07/20/17

Good Evening, Home retailers such as Lowe’s and Home Depot succumbed to the overwhelming force that is Amazon dragging the broader market with it. The end result was another flat day. Home Retailers sold off after news was released that Sears would now offer appliances for sale through Amazon. In other words they got Amazoned the way many other brick and mortar retailers have in recent years. I can’t help it, but it made me think of Star Trek. In that series there was an enemy made of a collective robotic/ artificial intelligence called “the Borg” that was conquering it’s way through the galaxy. Each time before the Borg would conquer a new world they would send a message out to them “Resistance is futile. Prepare to be assimilated!” Well folks, that’s Amazon.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment out performed today with a gain of +0.41%. For comparison, the Dow lost -0.13%, the Nasdaq added +0.08%, and the S&P 500 finished flat at -0.02%.

 

Wall Street flat as home improvement retailers get Amazoned

The days trading left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-buy, I-Buy, F-Buy. We are currently invested with 100% in the I Fund. Our allocation is now +11.55% on the year not including the days results. Praise God for the nice return!  Here are the latest posted results.

 

07/19/17 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.3819 17.9576 34.492 44.8897 28.7127
$ Change 0.0009 0.0025 0.1874 0.4093 0.0750
% Change day +0.01% +0.01% +0.55% +0.92% +0.26%
% Change week +0.03% +0.34% +0.61% +0.86% +0.39%
% Change month +0.12% +0.43% +2.18% +1.94% +2.29%
% Change year +1.28% +2.92% +11.72% +9.50% +16.71%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.0784 25.9258 29.1216 31.4754 18.1097
$ Change 0.0205 0.0518 0.0942 0.1202 0.0790
% Change day +0.11% +0.20% +0.32% +0.38% +0.44%
% Change week +0.16% +0.26% +0.39% +0.45% +0.51%
% Change month +0.55% +0.92% +1.41% +1.64% +1.84%
% Change year +3.63% +5.92% +8.52% +9.78% +10.93%

 

 

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: The F fund generated a buy signal (which I forgot to highlight) today when the PMO crossed up through it’s signal line. However, I am still concerned about the internal strength of this fund as the SCTR is an extremely weak 19.5.
That’s all for today! Have a great evening and may God continue to bless your trades. 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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