04/17/17

Good Evening, There was no new drama over the weekend or today so the market decided to rally. At the moment, I consider it no more than a dead cat bounce in a downtrend. Some of the biggest bounces occur in the midst of corrections. Nonetheless, we’ll give the bulls a reasonable doubt and see what they can do with it tomorrow!

Todays trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment gained +0.62%. For comparison the Dow added +0.90%, the Nasdaq +0.89%, and the S&P 500 +0.86%. Praise God for a good day!

 

Wall Street rallies in low volume led by banks, tech

 

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. I know the signals seem redundant, but they are just the reflection of a market that is undecided and trading sideways. We are currently invested with 100% in the I Fund. Our allotment is now +2.00% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results.

04/14/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.2891 17.777 32.3062 41.9509 26.2532
$ Change 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
% Change day +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00%
% Change week +0.04% +0.78% -1.11% -1.17% +0.05%
% Change month +0.09% +0.95% -1.35% -2.14% -0.60%
% Change year +0.67% +1.88% +4.64% +2.33% +6.71%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 18.7042 25.0919 27.7499 29.774 17.0171
$ Change 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
% Change day +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00% +0.00%
% Change week -0.08% -0.23% -0.42% -0.51% -0.60%
% Change month -0.13% -0.39% -0.69% -0.84% -0.99%
% Change year +1.60% +2.51% +3.41% +3.85% +4.24%

 

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:
We had a nice bounce today. However, with the potential for negative drama to occur, at the moment I’d have to give a slight edge to the bears. We’ll watch the charts and see. 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.
 
 
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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Written By

Scott Grimes

  • 12/15/25

    Good Afternoon, Yes, I’m a little late getting started with this today. I’ve been crazy busy dumping tech stocks and buying Industrial, Consumer discretionary, consumer staples, banks, and health care. I can’t recall this kind of vicious rotation in December in recent memory. This almost reminds me of when I was trying to figure the…

  • *****Interfund Transfer******

    Good Day, It’s time to adjust our mix. The new mix is 100/S. Please remember that this is the percentage of money that we have invested in each fund, not the money that is taken from your check and deposited into thrift. Those future contributions should always be 100% G Fund. That automatically protects your…

  • 12/08/25

    Good Morning, We got a great PCE report on Friday showing relatively tame inflation.  The Commerce Department said that the core personal consumption expenditures price index for September – which was delayed due to the record-setting U.S. government shutdown – showed an annual rate of 2.8%, lower than the 2.9% Dow Jones estimate. Core PCE’s 0.2%…