01/17/18

Good Evening, The market didn’t take anytime at all after yesterdays decline before it bounced back. Continued good earnings and news that Apple is repatriating 35 Billion Dollars from offshore accounts and will be investing 350 billion into the US economy drove the market higher from the morning bell to the close. Apple also stated that this investment would create 20,000 new jobs. As far as investors were concerned things went from a “look and see” mode concerning tax reform to “OK this is actually happening so we better not get left behind”. While there may be a few days of consolidation ahead like yesterday, the bottom line is that this market is in beast mode. So feed the beast!

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment gained +0.92%. For comparison the Dow was up +1.25%, the Nasdaq +1.03%, and the S&P 500 +0.94%. Thank God for a good day!

 

Dow ends above 26,000 on earnings optimism

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 +3.43% for the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

01/16/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.5568 18.0372 39.0831 49.714 32.2746
$ Change 0.0041 0.0106 -0.1371 -0.4891 0.1108
% Change day +0.03% +0.06% -0.35% -0.97% +0.34%
% Change week +0.03% +0.06% -0.35% -0.97% +0.34%
% Change month +0.10% -0.43% +3.92% +2.57% +4.60%
% Change year +0.10% -0.43% +3.92% +2.57% +4.60%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.7129 27.2682 31.4717 34.4204 20.0153
$ Change -0.0045 -0.0170 -0.0420 -0.0575 -0.0398
% Change day -0.02% -0.06% -0.13% -0.17% -0.20%
% Change week -0.02% -0.06% -0.13% -0.17% -0.20%
% Change month +0.83% +1.41% +2.39% +2.81% +3.19%
% Change year +0.83% +1.41% +2.39% +2.81% +3.19%

 

 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:
I’m still not pleased with the performance of the S Fund. We’ll stay put for now but I intend to keep it on a short leash. That’s all for tonight. 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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