09/11/18

Good Evening, Tech returned to the forefront leading the market higher today. Energy was also higher giving the market a push as well. Breadth was not all that great though, exposing some weakness in what otherwise seemed like a normal day on the surface. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.06-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.15-to-1 ratio favored decliners. This has been an ongoing characteristic of this market all year as the indices have been supported by money moving from one sector to another. There have been some sizable declines in areas like tech and financials while the indices have reflected very little of this volatility.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.22%. For comparison, the Dow was up +0.44%, the Nasdaq+0.61%, and the S&P 500 +0.37%.  Praise God for another day in the green!

 

Wall Street gains as Apple, tech rebound; oil lifts energy shares

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Sell, F-Sell. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +10.66% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

09/10/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.8451 17.8934 41.011 54.0793 29.4997
$ Change 0.0038 0.0134 0.0776 0.1979 0.1019
% Change day +0.02% +0.07% +0.19% +0.37% +0.35%
% Change week +0.02% +0.07% +0.19% +0.37% +0.35%
% Change month +0.08% -0.36% -0.79% -1.11% -2.49%
% Change year +1.96% -1.22% +9.04% +11.58% -4.39%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.0402 27.6642 31.9222 34.8944 20.2841
$ Change 0.0149 0.0286 0.0550 0.0702 0.0459
% Change day +0.07% +0.10% +0.17% +0.20% +0.23%
% Change week +0.07% +0.10% +0.17% +0.20% +0.23%
% Change month -0.23% -0.40% -0.82% -0.98% -1.13%
% Change year +2.50% +2.88% +3.86% +4.23% +4.58%

 

 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: The F Fund generated an overall Sell signal when the SCTR moved below 40 with three negative indicators (PMO, MACD, and Wms%R).

 

We’re not doing bad for September! That’s all for tonight. Please take a moment to pray for the safety folks on the East coast that will be effected by Hurricane Florence. This looks like it’s going to be one of the strongest Hurricanes to strike that area in years. Also, just a note, I will be on the road so I will not post a blog on Thursday or Friday.  Have a nice evening and may God continue to bless your trades!

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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