Another strong week was capped off by a better than expected jobs report on Friday and the 2013 rally, which saw a minor blip a couple off weeks ago, seems to be back in relentless mode. Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of March 4 through March 8… Despite the strong bullishRead… Read more »
We saw volatility pick up last week, but as volatile as it was, the indices ended the week quite close to where they began, showing just minor gains or losses for the week. The bond fund (F) led the way with a 0.43% gain. Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of FebruaryRead… Read more »
The stock market saw its first shakeup of the new year last week with a 2% decline from Tuesdays’ high to Thursday’s low. Hardly anything to panic about, and we did get a snap back rally on Friday, but we did see some technical breakdowns in the charts after a couple of false breakouts. HereRead… Read more »
The action was very slow last week with very minimal swings in the market indices. Perhaps this long holiday weekend is what was needed, although the seasonality surrounding President’s Day is not all that impressive compared to other holidays. Small caps (S-fund) led the way with a 0.59% gain while the I-fund was down 0.5%Read… Read more »
The market had a little hangover earlier last week, after the big jobs report rally on Friday February 1. But a big reversal day on Thursday of last week, followed by a nice rally on Friday, and the market avoided its first losing week of the new year. Here are the TSP fund returns forRead… Read more »
After a very modest two day pullback on Wednesday and Thursday, stocks rebounded on Friday after what appeared to be a weaker than expected jobs report where we actually saw the unemployment rate move back up to 7.9%, and 157,000 jobs being added, which was slightly lower than estimates. But large upward revisions to theRead… Read more »
The market’s relentless move higher continued as new highs were made on the S&P 500 every day last week. Earnings have been generally strong, except for Apple’s disappointment, and imagine the gains we may have seen in the indices if Apple was involved in this rally rather than tumbling and being the worst performing stockRead… Read more »
More gains for the stock funds last week as this 5-day chart looks a lot like the prior week’s 5-day chart. Everyone is aware of the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations, yet the market continues to climb the proverbial “wall of worry.” Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of January 14 through JanuaryRead… Read more »
After a huge first week in 2013, stocks followed through with some modest gains last week. Buyers stepped up each time the stock indices saw any kind of a dip and that might keep stocks buoyant for a while longer. Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of January 7 through January 11.Read… Read more »
The last trading day of the year, and the first few days of a new year have an historically positive bias and that trend held this year as we saw very solid gains in the stock funds this last week. Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of December 31 through January 4.Read… Read more »