10/16/18

Good Evening, Praise God, it was a good day and for us. It just doesn’t get much better than this. We put all our chips on the table and shoved them to the middle. We were either going to be really right or really wrong. We went through a lot of pain to make to the first official day of earnings season betting that the earnings would spur the market to new highs. Well, so far so good!  And judging by the after hours trading it is looking like the momentum will carry through until tomorrow!! God is so good to us. We pray and He guides. He has never failed this group and I give Him 100% of the credit for any success that we have ever had.

The days rally left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a much needed gain of +2.54%. For comparison, the Dow was up 2.17%, the Nasdaq +2.98%, and the S&P 500 +2.15%. What a wonderful day! All I can say is praise God! We really needed this!

 

 

Wall St. rallies over 2 percent with earnings, data boost

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Sell, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +3.76% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

10/16/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.891 17.7453 40.1194 50.7762 29.0727
$ Change 0.0013 0.0106 0.8468 1.2762 0.4662
% Change day +0.01% +0.06% +2.16% +2.58% +1.63%
% Change week +0.03% -0.06% +1.55% +2.83% +1.48%
% Change month +0.13% -0.57% -3.50% -5.49% -4.77%
% Change year +2.26% -2.04% +6.67% +4.77% -5.78%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.9764 27.5 31.4529 34.2535 19.8464
$ Change 0.0836 0.1736 0.3870 0.5022 0.3313
% Change day +0.42% +0.64% +1.25% +1.49% +1.70%
% Change week +0.36% +0.54% +1.05% +1.25% +1.43%
% Change month -0.76% -1.21% -2.50% -3.02% -3.47%
% Change year +2.18% +2.27% +2.33% +2.31% +2.32%

 

 

 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 an overall neutral signal when Wms%R moved into a positive configuration 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. Look at that V!!!
I Fund:
F Fund:
Keep praying!  Not to be premature but it looks like we’ll survive 2018. In other words, I expect us to move up into 2019. That’s all for tonight. Have a great evening and I’ll see you tomorrow.
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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