08/14/18

Good Evening, The Turkish Central Bank was able to stop the slide in the lira for now and the market responded with a nice bounce during today’s session. Also cheering investors were continued good earnings. The economy is strong. earnings are great, and interest rates are not an issue. This has allowed the market to basically blow off issues such as the Turkish currency crisis. Barring any landmines, things are looking great through the end of the year!

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a nice gain of +0.82%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.45%, the Nasdaq +0.65%, and the S&P 500 +0.64%. It was our day today and I praise God for that!

 

Stocks Post Solid Gains as Turkey Crisis Stabilizes

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Buy, I-Sell, F-Buy. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +7.94% not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.

 

08/13/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.8088 17.9119 40.1529 52.753 29.7673
$ Change 0.0039 -0.0211 -0.1608 -0.3184 -0.2634
% Change day +0.02% -0.12% -0.40% -0.60% -0.88%
% Change week +0.02% -0.12% -0.40% -0.60% -0.88%
% Change month +0.11% +0.41% +0.30% +0.87% -3.48%
% Change year +1.73% -1.12% +6.76% +8.85% -3.53%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.9562 27.5137 31.6541 34.5596 20.0677
$ Change -0.0203 -0.0479 -0.1095 -0.1441 -0.0961
% Change day -0.10% -0.17% -0.34% -0.42% -0.48%
% Change week -0.10% -0.17% -0.34% -0.42% -0.48%
% Change month -0.05% -0.15% -0.39% -0.49% -0.57%
% Change year +2.07% +2.32% +2.99% +3.23% +3.46%

 

 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:
It wasn’t bad at all for an August trading day! Perhaps God will bless us with some more. Keep praying! That’s all for tonight. Have a great 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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