06/04/18

Good Evening, The market was still cheering the jobs numbers from Friday and I must admit what’s not to like. The economy is strong but is it enough to overcome the protectionist policies of the current administration? For now it seems to be holding up alright. However, it should be noted that small cap and tech stocks that are leading the current rally. What do they have in common?? They are the least likely to be effected in a trade war…..So how long can our economy buck the headwinds? The ideal outcome would be if we can avoid a trade war, but that seems more and more unlikely as the other side isn’t necessarily interested in playing fair and seems a little spoiled from the current arrangement.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.62%. For comparison, the Dow was up +0.72%, the Nasdaq +0.69%, and the S&P 500 +0.45%. Praise God for another good day!

 

Tech rally helps Wall Street push higher, Nasdaq has record close

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 +5.87% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

 

06/04/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7211 17.7566 38.957 51.7388 30.8365
$ Change 0.0038 -0.0322 0.1745 0.2890 0.2718
% Change day +0.02% -0.18% +0.45% +0.56% +0.89%
% Change week +0.02% -0.18% +0.45% +0.56% +0.89%
% Change month +0.03% -0.53% +1.55% +1.42% +1.20%
% Change year +1.16% -1.98% +3.58% +6.75% -0.06%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.8252 27.3273 31.4022 34.2726 19.8968
$ Change 0.0251 0.0556 0.1130 0.1456 0.0962
% Change day +0.13% +0.20% +0.36% +0.43% +0.49%
% Change week +0.13% +0.20% +0.36% +0.43% +0.49%
% Change month +0.28% +0.46% +0.84% +1.00% +1.14%
% Change year +1.40% +1.63% +2.17% +2.37% +2.58%

 

 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:
Hopefully, we can hang on to these gains!  That’s all for tonight. 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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