06/14/18

Good Evening, Today the European Central Bank said it would avoid raising interest rates until mid-2019, and data showed U.S. economic strength. That was enough to reignite the passion of the buyers.  However, that’s where it gets a little complicated. Investors definitely were not buying indiscriminately. They were scooping up small cap, tech and a select few momentum names. The end result was that the Russell 2000 and the Nasdaq 100 were up and the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500 were flat. In other words big caps other than techs where down as well as anything that might be effected in a trade war. Oh yeah, that thing is still going on under the surface to be sure. What does that mean for us???? That we’re in the right place! I thank God for His guidance once again!!

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.40%. For comparison, the Dow was off -0.10%, the Nasdaq was up +0.85%, and the S&P 500 added +0.25%. Another good day for small caps!

 

Nasdaq hits new closing high, S&P 500 gains after ECB decision, U.S. data

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +7.43% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

06/13/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7322 17.7192 39.3806 52.5039 31.0023
$ Change 0.0012 -0.0185 -0.1576 -0.2323 0.0009
% Change day +0.01% -0.10% -0.40% -0.44% +0.00%
% Change week +0.04% -0.17% -0.11% +0.11% +0.47%
% Change month +0.10% -0.74% +2.65% +2.92% +1.74%
% Change year +1.23% -2.18% +4.71% +8.33% +0.48%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.8718 27.4248 31.5926 34.5164 20.0576
$ Change -0.0114 -0.0267 -0.0563 -0.0733 -0.0483
% Change day -0.06% -0.10% -0.18% -0.21% -0.24%
% Change week +0.04% +0.04% +0.06% +0.07% +0.07%
% Change month +0.51% +0.82% +1.45% +1.72% +1.96%
% Change year +1.64% +1.99% +2.79% +3.10% +3.41%

 

 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:
No comments here. Our allocation continues to work well!! I’ll be missing tomorrow night so you all have a great weekend and I’ll see you on Monday!
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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