Good Evening, Energy prices fell and the market followed. Other than that, the best description I have of the day is that it was a typical August/September day. Sometimes we are actually able to make money during the period, but statistically, most often it’s a loser.
The day’s trading left us with the following results. Our TSP allotment had a slight loss of -0.02%. For comparison, the Dow dropped -0.29%, the Nasdaq -0.19%, and the S&P 500 -0.24%.
Energy drags Wall St. lower; S&P down slightly in August
The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/F. Our allotment is now +1.79% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.
| 08/30/16 | Prior Prices | ||||
| Fund | G Fund | F Fund | C Fund | S Fund | I Fund |
| Price | 15.0918 | 17.9795 | 29.7916 | 38.5745 | 24.5153 |
| $ Change | 0.0006 | -0.0078 | -0.0534 | 0.0098 | 0.0106 |
| % Change day | +0.00% | -0.04% | -0.18% | +0.03% | +0.04% |
| % Change week | +0.02% | +0.32% | +0.36% | +0.62% | +0.03% |
| % Change month | +0.12% | -0.12% | +0.36% | +1.12% | +0.28% |
| % Change year | +1.18% | +6.04% | +8.09% | +9.48% | +1.74% |
| L INC | L 2020 | L 2030 | L 2040 | L 2050 | |
| Price | 18.2442 | 24.1226 | 26.3124 | 28.0355 | 15.9138 |
| $ Change | -0.0030 | -0.0089 | -0.0138 | -0.0168 | -0.0105 |
| % Change day | -0.02% | -0.04% | -0.05% | -0.06% | -0.07% |
| % Change week | +0.09% | +0.16% | +0.21% | +0.24% | +0.27% |
| % Change month | +0.17% | +0.26% | +0.32% | +0.36% | +0.41% |
| % Change year | +2.65% | +3.94% | +4.98% | +5.51% | +5.91% |
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: The blue lines form a bearish wedge.
S Fund: No damage here. The SCTR has strengthened.
I Fund: All the indicators are turning down. We need to keep an eye on this one.
F Fund: With stocks trading a little weaker, the chart for the F Fund is strengthening ever so slightly. Price continues to put daylight between it and support at 112.30 and the SCTR is starting to turn up.
How low can we go…….in August and September. The idea here is to survive and right now the F Fund isn’t looking so bad. That’s all for tonight. Have a great evening!
God bless, Scott 
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