11/16/16

Good Evening, The market took a day off from the rally with a little profit taking which is a healthy thing. Things are a little extended so don’t be surprised if there is more. The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment slipped back -0.08%. For comparison, the Dow lost -0.29%, the Nasdaq added +0.36%, and the S&P 500 fell back -0.16%. No real damage done.

 

Dow Falls for First Day in Eight on Increase in Profit Taking

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Sell, F-Sell. We are currently invested with 100% in the S Fund. Our allotment is now +5.07% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

11/15/16 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.1446 17.507 29.9829 39.6144 23.9176
$ Change 0.0008 0.0021 0.2300 0.2034 0.1768
% Change day +0.01% +0.01% +0.77% +0.52% +0.74%
% Change week +0.03% -0.56% +0.63% +3.13% -0.34%
% Change month +0.08% -1.87% +2.72% +6.20% -1.43%
% Change year +1.54% +3.26% +8.78% +12.43% -0.74%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.2662 24.1382 26.3157 28.0342 15.9178
$ Change 0.0274 0.0751 0.1203 0.1489 0.0954
% Change day +0.15% +0.31% +0.46% +0.53% +0.60%
% Change week +0.13% +0.28% +0.44% +0.53% +0.63%
% Change month +0.34% +0.77% +1.19% +1.41% +1.67%
% Change year +2.77% +4.01% +5.00% +5.50% +5.93%

 

That’s all for tonight. Have a nice evening!

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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