07/18/18

Good Evening, Good earnings propelled the market to another day in the green with a nice tail wind from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Chairman Powell reiterated today that the US economy is healthy and inflation remains tame as he spoke before the house  This was basically the same message he gave yesterday when he addressed the senate. You can check out the link in yesterdays blog to see exactly what he said.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted at gain of +0.31%. For comparison, the Dow was up +0.32%, the Nasdaq was off -0.01%, and the S&P 500 added +0.22%. Thank God for another day in the green!

 

World stocks climb to month peak, U.S. dollar hits three-week high

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 +8.30% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.

 

07/17/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7745 17.8826 39.9261 52.9268 30.3207
$ Change 0.0013 -0.0042 0.1589 0.3102 0.0040
% Change day +0.01% -0.02% +0.40% +0.59% +0.01%
% Change week +0.03% -0.15% +0.30% +0.06% +0.00%
% Change month +0.13% +0.28% +3.44% +2.86% +0.72%
% Change year +1.51% -1.28% +6.16% +9.20% -1.73%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.932 27.4964 31.6798 34.6097 20.1086
$ Change 0.0132 0.0282 0.0600 0.0781 0.0518
% Change day +0.07% +0.10% +0.19% +0.23% +0.26%
% Change week +0.05% +0.07% +0.10% +0.12% +0.13%
% Change month +0.62% +0.91% +1.59% +1.86% +2.10%
% Change year +1.95% +2.25% +3.07% +3.38% +3.67%

 

 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: Bonds are showing a little weakness but are still on a buy signal.
I can’t say this is typical summer action. It’s a little slow but it definitely has a bit more upside than usual. As usual, our job is to watch the charts. Even when it’s slow. 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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Scott Grimes

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