01/31/19

Good Evening, Well we get to close out the books on another month and move into a seasonally favorable time of year. February through April is statistically the second best period of the year to be invested. The best time is November and December which turned out to buck the trend this year. So hopefully we can make up for that as we leave January. The market moved up again today on continued momentum from yesterdays Fed statement and strong earnings from Facebook (FB). The majority of the indicators that I follow are pointing up. I guess all we really need right now is a trade agreement with China to get this party started.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.92%. For comparison, the Dow slipped -0.06%, the Nasdaq added +1.37%, and the S&P 500 was up +0.86%. Praise God for a good day!

 

Wall Street closes higher with help from Facebook, Fed

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Neutral, F-Buy. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +0.96% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

01/30/19 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 16.0285 18.2639 38.4938 48.6695 28.4448
$ Change 0.0012 0.0232 0.5937 0.5610 0.2948
% Change day +0.01% +0.13% +1.57% +1.17% +1.05%
% Change week +0.04% +0.38% +0.62% +0.56% +0.88%
% Change month +0.23% +0.67% +7.07% +10.67% +6.48%
% Change year +0.23% +0.67% +7.07% +10.67% +6.48%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.0189 27.4141 30.9715 33.5491 19.3435
$ Change 0.0571 0.1099 0.2485 0.3193 0.2084
% Change day +0.29% +0.40% +0.81% +0.96% +1.09%
% Change week +0.20% +0.26% +0.46% +0.54% +0.61%
% Change month +1.67% +2.32% +4.50% +5.36% +6.11%
% Change year +1.67% +2.32% +4.50% +5.36% +6.11%

 

 

 Now lets take a look at the charts. All signals are annotated with green circles. If you click on the charts they will become larger.
C Fund:
S Fund:
I Fund:
F Fund: The F Fund generated an overall buy signal when the PMO and MACD moved into positive configurations. Two or more negative signals or the 5 EMA below the 50 EMA or 200 EMA  or an SCTR below 40 generate a neutral signal. Any three indicators negative accompanied by both or either the 5 EMA below the 50 EMA or 200 EMA or an SCTR below 40 generate a sell signal. A buy signal is generated then the 5 EMA is above the 50 EMA and the 200 EMA, One or less indicators are negative, and the SCTR is higher than 40. I’m not sure what to make of this buy signal. It is the only negative thing I can find about stocks right now. The majority of our indicators show that we’re moving up. We’ll have to keep a close eye on this and make sure it’s not a canary in a coal mine…….

I’m cautiously optimistic. That’s all for tonight. Have a great evening and may God continue to bless your trades. Stay warm out there!

God bless, Scott Sunglasses
 
 ***Just a reminder that you can review the performance of our allocation at the Web Site TSPTALK.com in the autotracker section under the screen name KyFan1.
 
 
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Scott Grimes

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