12/26/19

Good Evening, The market rose again today on Christmas Cheer, a good report from Amazon, and optimism over the Phase One trade deal between the US and China. The Santa rally is on! For those of you who don’t know about the Santa Rally it’s not just a term that I made up. It is a term used by wall street to describe the trading period at the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. Specifically, it refers to the last five days of the year on the first two days of the new year. Since records have been kept the S&P 500 has averaged a +1.57% gain for this period. That is the reason it is called the Santa Clause Rally! For those of you keeping tabs,  we are still moving into our new home. We won’t have any furniture for another week.  It’s a tough time of the year for this but that’s just the way it worked out. So here I sit in my lawn chair with my 2 ft tall plastic Christmas Tree and air mattress. I’m not complaining though. After all our Lord and Savior Jesus was born in a manger so many years ago. When you think of that way it’s really no problem at all to stay in an empty house……. Anyway, my reason for mentioning this is to remind you all again why my blogs have been so irregular the past six months. I thank God that we all survived and actually even thrived being able to finish the year strong. When all the construction is finally complete things should finally get back normal. This is our forever home. Last move…on this earth……

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment tacked on another +0.51%. For comparison, the Dow gained +0.37%, the Nasdaq +0.78%, and the S&P 500 +0.51%. Thank God for another day of gains! We’ll take it!!

 

Global stocks rally to record highs; gold gains

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/C. Our allocation is now +17.14% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

12/26/19 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 16.3462 19.7049 47.3848 56.5053 32.6105
$ Change 0.0017 0.0070 0.2464 0.1044 0.0208
% Change day +0.01% +0.04% +0.52% +0.19% +0.06%
% Change week +0.03% +0.09% +0.60% +0.40% +0.16%
% Change month +0.13% -0.14% +3.29% +2.57% +2.90%
% Change year +2.21% +8.61% +31.80% +28.49% +22.08%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 21.1848 29.3069 34.8647 38.4471 22.496
$ Change 0.0164 0.0265 0.0677 0.0875 0.0574
% Change day +0.08% +0.09% +0.19% +0.23% +0.26%
% Change week +0.12% +0.13% +0.26% +0.31% +0.34%
% Change month +0.74% +0.86% +1.87% +2.20% +2.49%
% Change year +7.59% +9.38% +17.64% +20.74% +23.40%

 

 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:
I’m happy with the end of the year. It’s true, we didn’t get it all. However, we did manage a nice gain (so far) and there are still a few days for that to get better. I praise God for His continued guidance of our group. I pray that you all had a merry Christmas and that you have a prosperous New Year. What’s the secret to making money in 2020? It was handed down to us in Gods word. Seek first the kingdom of God and all those other things will be added unto you!  That’s all for tonight. Have a nice time with your families and may God continue to bless your trades in 2020 and beyond!
God bless, Scott Sunglasses
 
 ***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.
 
 
I produce and publish this blog as both a ministry and for the benefit of any Federal Government Employee. This is done to offer you some guidance as to how to approach your retirement more financially successful. When it is time for you to retire, I recommend you utilize the services of a Professional Money Manager, who works with a reputable investment firm. He understands the guidance you have already received and he can manage your savings assets utilizing a more advanced investment program into the future. 
 
If you would like to receive more information about this introduction, please feel free to contact me at  KyFan1@aol.com. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Scott Grimes

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