04/17/17

Good Evening, There was no new drama over the weekend or today so the market decided to rally. At the moment, I consider it no more than a dead cat bounce in a downtrend. Some of the biggest bounces occur in the midst of corrections. Nonetheless, we’ll give the bulls a reasonable doubt and see what they can do with it tomorrow!

Todays trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment gained +0.62%. For comparison the Dow added +0.90%, the Nasdaq +0.89%, and the S&P 500 +0.86%. Praise God for a good day!

 

Wall Street rallies in low volume led by banks, tech

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. I know the signals seem redundant, but they are just the reflection of a market that is undecided and trading sideways. We are currently invested with 100% in the I Fund. Our allotment is now +2.00% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.

04/14/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.2891 17.777 32.3062 41.9509 26.2532
$ 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 +0.04% +0.78% -1.11% -1.17% +0.05%
% Change month +0.09% +0.95% -1.35% -2.14% -0.60%
% Change year +0.67% +1.88% +4.64% +2.33% +6.71%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.7042 25.0919 27.7499 29.774 17.0171
$ 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 -0.08% -0.23% -0.42% -0.51% -0.60%
% Change month -0.13% -0.39% -0.69% -0.84% -0.99%
% Change year +1.60% +2.51% +3.41% +3.85% +4.24%

 

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:
We had a nice bounce today. However, with the potential for negative drama to occur, at the moment I’d have to give a slight edge to the bears. We’ll watch the charts and see. Have a nice evening and may God continue to bless your trades!
 
God bless, Scott 8-)
 
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Scott Grimes

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