07/19/17

Good Evening, The market moved to new highs today as merger talk between Disney and Scripps Network International set a positive tone. That noted, it is the time of the year when one does well not to overdo their expectations. Seasonally speaking, the period from July 17th through September 27th is the worst period of year for stocks since records have been kept. The old adage to sell in may and go away until November is a joke, but if I was going to even consider such a strategy I might be compelled to sell on July 17th. While the chance for under performance is greater during this time of the year it is worth noting that the market does have positive returns a significant percentage of the time and if there is even a small chance that I will make money I’m going to invest. Let me quote one more old saying “You have to be in it to win it”.

So how did we do today? Our TSP allotment added another +0.44%. For comparison, the Dow gained +0.31%, the Nasdaq +0.64%, and the S&P 500 +0.54%.

 

S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq Sprint to New Records as Broadcast and Tech Stocks Climb

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/I. Our allocation is now +11.26% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

07/18/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.381 17.9551 34.3046 44.4804 28.6377
$ Change 0.0010 0.0414 0.0210 -0.0805 0.0120
% Change day +0.01% +0.23% +0.06% -0.18% +0.04%
% Change week +0.02% +0.32% +0.06% -0.06% +0.12%
% Change month +0.11% +0.41% +1.62% +1.01% +2.02%
% Change year +1.28% +2.90% +11.12% +8.50% +16.40%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.0579 25.874 29.0274 31.3552 18.0307
$ Change 0.0044 0.0066 0.0080 0.0086 0.0043
% Change day +0.02% +0.03% +0.03% +0.03% +0.02%
% Change week +0.05% +0.06% +0.07% +0.07% +0.07%
% Change month +0.44% +0.72% +1.08% +1.25% +1.39%
% Change year +3.52% +5.70% +8.17% +9.36% +10.44%

 

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:
Praise God! It was another good day. Steady as she goes for now. Have a nice evening!
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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