Good Evening, My what a difference a day makes or should I say a tweet. Today the President tweeted that the US and China are involved in a minor squabble and that they are still talking. Yesterday the tweet was basically China, you should have taken a deal while you had it, you done messed up now! You all know the results. Was it the worst day in 2019? It sure felt like it if it wasn’t. I thank God for guiding us to the safety of the F Fund. So today the market moved higher but gave up some ground before the final bell. Should we jump back in?? I’m not ready just yet. I haven’t really seen a notable change one way or the other and the VIX is still a little high at 18.06. I’d really like to see it fall at least to 16 before I jump back in. I’d also like to see a buy signal in the fund that I move to. I have neither of those things at this time so I think I’m just going to sit back and watch. The conditions remind me a bit of last September which is still fresh on my mind. It;s hard to forget that downturn. We have a decent profit now and I fully intend to keep it. Remember, It’s not what you make. It’s what you keep that counts!
The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a gain of +0.08%. For comparison, the Dow added +0.82%, the Nasdaq +1.14%, and the S&P 500 +0.80%.
The days action left us with the following signals: C-Neutral, S-Neutral, I-Neutral, F-Buy. We are currently invested at 100/F. Our allocation is now +10.21% on the year. Here are the latest posted results: For those wondering about the F Fund showing a drop. Be aware that TSP uses the price of the F Fund when they close out their books for the day. Any discrepancies usually even out in a day or so….
| 05/14/19 | Prior Prices | ||||
| Fund | G Fund | F Fund | C Fund | S Fund | I Fund |
| Price | 16.148 | 18.7626 | 40.9502 | 51.1996 | 29.268 |
| $ Change | 0.0011 | -0.0075 | 0.3309 | 0.6537 | 0.2135 |
| % Change day | +0.01% | -0.04% | +0.81% | +1.29% | +0.73% |
| % Change week | +0.03% | +0.19% | -1.62% | -1.81% | -0.69% |
| % Change month | +0.10% | +0.43% | -3.68% | -3.20% | -3.31% |
| % Change year | +0.97% | +3.42% | +13.90% | +16.42% | +9.56% |
| L INC | L 2020 | L 2030 | L 2040 | L 2050 | |
| Price | 20.3679 | 28.0028 | 32.042 | 34.8756 | 20.1877 |
| $ Change | 0.0357 | 0.0661 | 0.1621 | 0.2115 | 0.1403 |
| % Change day | +0.18% | +0.24% | +0.51% | +0.61% | +0.70% |
| % Change week | -0.24% | -0.34% | -0.77% | -0.93% | -1.07% |
| % Change month | -0.63% | -0.89% | -2.04% | -2.45% | -2.80% |
| % Change year | +3.44% | +4.51% | +8.12% | +9.53% | +10.74% |
