09/12/18

Good Evening, Negative seasonality was putting up strong headwinds for the market again today. However, the announcement of a fresh round of trade negotiations with China enabled the market to post minor gains on the day. Even though I find that news to be accurate for a change today’s session still had the feel of a typical September trading day. We have a few more weeks of this negative season before things start to pick up. I’m optimistic at this point that we will survive to see the seasonal winds shift to our rear! Folks, I am about as bullish as I can be about this fall trading season. I firmly believe based on what I am seeing in my charts that we will make some major gains before the end of the year!!

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment was flat at +0.00%. For comparison, the Dow was up slightly at +0.11%, the Nasdaq was down -0.23%, and the S&P 500 gained +0.04%. Praise God for another day that we didn’t move in reverse!

 

Dow, S&P 500 end up slightly after trade talk news; Apple slips

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 +10.85% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

09/11/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.8463 17.8576 41.1672 54.1753 29.4973
$ Change 0.0012 -0.0358 0.1562 0.0960 -0.0024
% Change day +0.01% -0.20% +0.38% +0.18% -0.01%
% Change week +0.03% -0.13% +0.57% +0.55% +0.34%
% Change month +0.09% -0.56% -0.42% -0.94% -2.50%
% Change year +1.97% -1.42% +9.46% +11.78% -4.40%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.0484 27.6828 31.9637 34.948 20.3197
$ Change 0.0082 0.0186 0.0415 0.0536 0.0356
% Change day +0.04% +0.07% +0.13% +0.15% +0.18%
% Change week +0.12% +0.17% +0.30% +0.36% +0.40%
% Change month -0.19% -0.34% -0.69% -0.83% -0.95%
% Change year +2.55% +2.95% +3.99% +4.39% +4.76%

 

 

 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:
We lived to fight another day and that’s a good thing! Just a reminder that I will be attending a conference for the next couple days so I won’t be posting a blog. Nevertheless, I do carry my laptop while I’m on the road and will ALWAYS post in the event that a change to our allocation is required! Have a great rest of the week and weekend 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.
 
 
I produce and publish this blog as both a ministry and for the benefit of any Federal Government Employee. This is done to offer you some guidance as to how to approach your retirement more financially successful. When it is time for you to retire, I recommend you utilize the services of a Professional Money Manager, who works with a reputable investment firm. He understands the guidance you have already received and he can manage your savings assets utilizing a more advanced investment program into the future. 
 
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Scott Grimes

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