01/24/18

Good Evening, Today the market consolidated a little after a nice run. With the exception of the Nasdaq, the major indices recovered in the afternoon to finish very close to even for the day. Of course the media had it’s usual explanation for the action which was that the Trump Administration is close to starting a trade war with China. Perhaps so, but right now it’s still speculation.

The days choppy trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment slipped back -0.06%. For comparison, the Dow gained +0.16%, the Nasdaq dropped -0.61%, and the S&P slipped -0.06%.

 

 

S&P 500 dips after choppy session; chipmakers drag Nasdaq

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Sell. We are currently invested at 100/C. Our allocation is now +5.23% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.

 

 

01/23/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.5639 17.9644 39.9718 51.0106 32.7399
$ Change 0.0011 0.0352 0.0881 0.1875 0.2352
% Change day +0.01% +0.20% +0.22% +0.37% +0.72%
% Change week +0.03% +0.09% +1.03% +1.05% +1.11%
% Change month +0.15% -0.83% +6.28% +5.25% +6.11%
% Change year +0.15% -0.83% +6.28% +5.25% +6.11%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.796 27.4653 31.8669 34.9317 20.3546
$ Change 0.0189 0.0424 0.0817 0.1051 0.0690
% Change day +0.10% +0.15% +0.26% +0.30% +0.34%
% Change week +0.24% +0.39% +0.66% +0.78% +0.88%
% Change month +1.26% +2.14% +3.68% +4.34% +4.94%
% Change year +1.26% +2.14% +3.68% +4.34% +4.94%

 

 

 

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: Still the best chart.

 

S Fund:

 

I Fund:

 

F Fund: More red ink….

It’s all about the strength of the dollar and earnings. As long as the dollar stays weak and earnings stay good it will be a horse race between the I Fund and the C Fund. That’s all for tonight. Have a nice evening and I’ll see you tomorrow!

God bless, Scott 8-)
 
 ***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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