12/07/17

Good Evening, Recovering tech stocks along with good retail numbers led the stock market higher today after several days of less than stellar action. Better than expected preliminary unemployment numbers also buoyed the buying. As I said in my last blog, the weak action the past several sessions caught me by surprise. While weakness in December is not unheard of it is definitely not the norm. I was really thankful that we were able to get back on track today and am hopeful that we can end 2017 on a positive note!

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment bounce back with a gain of +0.81%. For comparison, the Dow was up +0.29%, the Nasdaq +0.54%, and the S&P 500 +0.29%. Praise God for the gains!

 

Wall Street rising: Facebook, Alphabet, Lululemon gain

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +17.65% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

12/07/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.5164 18.0799 37.0601 47.7578 30.0362
$ Change 0.0010 -0.0374 0.1151 0.3784 0.0561
% Change day +0.01% -0.21% +0.31% +0.80% +0.19%
% Change week +0.04% -0.01% -0.17% -0.74% -0.28%
% Change month +0.05% +0.28% -0.37% -1.00% -1.10%
% Change year +2.17% +3.62% +20.04% +16.49% +22.09%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.4537 26.6824 30.3699 33.0179 19.0977
$ Change 0.0118 0.0310 0.0618 0.0807 0.0544
% Change day +0.06% +0.12% +0.20% +0.25% +0.29%
% Change week -0.03% -0.08% -0.17% -0.21% -0.25%
% Change month -0.08% -0.20% -0.39% -0.47% -0.55%
% Change year +5.67% +9.01% +13.17% +15.16% +16.98%

 

 

 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:
It felt like the market regained it’s footing today. Keep praying for a nice rally into the new year. My personal thoughts are that if a corporate tax reduction passes that it will reignite the rally we had coming into December. We’ll see. Keep a close eye on your charts. 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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