07/09/18

Good Evening, The financial sector led the market higher as investors decided to overlook the trade war with China. At lease until another negative headline is released. For that reason I’d describe this as a fragile advance. Investors piled into banks ahead of the beginning of earnings season which kicks off on Friday with several big banks reporting. Earnings season is again expected to be good which will give the market a boost. One word of caution though, there is a lot of talk that the forward guidance issued may not be as good as it has been in recent quarters. If this were to be the case it would definitely pull the market down. Right now we’re heading up but we’re walking on egg shells while we do it……

The days trading left us with the following results. Our TSP allotment posted at gain of +0.79%. For comparison, the Dow was up +1.31%, the Nasdaq +0.88%, and the S&P 500 +0.88%. Praise God for another good day!

 

Dow, S&P 500 post best days in more than a month; banks lead gains

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Neutral, F-Buy. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +7.88% on the year not including the days results. Here are  the latest posted results:

 

07/06/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7608 17.8765 39.2008 52.7248 30.2747
$ Change 0.0013 0.0205 0.3325 0.4894 0.2340
% Change day +0.01% +0.11% +0.86% +0.94% +0.78%
% Change week +0.05% +0.24% +1.56% +2.47% +0.57%
% Change month +0.05% +0.24% +1.56% +2.47% +0.57%
% Change year +1.42% -1.32% +4.23% +8.79% -1.88%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.8735 27.3821 31.458 34.3304 19.9286
$ Change 0.0362 0.0775 0.1637 0.2116 0.1393
% Change day +0.18% +0.28% +0.52% +0.62% +0.70%
% Change week +0.33% +0.49% +0.88% +1.04% +1.18%
% Change month +0.33% +0.49% +0.88% +1.04% +1.18%
% Change year +1.65% +1.83% +2.35% +2.54% +2.74%

 

 

 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: The C Fund generated an overall Buy signal today when the MACD moved into a positive configuration.

S Fund: The S Fund generated an overall Buy signal today when the MACD moved into a positive configuration.

I Fund: The I Fund generated an overall Neutral signal today when the PMO and MACD moved into positive configurations.
F Fund:
It may be fragile but we’re still moving up! 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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