02/15/19

Good Evening, As you already know by now the website went down last night so I was unable to post a blog even though I had the time and desired to do so ):. At least we’re good to go now!. The market continued higher on positive sentiment over a potential trade deal with China. Several comments were made today about progress being made in the negotiations and that the negotiations will continue in Washington next week. It is widely hoped that an agreement will be reached before the March deadline for additional tariffs to be put on Chinese goods. The fact that so many investors pushed the market higher late in the session and are willing to hold stocks over the weekend tells me that they are betting heavily on a trade deal with China. Of course, I don’t have to tell you what negative news on the subject would do…..

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a strong gain of +1.24% as small and mid cap industrials continued to outperform. For comparison, the Dow added +1.74%, the Nasdaq +0.61%, and the S&P 500 +1.09%. Praise God for a great day!

 

Wall Street rallies on trade optimism

The weeks action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +5.06% for the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.

 

02/14/19 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 16.0456 18.3441 39.4787 50.6457 28.4633
$ Change 0.0011 0.0363 -0.0912 0.0241 -0.0592
% Change day +0.01% +0.20% -0.23% +0.05% -0.21%
% Change week +0.04% -0.09% +1.45% +2.13% +1.41%
% Change month +0.10% +0.04% +1.66% +3.16% -0.04%
% Change year +0.33% +1.11% +9.81% +15.16% +6.55%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.1177 27.593 31.3468 34.0284 19.6565
$ Change -0.0043 -0.0104 -0.0295 -0.0387 -0.0257
% Change day -0.02% -0.04% -0.09% -0.11% -0.13%
% Change week +0.34% +0.47% +0.93% +1.11% +1.26%
% Change month +0.34% +0.44% +0.81% +0.95% +1.08%
% Change year +2.17% +2.98% +5.77% +6.87% +7.83%

 

 

 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:
Things are looking up as long as we can get a trade deal in China and I believe we can!  That’s all for tonight. Have a great evening and may God continue to bless your trades. Keep praying for our group!
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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