04/06/17

Good Evening, Investors reconsidered their rash decisions to dump stocks yesterday afternoon as the market moved up this morning. However, the market pared it’s gains in the afternoon session as investors found something new to worry about. President Trump meeting with President Xi Jinping of China. Their main concern is how global trade between the worlds two largest economies might be effected and to a lesser degree how China and the US will cooperate in dealing with the rogue nation of North Korea. Also, don’t forget tomorrows jobs report. If the report is good and no negative news comes out of Mar-a-Largo (President Trumps Retreat) then I expect the market to rally. If not, well you get the picture…..

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment managed a slight gain of +0.02%. For comparison the Dow was up +0.07%, the Nasdaq +0.25%, and the S&P 500 +0.19%. Tomorrow will likely bring a larger move….one way or the other.

 

Wall Street posts slight gain, investors anxious on Trump-Xi meet

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/I. Our allocation is now +1.95% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

04/06/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.2821 17.6683 32.6945 42.4619 26.2424
$ Change 0.0010 0.0130 0.0728 0.3530 -0.0645
% Change day +0.01% +0.07% +0.22% +0.84% -0.25%
% Change week +0.04% +0.33% -0.16% -0.95% -0.64%
% Change month +0.04% +0.33% -0.16% -0.95% -0.64%
% Change year +0.63% +1.26% +5.90% +3.58% +6.67%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.7217 25.1577 27.8781 29.9399 17.1281
$ Change 0.0080 0.0191 0.0326 0.0418 0.0275
% Change day +0.04% +0.08% +0.12% +0.14% +0.16%
% Change week -0.03% -0.13% -0.24% -0.29% -0.35%
% Change month -0.03% -0.13% -0.24% -0.29% -0.35%
% Change year +1.69% +2.78% +3.88% +4.43% +4.91%

 

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:
It’s all about the jobs report and presidential meeting tomorrow. I feel certain the market will make a move one way or the other. As usual, we’ll be keeping an eye on the charts. 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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