07/19/18

Good Evening, Sometimes it just pays to be in the right place and today was one of those days for us. Small Caps out performed and were the sole bright spot of the day. All three of the major indices ended the day in the red as renewed concerns arose over trade and the days earnings disappointed. However, I will add that the majority of the earnings so far have been good. Another good earnings report from Microsoft (MSFT) after the bell should heat things back up in that category.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.32%. For comparison, the Dow dropped -0.53%, the Nasdaq -0.37%, and the S&P 500 -0.40%. Praise God for blessing our group again today!

 

U.S. stocks fall on sour earnings, trade fears

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 +8.64% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

07/18/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7757 17.876 40.0122 53.0958 30.3985
$ Change 0.0012 -0.0066 0.0861 0.1690 0.0778
% Change day +0.01% -0.04% +0.22% +0.32% +0.26%
% Change week +0.04% -0.19% +0.52% +0.38% +0.25%
% Change month +0.14% +0.24% +3.66% +3.19% +0.98%
% Change year +1.51% -1.32% +6.39% +9.55% -1.48%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.9424 27.5185 31.7267 34.6705 20.1489
$ Change 0.0104 0.0221 0.0469 0.0608 0.0403
% Change day +0.05% +0.08% +0.15% +0.18% +0.20%
% Change week +0.10% +0.15% +0.25% +0.29% +0.33%
% Change month +0.67% +0.99% +1.74% +2.04% +2.30%
% Change year +2.00% +2.34% +3.22% +3.56% +3.88%

 

 

 

 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:
Two things that I know pay in this world and both of them are blessing us. A healthy faith in God and technical analysis. Have a nice evening and I’ll see you tomorrow!
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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