12/21/17

Good Evening, Energy and banks kicked in today to lead the market higher. The major indices all maintained moderate gains for most of the day but came way off there highs in the afternoon to close with much smaller gains. The one notable exception today was bitcoin and block chain related stocks which sold off hard as market players decided to take profits in the red hot sector prior to the long weekend.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment  gained +0.31%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.23%, the Nasdaq +0.06%, and the S&P 500 +0.20%. Thank God for another day in the green!

 

Energy and financials power Wall Street’s rise

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Sell. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +19.17% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

12/20/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.5294 18.005 37.6756 48.3758 30.5064
$ Change 0.0010 -0.0334 -0.0262 0.0764 -0.0059
% Change day +0.01% -0.19% -0.07% +0.16% -0.02%
% Change week +0.03% -0.70% +0.15% +0.64% +1.04%
% Change month +0.13% -0.13% +1.29% +0.28% +0.45%
% Change year +2.26% +3.19% +22.04% +18.00% +24.00%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.5225 26.8418 30.6646 33.3921 19.3429
$ Change -0.0021 -0.0043 -0.0067 -0.0078 -0.0043
% Change day -0.01% -0.02% -0.02% -0.02% -0.02%
% Change week +0.08% +0.15% +0.27% +0.32% +0.38%
% Change month +0.27% +0.39% +0.58% +0.65% +0.72%
% Change year +6.04% +9.66% +14.27% +16.47% +18.48%

 

 

 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:
Small caps haven’t popped yet this December like they normally do but hopefully they will do so through the end of the year and into the beginning of the new one. That’s all for tonight. Have a great evening and I’ll see you tomorrow.
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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