S Fund

[theweight]

Congrats on jimcasada for hitting the S fund perfectly.

I thought about it but couldn't pull the trigger (retired and keep thinking a pull back is coming).

I've been on the sidelines most of this year. Been playing the "Shoulda" game a lot.

Good call Jim!

[jimcasada]

Thanks. I was watching some stuff on the business news about the Russell 1000, that made me think that small caps were due for a small bump up. It was a spare of the moment decision. I was hoping to catch a quick 1~2%, but it turned out much better. Tried to do the something similar back in April, but it didn't do so well. Luckily, rode it out for a few weeks and it turned out ok. Should have stuck with my original plan to stay mainly in the I-plan this year, just because it did so well at the beginning of Trump's first term (history repeats itself?). Generally speaking, I spend most my time in G-fund, and hopefully catch a bump up once In while.

[md2018]

I was tempted to go back S-Fund, I am retired and am more conservative now. I made 10% already this year. But August and September can crash out of nowhere and lately December has been awful as well. I know if I step back into S Fund it will trigger the crash!

[jimcasada]

I wouldn't recommend going into S-fund or anything other than G-fund today, with this Nvidia report coming out later today. I think Nvidia has some sky high expectations. If it's a good report it may still go up, but it it's bad it could bring down all the markets. To risky for me.

[theweight]

I went in for a day and was lucky to grab just a little bit. I was tempted to stay for another day (looks like it would have been OK) but decided that close to a 1% gain (between being in G and 1 day in S) was a pretty good deal for August - typically a bad month.

I also don't like being in stocks when important news is coming (what Jim is referencing). Too risky for my blood. Plus, September IFT's are only a few days away if things turn out OK.