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[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I still threw a little in anyway

How's that working out so far?

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

How's that working out so far?

What, the minor little 2-3% drop since we last discussed this? Not a big deal to me. My retirement fund's allocation of stocks is still below what is recommended for my target retirement date. I'm just moving a little back into stocks here and there as the market goes down. Might move a little more today.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

What, the minor little 2-3% drop since we last discussed this? Not a big deal to me. My retirement fund's allocation of stocks is still below what is recommended for my target retirement date. I'm just moving a little back into stocks here and there as the market goes down. Might move a little more today.

It's actually 6.2% as of right now.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

It's actually 6.2% as of right now.

6.2% down from 2 weeks ago or whatever? I thought the market was like 10,300 or 10,400 then. Oh well, whatever.......my 401k's fund choices are shit, so I've been doing a little market timing to try to improve my return

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

6.2% down from 2 weeks ago or whatever? I thought the market was like 10,300 or 10,400 then. Oh well, whatever.......my 401k's fund choices are shit, so I've been doing a little market timing to try to improve my return

Yep.

When this thread was started the market opened at 10,862.22

If a 6.2% loss has improved your return, your choices really are shit.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

Yep.

When this thread was started the market opened at 10,862.22

If a 6.2% loss has improved your return, your choices really are shit.

You mean compared to the 82-83% that's supposed to be in stocks if I was using my "target retirement date fund", versus the only ~70% I've got in stocks right now? Yeah, I'm ahead. That particular fund is down more YTD than I am.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

6.2% down from 2 weeks ago or whatever? I thought the market was like 10,300 or 10,400 then. Oh well, whatever.......my 401k's fund choices are shit, so I've been doing a little market timing to try to improve my return

It seems like your investments are long term so the day to day machinations don't really matter. The Dow is still up around 20% for the last 12 months and it is more like 30%+ when comparing to the 2 year low. I still think tomorrow will be bad. If memory serves the Friday after a nervous Thursday can be a bloodbath. It is all educated guessing though, its entirely possible I'm wrong and the Dow will be up 500 tomorrow.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by goof2

It seems like your investments are long term so the day to day machinations don't really matter. The Dow is still up around 20% for the last 12 months and it is more like 30%+ when comparing to the 2 year low. I still think tomorrow will be bad. If memory serves the Friday after a nervous Thursday can be a bloodbath. It is all educated guessing though, its entirely possible I'm wrong and the Dow will be up 500 tomorrow.

Yep, just another opportunity for me to dump a little more in. Maybe I'll bump up my stock allocation from 70% to 75%. Remember, according to my "target retirement date" I should have 82-83% in stocks right now. Except several months ago I decided that stocks were priced too high, not to mention that particular "target date" fund doesn't have a stellar record anyway, so I took it out of there and just split it up between the other stock and bond fund choices that were available to me.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Except several months ago I decided that stocks were priced too high, not to mention that particular "target date" fund doesn't have a stellar record anyway, so I took it out of there and just split it up between the other stock and bond fund choices that were available to me.

Good call.

A solid asset allocation can often do better over time than the one-stop-shop age-based / target date models.

I was just busting your chops on your market timing prowess btw.