02/20/17

Good Evening, There are a few stocks that can effect the market in a negative way if their report is not received well. Walmart is one of those stocks. Basically, their earnings disappointed and they reported a drop in holiday online sales. That drop in online sales seemed to upset the market the most. Also to be noted is the fact that the dollar strengthened buoyed by foreign buyers tired of zero rates abroad and seeking better yields. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions. So it will be interesting to see how the current action influences the Fed’s interest rate decisions. Interest rates and inflation will ultimately decide how long this bull can run…..

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment fell back -0.58%. For comparison, the Dow dropped -1.00%, the Nasdaq -0.07%, and the S&P 500 -0.58%.

 

Dow, S&P snap winning streak as Walmart weighs

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Sell. We are currently invested at 100/C. Our allocation is now +1.44% not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

02/19/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.5903 17.732 38.5318 49.017 31.2701
$ Change 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
% Change day +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00%
% Change week +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00%
% Change month +0.12% -0.99% -3.10% -2.14% -3.48%
% Change year +0.32% -2.11% +2.45% +1.14% +1.34%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.6557 27.1032 31.105 33.9323 19.6893
$ Change 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
% Change day +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00%
% Change week +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00%
% Change month -0.56% -1.03% -1.86% -2.22% -2.53%
% Change year +0.54% +0.79% +1.20% +1.35% +1.51%

 

 

 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:
Nothing new to add here. 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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Scott Grimes

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