01/29/18

Good Evening, It was inevitable that we would have a day of good selling after such a strong run. Nonetheless, if I were a betting man I’d certainly have no problem betting that we’ll get out of this month with a profit. The excuse for today’s selling was a report that Apple is reducing production of the new I phone X. Whatever, I’m more concerned with the what than the why. The what is the price and that was down today. To me, the fact that Apple contributed to it going down doesn’t change the fact that it did. That said, I’m still tickled to death with the month we’ve had and I praise God for it!

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment dropped -0.67%. For comparison, the Dow lost -0.67% the Nasdaq -0.52%, and the S&P 500 -0.67%.

 

Dow, S&P 500 suffer worst one-day fall in five months as Apple drags

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Buy, F-Sell. We are currently invested at 100/C. Our allocation is now +6.48% on the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

01/26/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.5669 17.9455 40.4477 51.0561 32.8666
$ Change 0.0010 -0.0369 0.4740 0.2660 0.2123
% Change day +0.01% -0.21% +1.19% +0.52% +0.65%
% Change week +0.05% -0.02% +2.23% +1.14% +1.50%
% Change month +0.17% -0.94% +7.54% +5.34% +6.52%
% Change year +0.17% -0.94% +7.54% +5.34% +6.52%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.8291 27.5424 32.0187 35.1255 20.4813
$ Change 0.0354 0.0866 0.1762 0.2275 0.1504
% Change day +0.18% +0.32% +0.55% +0.65% +0.74%
% Change week +0.40% +0.67% +1.14% +1.34% +1.51%
% Change month +1.42% +2.43% +4.17% +4.92% +5.59%
% Change year +1.42% +2.43% +4.17% +4.92% +5.59%

 

 

 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: The S Fund has developed a bullish wedge pattern. That is a strong signal that this one will move up!
I Fund:
F Fund:
Today wasn’t anything to get excited about but there is no reason to believe it’s more than a healthy pullback. The trend is still up. 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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