05/08/18

Good Evening, Today it was the 1st T of the three T’s (Trump, Trade, and Tariffs) that effected trading. President Trump as anticipated pulled out of Iran Nuclear deal. The market sold off and then clawed it’s way back to break even by the close. The rebound probably had a lot to do with the fact that President Trump left the door open with Iran saying that he’d like to negotiate a new deal. Classic Trump. Comes in like a bear then softens up to encourage the other side to make a deal. Like him or hate him, he’s a tough negotiator. That pretty well sums up what happened with the market today. We’ll see if we can get a rebound tomorrow.

The days trading left us with the following results: The Lord blessed us with another good day as our TSP allocation posted a gain of +0.39%. For comparison, the Dow was flat at +0.01%, the Nasdaq at +0.02%,and e S&P was slightly in he red at -0.03%.

 

Wall Street erases losses after Trump quits Iran deal

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Sell. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +1.69% for the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

05/07/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.6865 17.7094 37.8206 49.6966 31.0866
$ Change 0.0038 0.0020 0.1309 0.4151 0.1096
% Change day +0.02% +0.01% +0.35% +0.84% +0.35%
% Change week +0.02% +0.01% +0.35% +0.84% +0.35%
% Change month +0.05% -0.07% +0.96% +2.14% -0.15%
% Change year +0.94% -2.24% +0.56% +2.54% +0.75%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.7106 27.1038 30.9925 33.7548 19.5597
$ Change 0.0202 0.0425 0.0831 0.1067 0.0705
% Change day +0.10% +0.16% +0.27% +0.32% +0.36%
% Change week +0.10% +0.16% +0.27% +0.32% +0.36%
% Change month +0.19% +0.30% +0.50% +0.60% +0.68%
% Change year +0.82% +0.79% +0.83% +0.82% +0.84%

 

 

 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: The SCTR has now risen to a TSP best 85.8. This one is getting hot and that’s why we are in it!
I Fund:
F Fund:
Smaller companies that do business in the US are benefiting from current conditions as our analysis predicted they would. That makes the S Fund the place to be. Our task is simple at the moment. Watch the charts for any change in the character of the market and don’t forget to thank God for guiding our group once again. Give Him all the praise for He is worthy!! That’s all for tonight. Have a great 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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