10/17/17

Good Evening, The Dow touched a record intraday high today and the media got excited. That’s nice but as I’ve said many times the Dow is a poor indicator of what is going on in the market. Today was a great example. While the Dow posted a gain of +0.18% after backing off of a record high, the rest of the market did not fare as well. Breadth today was again not good. During the session, declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 1.37-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.72-to-1 ratio favored decliners. So why did the Dow show a gain? That’s simple, It’s made up of 30 large cap blue chip stocks most of which were obviously gainers. One could even argue that the Dow is really a poor indicator of market health as large cap stocks are usually the last one’s to sell off during a decline. As I have repeated many times, the S&P 500 is a far better indicator and if you really want the total picture you also need to follow the Russell 2000 and the Nasdaq.

The days trading left us  with the following results: Our TSP allotment slipped back -0.19%. For comparison the Dow added +0.18%, the Nasdaq was flat at -0.01%, and the S&P 500 gained +0.07%.

 

Dow pierces 23,000 but finishes below milestone

The days trading left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +14.90 % for the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

10/17/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.4658 18.0827 35.856 46.6423 29.946
$ Change 0.0010 0.0094 0.0238 -0.0996 -0.1268
% Change day +0.01% +0.05% +0.07% -0.21% -0.42%
% Change week +0.02% -0.07% +0.24% -0.18% -0.39%
% Change month +0.10% +0.26% +1.67% +0.90% +1.18%
% Change year +1.84% +3.64% +16.14% +13.77% +21.72%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.3184 26.4123 29.9176 32.4584 18.7387
$ Change -0.0031 -0.0099 -0.0212 -0.0282 -0.0193
% Change day -0.02% -0.04% -0.07% -0.09% -0.10%
% Change week +0.01% +0.01% +0.00% -0.01% -0.02%
% Change month +0.38% +0.60% +0.92% +1.06% +1.18%
% Change year +4.93% +7.90% +11.48% +13.21% +14.78%

 

 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:

 

Small caps continue to suffer but we’ll stay the course. That’s all for tonight. Have a nice 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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