07/12/17

Good Evening, The market rallied today after Janet Yellen indicated that rate increases would be gradual while addressing congress on capital hill. With not further drama to steel the spotlight the Dow was able to close at another record.

The days rally left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment gained +0.80%. For comparison, the Dow was up +0.57%, the Nasdaq +1.10%, and the S&P 500 +0.73%. Praise God for another good day for our group!

 

Dow sets record-high close; Fed signals gradual rate hikes

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/I. Our allocation is now +8.73% for the year not including today’s results.

 

07/11/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.3743 17.8504 33.8098 43.9539 28.0027
$ Change 0.0009 0.0086 -0.0258 0.1187 -0.0313
% Change day +0.01% +0.05% -0.08% +0.27% -0.11%
% Change week +0.02% +0.20% +0.02% -0.03% +0.23%
% Change month +0.07% -0.17% +0.16% -0.18% -0.24%
% Change year +1.23% +2.30% +9.51% +7.22% +13.82%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.982 25.696 28.717 30.9657 17.7797
$ Change 0.0000 -0.0019 -0.0045 -0.0054 -0.0033
% Change day +0.00% -0.01% -0.02% -0.02% -0.02%
% Change week +0.04% +0.05% +0.06% +0.07% +0.07%
% Change month +0.04% +0.03% +0.00% -0.01% -0.02%
% Change year +3.11% +4.98% +7.01% +8.00% +8.91%

 

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:

 

For those of you who are looking for the difference between the latest posted results and the MSCI EAFE, be aware that TSP closes at a different time than the EAFE. The difference will usually show up on the next days results.  If you want to know about that in more detail then just look back in the archives. I’m not sure of the dates but we discussed in three blogs. That’s all for tonight. Have a nice evening and may God continue to bless your trades!

God bless, Scott 8-)
 
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Scott Grimes

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