Watching the PP work
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:48 am
I started my PP in April, and I'm almost finished with the allocations (just some tweaking between gold and cash still being done). Prior to deciding to go almost all into PP I had been in cash (Treasury MM) and some precious metals and energy ETFs for years. Missed the whole run-up since 2009, but also the preceding crash. Besides the ETFS, no other stocks except those I inherited a couple of years ago and am still pondering .
So in the last few weeks, I've been watching my TSM fund drop. Since it's all in one place, it's easier to eyeball than the bonds, which are tucked into various tax-deferred spaces. Yikes. Down almost 10K in just a few weeks! Wasn't considering doing anything about it, but feeling kind of uneasy. This morning I looked over the bonds, and discovered that they have more than balanced out the loss-- I was actually up a bit, around 2K, and of course there's the tax-deferred interest to look forward to.
Interesting to see the plan in action... But I think I'll try to stop checking for a while.
So in the last few weeks, I've been watching my TSM fund drop. Since it's all in one place, it's easier to eyeball than the bonds, which are tucked into various tax-deferred spaces. Yikes. Down almost 10K in just a few weeks! Wasn't considering doing anything about it, but feeling kind of uneasy. This morning I looked over the bonds, and discovered that they have more than balanced out the loss-- I was actually up a bit, around 2K, and of course there's the tax-deferred interest to look forward to.
Interesting to see the plan in action... But I think I'll try to stop checking for a while.