05/31/18

Good Evening,  Stocks finished lower on Thursday, May 31, after the Trump administration said it would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union.  Starting Friday, June 1, the U.S. will impose tariffs of 25% on imported steel and tariffs of 10% on aluminum products, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters. The result was predictable with the market selling off. Although, it should be noted that the major indices did post their best gains for a month since January. It was the third of the three T’s that got us today…..Tariffs!

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment dropped -0.80%. For comparison, the Dow lost -1.02%, the Nasdaq -0.27%, and the S&P 500 -0.69.

 

Wall St. falls on fresh trade war fears; posts gains for May

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Sell, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +5.20% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

05/30/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7148 17.8356 38.6202 51.4114 30.6027
$ Change 0.0012 -0.0699 0.4910 0.6885 0.3828
% Change day +0.01% -0.39% +1.29% +1.36% +1.27%
% Change week +0.04% +0.44% +0.12% +1.02% -0.86%
% Change month +0.24% +0.64% +3.09% +5.67% -1.71%
% Change year +1.12% -1.54% +2.69% +6.08% -0.82%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.7929 27.2554 31.255 34.0834 19.7717
$ Change 0.0469 0.1107 0.2351 0.3054 0.2028
% Change day +0.24% +0.41% +0.76% +0.90% +1.04%
% Change week +0.05% +0.04% +0.02% +0.02% +0.02%
% Change month +0.61% +0.86% +1.36% +1.58% +1.77%
% Change year +1.24% +1.36% +1.69% +1.81% +1.93%

 

 

 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:

 

Our task now is to keep monitoring the three T’s (Trump, Trade, and Tariffs) and keep an eye on our 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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