08/06/18

Good Evening, The market moved higher today on positive earnings sentiment. Of the 413 S&P 500 companies that have reported second-quarter results so far, 79.2 percent have topped earnings estimates, according to Thomson Reuters data. That compares with the 72 percent average for the past four quarters. While the major indices have been positive they have been propped up by a different group of stocks each day. The action in individual stocks has been extremely choppy with a lot of rotation under the surface.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.66%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.16%, the Nasdaq +0.61%, and the S&P 500 +0.35%. Praise God for a day in the green!

 

 

Wall Street closes higher as strong earnings cheer investors

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +8.55% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

08/06/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.7997 17.8756 40.5326 53.0496 30.3706
$ Change 0.0039 0.0186 0.1468 0.3426 -0.1043
% Change day +0.02% +0.10% +0.36% +0.65% -0.34%
% Change week +0.02% +0.10% +0.36% +0.65% -0.34%
% Change month +0.05% +0.20% +1.24% +1.44% -1.53%
% Change year +1.67% -1.32% +7.77% +9.46% -1.57%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 19.9929 27.6055 31.873 34.848 20.2603
$ Change 0.0126 0.0231 0.0426 0.0541 0.0353
% Change day +0.06% +0.08% +0.13% +0.16% +0.17%
% Change week +0.06% +0.08% +0.13% +0.16% +0.17%
% Change month +0.14% +0.18% +0.30% +0.34% +0.38%
% Change year +2.26% +2.66% +3.70% +4.09% +4.45%

 

 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:
It was a good day of a choppy summer. Perhaps we’ll get some follow through tomorrow! 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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