Performance
The TSP C fund has outperformed the other funds so far in 2014 while the TSP S fund has been the top performer since the 2007 market peak. The TSP S fund’s up trend broke down in April and has been… Read More ›
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TSP Investing Today: Return of Capital Trumps Return on Capital
I want to advise my readers upfront that it is much better to leave some profits on the table than to lose your shirt with one more bet. This may seem like strange advice as we enter the TSP Smart… Read More ›
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TSP UPDATE: S&P 500 Short Term Up Trend Broken
Greeting from colorful New England, We are on our last leg of our Fall reprieve from the market getting ready to focus on the investment windows which open in late October. We will get back in to the market after… Read More ›
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Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) S Fund is Still the Best Performing Fund
The TSP C Fund is the best fund for 2014, but the TSP S Fund is the hands down winner since 2003.
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Thrift Savings Plan’s (TSP) C Fund Trend is Your Friend
The Federal Thrift Savings Plan’s C Fund tracks the S&P 500 index. The chart of the S&P 500 shows the short term trend (green line) has held once more. This trend has held up six times since it began in early 2013. … Read More ›