12/12/19

Good Evening, The Chinese made a large purchase of soybeans that they promised in good faith to do at the G-20 summit and the Chinese Tech Executive that was arrested in Canada was released on bail. Both were seen as positives with regard to ongoing trade negotiations between China and the US. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s [HWT.UL] chief financial officer and the daughter of its founder, faces U.S. claims that she misled multinational banks about Iran-linked transactions, putting the banks at risk of violating U.S. sanctions. The news spurred stocks to gains for the day although they moved lower in the last hour of trading finishing well off their highs.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment was steady in the G Fund. For comparison, the Dow gained +0.64%, the Nasdaq +0.95%, and the S&P 500 +0.54%. Praise God for a day in the green.

 

Wall Street closes up, investors optimistic on China trade

The days trading left us with the following signals: C-Sell, S-Sell, I-Sell, F-Buy. Our allocation is now -3.99% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.

 

12/11/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.9662 17.9621 37.7767 46.5736 26.9972
$ Change 0.0013 -0.0098 -0.0117 -0.1311 0.1196
% Change day +0.01% -0.05% -0.03% -0.28% +0.44%
% Change week +0.03% -0.04% +0.15% -0.61% -1.04%
% Change month +0.09% +0.82% -4.41% -5.42% -3.81%
% Change year +2.74% -0.84% +0.44% -3.90% -12.50%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.7996 27.0537 30.2824 32.6925 18.7965
$ Change 0.0035 0.0066 0.0127 0.0156 0.0098
% Change day +0.02% +0.02% +0.04% +0.05% +0.05%
% Change week -0.04% -0.08% -0.19% -0.24% -0.28%
% Change month -0.76% -1.23% -2.56% -3.09% -3.55%
% Change year +1.27% +0.61% -1.48% -2.35% -3.09%

 

 

 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:
Today was a pleasant day, but it takes more than one positive day to change a trend. We’ll see if we can build on this tomorrow. I fully expect the volatility to remain high. That’s all for tonight. Have a nice 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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Scott Grimes

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