10/24/19

Good Evening, The market moved higher in the morning session on good earnings report and forecast from tech firms Microsoft (MSFT) and PayPal (PYPL). However, the gains were tempered during the afternoon session on a poor report from 3M Corporation (MMM). The 3M report carried a lot of weight with investors as a US industrial company with a lot if international exposure. It is considered an industrial bellwether stock and an accurate gauge of where manufacturing in the US is heading. Most importantly the bad report was viewed by investors as a result of the ongoing trade war between the US and China. As I have said repeatedly, all things begin and end with the trade war……  This is no exception.

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment posted a modest gain of +0.19%, For comparison, the Dow dropped -0.11%, the Nasdaq was up +0.81%, and the S&P 500 added +0.19%.

 

Strong tech results propel S&P 500, Nasdaq

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Neutral, I-Buy, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/C. Our allocation is now +8.44% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

10/24/19 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 16.2963 19.6504 43.8668 52.3451 31.1015
$ Change 0.0008 -0.0024 0.0834 0.2284 0.1519
% Change day +0.00% -0.01% +0.19% +0.44% +0.49%
% Change week +0.03% -0.01% +0.81% +0.98% +1.14%
% Change month +0.11% -0.19% +1.23% +1.24% +2.85%
% Change year +1.90% +8.31% +22.01% +19.03% +16.43%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 20.8349 28.7421 33.45 36.6159 21.2894
$ Change 0.0151 0.0249 0.0667 0.0872 0.0581
% Change day +0.07% +0.09% +0.20% +0.24% +0.27%
% Change week +0.22% +0.26% +0.58% +0.69% +0.78%
% Change month +0.47% +0.53% +1.12% +1.31% +1.48%
% Change year +5.82% +7.27% +12.87% +14.99% +16.78%

 

 

 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:
Nothing to add here. That’s all for tonight. Have a nice evening and may God continue to bless your trades!
God bless, Scott Sunglasses
 
 ***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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