TSP Funds The I Fund had the week's biggest gain of 0.81%. It was followed by the S Fund’s 0.48% advance and the F Fund’s 0.21% gain. The C Fund fell by 0.09%. YTD Return as of 1/13/17: 1.90% Allocation: 50% C Fund / 50% S Fund New Trades: None Note: this is the last week we'll [...]

TSP Funds All three stock funds performed well last week. The I Fund advanced by 1.77%. The C Fund had a similar gain of 1.76%. The S Fund moved up by 1.64%. The F Fund had a more modest gain of 0.19%. Below is a chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. None of the [...]

TSP Funds The F Fund had the week’s largest gain of 0.67%. The I Fund was close behind with a 0.62% advance. The S Fund fell by 0.91% while the C Fund had a 1.07% loss. Strategy Allocations Standard  50 Day    BTD          LR 50%C / 50%S 100%G 100%C 50%G / 25%C / [...]

TSP Funds The F Fund had the week's biggest gain of 0.47%. It was followed by the S Fund's 0.40% advance and the I Fund's 0.39% gain. The C Fund moved up by 0.30%. Strategy Allocations Standard  50 Day    BTD          LR 50%C / 50%S 100%G 100%G 50%G / 25%C / 25%S   [...]

TSP Funds The S Fund had the week’s largest loss of 1.37%. It was followed by the F Fund’s 0.60% decline and the I Fund’s 0.55% loss. The C Fund fell by a tiny 0.03%. Strategy Allocations Standard  50 Day    BTD          LR 50%C / 50%S 100%S 100%G 50%G / 25%C / [...]

TSP Funds The S Fund had the week's largest gain of 4.43%. It was followed by the C Fund's advance of 3.13% and the I Fund's 2.92% gain. The F Fund fell by 0.27%. The chart below shows the current market's strength. It's a weekly chart of the IWM, a fund that tracks the Russell [...]

Recap of the Week Following a huge, month-long rally, most stock indices had losses last week. The Dow managed to make a tiny gain, but the S&P 500 fell by 1%. The Russell 2000 and Nasdaq suffered larger losses. The odds of a December interest rate hike remain in the 95% range. TSP Funds The [...]

Recap of the Week The stock market continued to climb during the holiday-shortened week.The major indices gained between 1.4% (S&P 500) to 2.4% (Russell 2000). An interest rate increase in December remains very likely. According to the Fed Fund futures market, the current odds are 93.5%. TSP Funds Once again, the S Fund led the [...]

Recap of the Week It was another strong showing for the stock market. The performance varied greatly among different sectors, however. The Dow Jones barely moved, while the S&P 500 had a modest rally. The Nasdaq and Russell 2000 had the biggest advances. Most economic data was positive. A December interest rate hike looks very likely, [...]

Recap of the Week It was a wild week for the markets. With all eyes on the election, it was both turbulent and very profitable for some sectors. In particular, the Russell 2000 small-cap index gained over 10%, as did the financial sector. Most likely, these gains will be reversed a bit in the coming [...]