02/01/19

Good Evening, A much better than expected jobs report contended with disappointing guidance issued by Amazon resulting in a mixed day for stocks. Amazon which is considered a bell weather stock by many due to it’s large retail presence had a decent report but issued poor guidance which it blamed on it’s India operations. The latter statement also stoked fears that the global economy is slowing down. The jobs report, however, was stellar with 304,000 new jobs being created in the US. Unemployment rose from 3.9 to 4% but that was blamed on the government shutdown and did nothing to take away from the surprising jobs report.

The days trading left us with the  following results: Our TSP allotment gained +0.40%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.26%, the Nasdaq fell -0.25%, and the S&P 500 was up +0.09%. Praise God for another good day!

 

Dow and S&P Hold on to Slim Gains While Amazon Drags Nasdaq Into the Red

 

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 +1.85% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

01/31/19 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 16.0297 18.3361 38.8329 49.0959 28.4759
$ Change 0.0012 0.0722 0.3391 0.4264 0.0311
% Change day +0.01% +0.40% +0.88% +0.88% +0.11%
% Change week +0.04% +0.78% +1.51% +1.44% +1.00%
% Change month +0.23% +1.07% +8.01% +11.64% +6.60%
% Change year +0.23% +1.07% +8.01% +11.64% +6.60%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.0501 27.4717 31.0951 33.7069 19.4459
$ Change 0.0312 0.0576 0.1236 0.1578 0.1024
% Change day +0.16% +0.21% +0.40% +0.47% +0.53%
% Change week +0.35% +0.47% +0.86% +1.02% +1.14%
% Change month +1.83% +2.53% +4.92% +5.86% +6.67%
% Change year +1.83% +2.53% +4.92% +5.86% +6.67%

 

 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: This is what I thought might happen. It puts the F Fund more in line with what is going on in stocks. Todays move in bonds is bullish for stocks!
Nothing to add here. I’m happy with our allocation at this point. Have a nice weekend and may God continue to bless your trades. Hopefully it will warm up for most of you this weekend and give you a chance to get thawed out!
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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