Lifecycle Funds
1) Buy and holding regardless of market valuations;
2) Heavily exposed to market risk;
3) Underweight global tech;
4) Underweight the effect of US corporate buybacks;
5) Achieve little diversification with highly correlated funds
This is not rocket science. It just takes time to do the research which is not something most investors have. This 15 minute guide will save you a lot of time and hopefully increase your future returns starting today by changing some assumptions about the TSP funds you can invest in.
These issues apply to all the TSP funds, but we will look at the problems through the Lifecycle funds. Does anyone really think you can just pick a fund based on your retirement date and let it ride in a… Read More ›
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If you do not know about the favorable and unfavorable season for the stock market, you might want to check out our take on Sell-in-May. Unlike many who write about it, I’ve extensively researched it. It’s the only strategy that I found beats buy and hold over the full market cycle (bull/bear). And it lowers your investor stress level too.
Dollar Cost Averaging is not investment strategy but it could still be useful to re-enter the market after a bear market if your investment strategy moved you to the sidelines in time.
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