07/26/18

Good Evening, Follow through on positive news from yesterday’s trade meeting with Europe was tempered by a poor earnings report by Facebook (FB). Facebook which is a big part of many portfolios and funds collapsed 18.96 percent, the biggest one-day wipe out in U.S. stock market history, after the social media company’s earnings report showed slowing usage in the biggest advertising markets. Facebook is a large part of the group of stocks that is normally referred to as FANG. Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google parent company Alphabet that are held as a group in many funds and portfolios. So anytime one of these stocks takes a hit it has a negative effect on the market. You need not look any further than today’s Nasdaq results to see what I am saying. The Nasdaq which is largely made up of tech companies was off by -1.01% on the day due to Facebook.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.44%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.44%, the Nasdaq lost -1.01%, and the S&P 500 slid -0.30%. I guess today it was our turn to out perform and I praise God for that.

 

Global stocks fail to hold four-month peak as Facebook plunges

The days trading left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Sell. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +8.00% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.

 

07/25/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7844 17.8427 40.4527 52.7838 30.8196
$ Change 0.0012 0.0160 0.3648 0.2663 0.1236
% Change day +0.01% +0.09% +0.91% +0.51% +0.40%
% Change week +0.04% -0.10% +1.58% -0.51% +1.01%
% Change month +0.20% +0.05% +4.80% +2.58% +2.38%
% Change year +1.57% -1.50% +7.56% +8.91% -0.12%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.9862 27.6076 31.906 34.8972 20.2954
$ Change 0.0303 0.0647 0.1366 0.1760 0.1153
% Change day +0.15% +0.23% +0.43% +0.51% +0.57%
% Change week +0.25% +0.37% +0.66% +0.77% +0.86%
% Change month +0.90% +1.31% +2.31% +2.71% +3.04%
% Change year +2.23% +2.67% +3.81% +4.24% +4.63%

 

 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: The I fund whipsawed back to a Neutral signal when the SCTR moved back under 40.
F Fund: The F Fund deteriorated to an overall Sell signal when Price and the Wms%R moved into negative configurations.
Another day of surprises. I just praise God that we were in the green. That’s all for tonight have a great evening and I’ll see you tomorrow!
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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