Good Evening, The market ended mixed today. I’m not sure the media really knows why. This was a day when they seemed to struggle with the market news. Some of them are saying that the Consumer Price Index gain last month of +0.4% was much bigger than expected and increased the chance of an interest rate hike in December. They claim that caused the trading to be slightly negative. That’s a good enough reason for me. As you know I am only passively interested in the “why”. What I really care about is “what” is happening. That’s how I make all my investment decisions. I am strictly a reactive trader. Prognostication is not my cup of tea….
The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment gained +0.16%. For comparison, the Dow set a new record with a gain of +0.20%, while the Nasdaq lost -0.48% and the S&P 500 fell -0.11%. Thank God for another good day.
The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/I. Our allocation is now +13.87% on the year. Here are the latest posted results.
| 09/14/17 | Prior Prices | ||||
| Fund | G Fund | F Fund | C Fund | S Fund | I Fund |
| Price | 15.4354 | 18.0802 | 34.9185 | 44.8077 | 29.3087 |
| $ Change | 0.0009 | 0.0053 | -0.0271 | -0.0330 | -0.0907 |
| % Change day | +0.01% | +0.03% | -0.08% | -0.07% | -0.31% |
| % Change week | +0.03% | -0.50% | +1.43% | +1.68% | +0.29% |
| % Change month | +0.08% | -0.23% | +1.05% | +1.05% | +1.52% |
| % Change year | +1.64% | +3.62% | +13.10% | +9.30% | +19.13% |
| L INC | L 2020 | L 2030 | L 2040 | L 2050 | |
| Price | 19.186 | 26.1166 | 29.3995 | 31.8048 | 18.3127 |
| $ Change | -0.0045 | -0.0131 | -0.0255 | -0.0329 | -0.0218 |
| % Change day | -0.02% | -0.05% | -0.09% | -0.10% | -0.12% |
| % Change week | +0.22% | +0.42% | +0.68% | +0.80% | +0.92% |
| % Change month | +0.29% | +0.49% | +0.75% | +0.88% | +0.99% |
| % Change year | +4.21% | +6.70% | +9.55% | +10.93% | +12.17% |
