08/31/18

Good Evening. The end of August is finally here and a strange thing (for August) happened. We made money and I praise God for that. Today the market drifted along near the neutral mark as investors prepared for the Labor Day Weekend. No one for the most part was willing to make any large bets before the weekend as trade talks with Canada closed down without an agreement. The reaction to that news was muted somewhat as it was announced that the talks would restart on Wednesday of next week. I believe Canada will ultimately come to an agreement with the U.S. but it will be a little harder to get there than it was with Mexico. I can hear the media now. How could we treat our close neighbor and ally like that? I say if that’s how a close friend and ally treats us then why call anyone an enemy. Did you know that Canada has a 300% Tariff on our Dairy goods? Is that how you treat a friend? Is that fair trade? Is that fair to American Farmers? That’s not all of it either. I have to wonder out loud how much lost trade with Canada will really hurt us anyway? At any rate the current situation appears to be priced in. We will see how it goes but it looks like its Mexico for now…..

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.27%. For comparison, the Dow fell -0.09%, the Nasdaq gained +0.26%, and the S&P 500 was flat at +0.01%. I thank God for another day in the green. I also thank Him for finishing the month of August in the green!

 

Wall Street mixed as U.S.-Canada trade talks end

The weeks action left us with the following signals: C- Buy, S-Buy, I Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/S. Our allocation is now +11.51% for the year not including the days results. Here are the latest posted results:

 

08/30/18 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 15.831 17.9527 41.329 54.4971 30.4696
$ Change 0.0013 0.0172 -0.1772 -0.1734 -0.1208
% Change day +0.01% +0.10% -0.43% -0.32% -0.39%
% Change week +0.05% -0.15% +0.96% +0.55% +1.00%
% Change month +0.25% +0.63% +3.23% +4.20% -1.21%
% Change year +1.87% -0.90% +9.89% +12.44% -1.25%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.0911 27.7879 32.2115 35.2758 20.5382
$ Change -0.0138 -0.0327 -0.0753 -0.0988 -0.0659
% Change day -0.07% -0.12% -0.23% -0.28% -0.32%
% Change week +0.21% +0.31% +0.56% +0.65% +0.73%
% Change month +0.63% +0.85% +1.36% +1.57% +1.76%
% Change year +2.76% +3.34% +4.80% +5.37% +5.89%

 

 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 decent month after all! That’s all for tonight. Have a great Labor Day Weekend and don’t forget that the market will be closed on Monday!
God bless, Scott 8-)
 
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Scott Grimes

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