05/24/18

Good Evening, The market was having a minimally good day and the 1st T got us. You all should know the three T’s by now, Trump, Trade, and Tariffs. Anyway, President Trump tweeted that the summit with North Korea was off and that the US military was ready in case North Korea did anything foolish. The market reacted with a drop of around 1% but recovered to near break even territory late in the session. Just another day in the neighborhood. I’m thinking doing prewritten  blogs… one for Trump, one for Trade and one for Tariffs. You know, kind of a generic thing. It could save me some work when I’m really busy….. I’d probably have things covered for the rest of the year (: Please  note my sarcasm……

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment slipped -0.02%. For comparison, the Dow lost -0.30%, the Nasdaq -0.02%, and the S&P 500 -0.20%.

 

The days action left us with the following results: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +4.24% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

05/24/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7074 17.7165 38.6602 50.9437 30.9956
$ Change 0.0012 0.0281 -0.0769 0.0160 -0.0917
% Change day +0.01% +0.16% -0.20% +0.03% -0.29%
% Change week +0.05% +0.51% +0.56% +0.21% -1.09%
% Change month +0.19% -0.03% +3.20% +4.71% -0.45%
% Change year +1.07% -2.20% +2.79% +5.11% +0.45%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.7901 27.2633 31.2918 34.1341 19.807
$ Change -0.0046 -0.0136 -0.0323 -0.0424 -0.0283
% Change day -0.02% -0.05% -0.10% -0.12% -0.14%
% Change week +0.07% +0.06% +0.05% +0.05% +0.04%
% Change month +0.60% +0.89% +1.48% +1.73% +1.96%
% Change year +1.23% +1.39% +1.81% +1.96% +2.12%

 

 

 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: The I Fund generated an overall Neutral signal today when the PMO joined the MACD in a negative configuration and the SCTR moved below 40.
F Fund:
Like I said yesterday. This market can turn on a dime just like it’s done the past two days. Keep a close watch on the charts and they’ll tell you where the general trend is going. If you only try to look at the daily prices you won’t be able to see big picture and that can be misleading….. That’s all for tonight. Have a great 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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