01/14/20

Good Evening, It’s no secret that the market has been way hot lately. Today it decided to pause a little which is probably a healthy thing for it to do. The media blamed a report that came out the said that some US sanctions will stay in place until after the election to ensure Chinese compliance to the agreement. They claim that algorithm traders and human investors took the message as a good reason to sell. I don’t know about all that but I do know that all my indicators still support being in equities. I will also add that our chart for the C Fund where we are invested is currently the strongest of our TSP charts and is still on a buy signal. That said, as long as the price action remains good I will remain in the market. Never forget that the algorithms are going to push things around in an effort to get you to sell so they can pick up some bargains. Unfortunately, that’s a great deal of their money making strategy these days. There’s nothing we can do about that but give our stocks more room to run. It gives the impression that we are buy and holders just like the rest, but that’s not the case. When we need to sell we will sell. Just not on the algorithm traders terms…….

The days trading left us with the following results: Our TSP allotment fell back slightly at -0.15%. If that’s our bad day then I’ll gladly take it. For comparison, the Dow added +0.11%, the Nasdaq fell -0.24%, and the S&P 500 slipped back -0.15%. I thank God that we have been able to stay in the green so far in 2020!

 

Wall Street dips from record in ‘Jason Bourne market’

The days action left us with the following signals: C-Buy, S-Buy, I-Neutral, F-Neutral. We are currently invested at 100/C. Our allotment is now +1.69% on the year. Here are the latest posted results:

 

01/14/20 Prior Prices
Fund G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
Price 16.3626 19.8174 48.0612 57.2423 32.8489
$ Change 0.0008 0.0257 -0.0679 0.1723 0.0968
% Change day +0.00% +0.13% -0.14% +0.30% +0.30%
% Change week +0.02% +0.06% +0.56% +1.20% +0.21%
% Change month +0.07% +0.51% +1.69% +1.72% +0.40%
% Change year +0.07% +0.51% +1.69% +1.72% +0.40%
  L INC L 2020 L 2030 L 2040 L 2050
Price 21.2602 29.423 35.1343 38.7932 22.7224
$ Change 0.0056 0.0084 0.0195 0.0259 0.0176
% Change day +0.03% +0.03% +0.06% +0.07% +0.08%
% Change week +0.13% +0.15% +0.33% +0.39% +0.45%
% Change month +0.35% +0.39% +0.81% +0.95% +1.06%
% Change year +0.35% +0.39% +0.81% +0.95% +1.06%

 

 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:
I don’t see much to be concerned with right now. I’m sure we’ll be tested at some point, Hopefully, when that happens we’ll be able to tell if it’s the real deal or another fake out before reversal. My guess is that everyone will hold a little too long when the real decline comes. They’ve been well conditioned to do that over the past several years. We must continue to pray and rely on our Lord that guided us so well in 2000 and 2009. Give Him all the Praise for He and He alone is worthy! He wants the best for His Children and He will continue to take care of us if we are faithful and even sometimes when we are not. If you don’t know Him check out His Son Jesus. The gift that He offers is much more valuable than all of our Thrift accounts added together. That Gift is eternal life. Just believe on Him and it will be yours! That’s all for tonight. Have a great 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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