09/12/19

Good Evening, The market moved higher today strengthened by optimism on trade and the world economy. The US and China made reciprocating gestures to ease tensions in the trade war ahead of meetings in October. While these were only small gestures  (you can read about them in the news link below or on our Facebook page) the market felt good about the spirit in which they were made. Lets say investors are cautiously optimistic and leave it at that. Also giving the market support was a statement by the European Central Bank saying they would further cut interest rates and restart their bond buying program. I’m not really sure how much additional stimulus can help the world economy at this point but the market liked it and I guess that’s mostly what matters for the sake of this discussion.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.29%. For comparison the Dow was up +0.17%, the Nasdaq +0.30%, and the S&P 500 +0.29%. Thank God for a day in the green!

 

Wall Street ends higher on trade, ECB stimulus hopes

Washington, Beijing lay ground for trade deal talks; China buys U.S. soybeans

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are now invested at 100/C. Our allocation is now +7.90% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

09/11/19 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 16.2643 19.5931 43.6489 52.9062 30.2738
$ Change 0.0007 -0.0179 0.3157 0.7599 0.1913
% Change day +0.00% -0.09% +0.73% +1.46% +0.64%
% Change week +0.02% -0.88% +0.76% +2.33% +0.75%
% Change month +0.05% -1.02% +2.61% +3.41% +2.99%
% Change year +1.70% +7.99% +21.41% +20.30% +13.33%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.7502 28.6217 33.2042 36.3149 21.1
$ Change 0.0340 0.0602 0.1576 0.2069 0.1380
% Change day +0.16% +0.21% +0.48% +0.57% +0.66%
% Change week +0.17% +0.22% +0.54% +0.65% +0.76%
% Change month +0.57% +0.74% +1.66% +1.98% +2.27%
% Change year +5.39% +6.82% +12.04% +14.05% +15.75%

 

 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 generated a new buy signal yesterday when the 5 EMA sliced through the 50 EMA and the SCTR moved above 40. Two or more negative signals or the 5 EMA below the 50 EMA or 200 EMA  or an SCTR below 40 generate a neutral signal. Any three indicators negative accompanied by both or either the 5 EMA below the 50 EMA or 200 EMA or an SCTR below 40 generate a sell signal. A buy signal is generated then the 5 EMA is above the 50 EMA and the 200 EMA, One or less indicators are negative, and the SCTR is higher than 40.
I Fund:
F Fund:
Stocks continue to move in the right direction. This is a risky deal but we really have no choice but to participate this time around. I will say this. The charts clearly support our new allocation. That’s all for tonight. Have a great evening and may God continue to bless your trades!
God bless, Scott Sunglasses
 
 ***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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