09/06/17

Good Evening, The market repeated it’s pattern of bouncing back after a large selloff the preceding day. Its that plain and simple. As long as it continues to work you can expect it. Although, one has to wonder if a second major hurricane could cause things to sell off a little more than they have done so far in 2017. That possibility is even a little stronger when coupled with the traditionally poor month of September. If a bigger dip were to take place in the coming days and I had cash on the sideline I would consider it a great buying opportunity. I’m looking for a strong run into 2018 as long as we don’t have any unexpected landmines such a significant issue with North Korea.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment had a nice day posting a gain of +0.62%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.25%, the Nasdaq +0.28%, and the S&P 500 +0.31%. Thank God for a nice bounce.

 

Energy shares lead broad rebound on Wall Street

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Buy. We are currently invested at 100/I. Our allocation is now +12.31% on the year not including the day’s gains. Here are the latest posted results:

 

09/05/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.4274 18.1704 34.3669 44.0996 28.9076
$ Change 0.0037 0.0806 -0.2612 -0.4656 -0.0758
% Change day +0.02% +0.45% -0.75% -1.04% -0.26%
% Change week +0.02% +0.45% -0.75% -1.04% -0.26%
% Change month +0.03% +0.27% -0.55% -0.54% +0.13%
% Change year +1.58% +4.14% +11.32% +7.57% +17.50%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.1255 25.9654 29.1258 31.4577 18.0851
$ Change -0.0164 -0.0536 -0.1078 -0.1405 -0.0944
% Change day -0.09% -0.21% -0.37% -0.44% -0.52%
% Change week -0.09% -0.21% -0.37% -0.44% -0.52%
% Change month -0.03% -0.10% -0.18% -0.23% -0.27%
% Change year +3.88% +6.08% +8.53% +9.72% +10.78%

 

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 had a nice bounce and our chart for the I Fund remains technically sound. Also, it continues to have the best SCTR of the bunch. There’s no reason to even consider a change. That’s all for tonight. Have a nice evening and don’t forget to pray for all the folks affected by Harvey and Irma. I continue to pray that Irma will turn.
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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