07/02/19

Good Evening, Today the market traded with less enthusiasm that it did yesterday as market players analyzed the agreement between Presidents Jinping and Trump and found the details lacking. At some point if not this point I expect more sideways action before a trade agreement with China or an interest rate decision by the Fed is reached. Let’s get one thing perfectly clear. I am not telling anyone to stay out of the market. Equities are clearly working now and the charts support the trade. All I am saying is that you need to understand that there is some risk as long as there is not an interest rate decease or trade agreement. If the market becomes disappointed with either issue the current gains could vaporize into thin air. I know that the market is moving up and I support you if you want to jump in. I really do! But for now I am satisfied with what I have and am willing to wait patiently for an interest rate decrease or trade agreement to buy back in. Quite simply put, I’m protected the gains I already have……It’s not what you make that’s important. It’s what you keep!

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.18%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.26%, the Nasdaq +0.22%, and the S&P 500 +0.29%. Praise God for a day in the green!

 

Stocks edge higher as trade enthusiasm wanes

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/F. Our allocation is now +13.26% on the year. Here are the latest posted results.

 

07/02/19 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 16.199 19.2831 43.0696 52.7078 30.7977
$ Change 0.0009 0.0536 0.1278 -0.1224 0.0861
% Change day +0.01% +0.28% +0.30% -0.23% +0.28%
% Change week +0.01% +0.16% +1.07% +0.31% +0.76%
% Change month +0.01% +0.16% +1.07% +0.31% +0.76%
% Change year +1.29% +6.29% +19.80% +19.85% +15.29%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.657 28.4952 33.081 36.1926 21.0381
$ Change 0.0140 0.0230 0.0500 0.0630 0.0400
% Change day +0.07% +0.08% +0.15% +0.17% +0.19%
% Change week +0.20% +0.26% +0.53% +0.62% +0.70%
% Change month +0.20% +0.26% +0.53% +0.62% +0.70%
% Change year +4.91% +6.35% +11.62% +13.66% +15.41%

 

 

 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:
Nothing to add here. Have a happy and safe 4th of July! God bless and may God continue to bless your trades.
God bless, Scott Sunglasses
 
 ***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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