05/15/17

Good Evening, The market rose today on the back of oil which was higher after Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed that the production cut now in place in OPEC should be extended through June 2017. The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment gained +0.51%. For comparison, The Dow added +0.41%, the Nasdaq +0.46%, and the S&P 500 +0.48%. Thank God for another good day.

 

Wall Street rises with help from technology, financial, energy stocks

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Neutral, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested with 100% in the I Fund. Our allotment is now +8.04% for the year. Here are the latest posted results:

05/15/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.3203 17.7544 33.3771 43.2694 27.8087
$ Change 0.0029 0.0019 0.1625 0.3181 0.1143
% Change day +0.02% +0.01% +0.49% +0.74% +0.41%
% Change week +0.02% +0.01% +0.49% +0.74% +0.41%
% Change month +0.09% +0.01% +0.89% -0.22% +2.61%
% Change year +0.88% +1.75% +8.11% +5.55% +13.04%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.8819 25.5183 28.4667 30.6687 17.5953
$ Change 0.0217 0.0534 0.0912 0.1148 0.0748
% Change day +0.12% +0.21% +0.32% +0.38% +0.43%
% Change week +0.12% +0.21% +0.32% +0.38% +0.43%
% Change month +0.32% +0.54% +0.80% +0.91% +1.02%
% Change year +2.56% +4.25% +6.08% +6.97% +7.78%

 

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:

 

There’s a lot of give and take in the market at this time, but all that really matters is the price action and right now it’s favorable. Folks do what we do. Keep praying and watching the charts. That’s all for tonight. Have a great 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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