02/17/17

Good Evening, The promise of Trump tax reforms drove the market to eek out new highs for another day. The Dow was able to add to it’s record high for a seventh straight day which is probably a record in and of itself.  At any rate I’ll take it. The charts for equities continue to trend higher. As a result we remain in the game.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment added another +0.12%. For comparison, the Dow was up a thin +0.02% which nonetheless was a 7th consecutive record. The Nasdaq rose +0.41%, and the S&P 500 added +0.17%.

 

Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Close Out Strong Week With Fresh Records

 

The weeks action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +5.03% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

02/16/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.2334 17.5125 32.4604 43.0594 25.7365
$ Change 0.0010 0.0498 -0.0252 -0.1065 0.1690
% Change day +0.01% +0.29% -0.08% -0.25% +0.66%
% Change week +0.04% -0.15% +1.42% +0.83% +1.11%
% Change month +0.10% +0.13% +3.18% +2.81% +1.67%
% Change year +0.31% +0.37% +5.14% +5.03% +4.61%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.6371 25.0192 27.7002 29.7392 17.0103
$ Change 0.0086 0.0173 0.0256 0.0307 0.0185
% Change day +0.05% +0.07% +0.09% +0.10% +0.11%
% Change week +0.27% +0.52% +0.78% +0.91% +1.02%
% Change month +0.62% +1.16% +1.71% +1.99% +2.24%
% Change year +1.23% +2.21% +3.22% +3.73% +4.19%

 

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: Bonds continue to wake up. At least for now…..

No changes needed here. The charts remain in an uptrend. Keep praying, praising and watching the charts. Have a nice evening!

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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Scott Grimes

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