03/19/17

Good Evening, News was released this morning that a private firm was able to mine information from Facebook and use it in the 2016 presidential election creating multiple concerns by investors sending both the stock and the market down. Also weighing on the minds of investors were further concerns about a trade war. The two issues triggered sell programs by the machines pushing the major indices well into the red by the afternoon bell.

The days selloff left us with the following results. Our TSP allotment dropped -0.90%. For comparison, the Dow lost -1.35%, the Nasdaq -1.84%, and the S&P 500 -1.42%. There was no place to hide out there today!

 

Wall Street drops as regulation worry sinks tech shares

The days 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 +2.72% for the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

03/16/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.6239 17.7534 38.8751 50.2015 30.8815
$ Change 0.0012 -0.0156 0.0668 0.2708 -0.0560
% Change day +0.01% -0.09% +0.17% +0.54% -0.18%
% Change week +0.06% +0.22% -1.20% -0.64% -0.36%
% Change month +0.13% +0.10% +1.52% +4.18% +0.41%
% Change year +0.54% -2.00% +3.36% +3.58% +0.08%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.7097 27.1903 31.2288 34.0797 19.7818
$ Change 0.0047 0.0111 0.0225 0.0298 0.0203
% Change day +0.02% +0.04% +0.07% +0.09% +0.10%
% Change week -0.12% -0.26% -0.49% -0.59% -0.68%
% Change month +0.42% +0.64% +1.03% +1.21% +1.38%
% Change year +0.81% +1.12% +1.60% +1.80% +1.99%

 

 

 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: The I Fund generated an overall neutral signal today when the PMO moved into a negative configuration. The signal line is drifting sideways so it is definitely subject to whipsaw.
F Fund:
It was a rough day but no serious damage has been done yet. Right now we just need to wait and watch. That’s all for tonight. Have a nice evening and may God continue to bless your trades!
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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