Good Evening, Hurricane Harvey is churning in Texas and the market is churning with it. I’d really like to give you a detailed explanation like some of the talking heads are doing but this time the answer is just plain simple. Remember, they get paid to sensationalize the news, I do not…..
The days action left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment was dead even at +0.00%. For comparison, the Dow slipped -0.02%, and the Nasdaq and S&P 500 posted gains of +0.28% and +0.05% respectively.
The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Buy. We are currently invested at 100/I. Our allocation is now +11.96% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:
| 08/25/17 | Prior Prices | ||||
| Fund | G Fund | F Fund | C Fund | S Fund | I Fund |
| Price | 15.4171 | 18.0771 | 34.1392 | 43.541 | 28.8189 |
| $ Change | 0.0010 | 0.0198 | 0.0606 | 0.1123 | 0.1244 |
| % Change day | +0.01% | +0.11% | +0.18% | +0.26% | +0.43% |
| % Change week | +0.04% | +0.16% | +0.75% | +1.35% | +0.61% |
| % Change month | +0.15% | +0.66% | -0.90% | -2.21% | -0.21% |
| % Change year | +1.52% | +3.60% | +10.58% | +6.21% | +17.14% |
| L INC | L 2020 | L 2030 | L 2040 | L 2050 | |
| Price | 19.0854 | 25.8829 | 28.9917 | 31.2913 | 17.9789 |
| $ Change | 0.0123 | 0.0288 | 0.0505 | 0.0636 | 0.0412 |
| % Change day | +0.06% | +0.11% | +0.17% | +0.20% | +0.23% |
| % Change week | +0.20% | +0.34% | +0.52% | +0.61% | +0.69% |
| % Change month | -0.02% | -0.20% | -0.46% | -0.58% | -0.71% |
| % Change year | +3.67% | +5.74% | +8.03% | +9.14% | +10.13% |
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: The S fund may be bottoming. If so that’s good news for the broader market!
I Fund:
F Fund:
It looks like small caps are strengthening a little so maybe that’s our early signal that all is well for now. We’ll keep and eye on it. That’s all for tonight! Have a nice evening and remember to pray for all the folks effected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
God bless, Scott 
***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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