07/07/17

Good Evening, As we anticipated the market bounce today on a better than expected jobs reports. Although it should be noted that the landmines that are North Korea and World Trade are still out there ready to rear their ugly heads. It all just reminds me that there’s a lot out there that we need to be praying about….

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment took the day off at +0.02%. I’m sure not complaining after it held up better than about anything out there during yesterday’s selloff. For comparison, the Dow gained +0.44%, the Nasdaq+1.04%, and the SP 500 +0.64%.

 

Wall Street climbs after jobs data as tech, financials rise

 

The weeks wild ride left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. I can honestly say that 2017 has had the most Neutral Signals that I can remember. Neutral is exactly what it sounds like. The chart could go in either direction. Although, a lot of times ends up resolving in the direction of the momentum. We are currently invested with 100% in the I Fund. Our allotment is now +9.03% on the year not including today’s results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

07/06/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.3696 17.8338 33.5889 43.5441 28.064
$ Change 0.0010 -0.0286 -0.3051 -0.5847 -0.0138
% Change day +0.01% -0.16% -0.90% -1.32% -0.05%
% Change week +0.04% -0.27% -0.50% -1.11% -0.02%
% Change month +0.04% -0.27% -0.50% -1.11% -0.02%
% Change year +1.20% +2.21% +8.80% +6.22% +14.07%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.9603 25.648 28.6353 30.8632 17.7134
$ Change -0.0277 -0.0708 -0.1291 -0.1647 -0.1077
% Change day -0.15% -0.28% -0.45% -0.53% -0.60%
% Change week -0.08% -0.16% -0.28% -0.34% -0.39%
% Change month -0.08% -0.16% -0.28% -0.34% -0.39%
% Change year +2.99% +4.78% +6.71% +7.65% +8.50%

 

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: This ones definitely declining like we knew that it eventually would.

 

It’s been a crazy week but we lived to fight another one so I’ll praise God for that! Have a great weekend and may God continue to bless your trades.

God bless, Scott 8-)
 
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Scott Grimes

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