11/21/16

Good Evening, Energy took off and the market followed with a trifecta! The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all moved to new record highs.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allocation racked up another gain of +0.65%! For comparison, the Dow added +0.47%, the Nasdaq +0.89% and the S&P 500 +0.75%. God continues to bless our group!

 

S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq Post New Records as Crude Rallies

 

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 allocation is now +5.86% on the year not including the days gains. Here are the latest posted results:

11/18/16 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.147 17.4268 30.0187 39.9141 23.5512
$ Change 0.0008 -0.0574 -0.0668 0.0539 -0.2691
% Change day +0.01% -0.33% -0.22% +0.14% -1.13%
% Change week +0.04% -1.02% +0.75% +3.91% -1.87%
% Change month +0.09% -2.32% +2.84% +7.01% -2.94%
% Change year +1.55% +2.78% +8.91% +13.28% -2.26%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.2526 24.1042 26.2634 27.971 15.8794
$ Change -0.0192 -0.0495 -0.0777 -0.0953 -0.0598
% Change day -0.11% -0.20% -0.29% -0.34% -0.38%
% Change week +0.05% +0.14% +0.24% +0.31% +0.39%
% Change month +0.26% +0.63% +0.98% +1.19% +1.42%
% Change year +2.70% +3.86% +4.79% +5.27% +5.68%

 

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:

c-fund

 

S Fund: An SCTR of 88.2 is clearly the best of our TSP Funds. That tells you all you need to know as to why we are 100% /S !

s-fund

 

I Fund:

i-fund

 

F Fund:

f-fund

 

There’s really nothing new to talk about. Things are running smoothly and the short to intermediate future looks bright. I praise God for His guidance! Our task now remains to monitor the charts for any change in the current trend. Have a great evening and may God continue to bless your trades!

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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Written By

Scott Grimes

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