Good Evening, The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished in the red and the Dow closed with another record. Earnings from some of the big guns namely Amazon, Exxon, and Starbucks failed to impress investors and put a negative spin on the day. The Dow managed another record buoyed by another one of it’s weighted components Chevron which had a good earnings report. Once again, the Dow failed as an indicator. The S&P and Nasdaq were far more representative of the true climate of the market.
The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment manged a small gain of +0.10%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.15%, the Nasdaq dropped -0.12%, and the S&P 500 was off -0.13%.
The weeks action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Buy. We are currently invested at 100/I. Our allocation is now +12.17% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:
| 07/27/17 |
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Prior Prices |
| Fund |
G Fund |
F Fund |
C Fund |
S Fund |
I Fund |
| Price |
15.3895 |
17.9345 |
34.5206 |
44.6969 |
28.8719 |
| $ Change |
0.0009 |
-0.0201 |
-0.0300 |
-0.2441 |
-0.0484 |
| % Change day |
+0.01% |
-0.11% |
-0.09% |
-0.54% |
-0.17% |
| % Change week |
+0.04% |
-0.34% |
+0.13% |
-0.14% |
+0.47% |
| % Change month |
+0.17% |
+0.30% |
+2.26% |
+1.50% |
+2.86% |
| % Change year |
+1.33% |
+2.79% |
+11.82% |
+9.03% |
+17.36% |
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L INC |
L 2020 |
L 2030 |
L 2040 |
L 2050 |
| Price |
19.0898 |
25.9457 |
29.1502 |
31.5086 |
18.13 |
| $ Change |
-0.0071 |
-0.0185 |
-0.0343 |
-0.0446 |
-0.0295 |
| % Change day |
-0.04% |
-0.07% |
-0.12% |
-0.14% |
-0.16% |
| % Change week |
+0.05% |
+0.07% |
+0.11% |
+0.12% |
+0.14% |
| % Change month |
+0.61% |
+1.00% |
+1.51% |
+1.74% |
+1.95% |
| % Change year |
+3.69% |
+6.00% |
+8.63% |
+9.90% |
+11.05% |
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 an overall buy signal when the PMO moved back above it’s signals line. Its hard to put a lot of stock in signals when the indicators are moving sideways as they are subject to reversals in the signals commonly referred to as whipsaws. These bonds are like a cat with nine lives. The SCTR at 20.3 indicates how weak this signal really is. However, it is still a buy signal and the F Fund did have the best return on the day of any of our TSP Funds…….
We’ll see what happens Monday. The way these patterns have been going the market will sell off for three days and reverse. Monday will be the third day. Typical summer trading. Keep praying that God will protect our portfolios. That’s all for tonight. Have a great weekend!
God bless, Scott 
***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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