Hi everyone – It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend. The market was moving along just fine during the typical light volume, holiday shortened trading week, but a surprise debt problem out of Dubai shook some nerves and took the major indices for a tailspin onRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Stock got off to pretty good start last week as the major indices were up sharply on Monday, and they held onto those gains as we headed into Thursday. On Thursday, Meredith Whitney, who made a name for herself correctly calling for theRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Last week was a volatile week for the stock market and a strong finish on Friday solidified some decent gains for both the major indices, and the TSP stock funds. The C-fund closed up 2.33% for the week. The S-fund gained 1.64%Read… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Similar to September and October, the first week of November got off to a very strong start with all of the the major U.S. stock market indices picking up some impressive gains. Over the last few months, being in the TSP stockRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Another wild week on Wall Street as a strong GDP (gross domestic product) report for the 3rd quarter helped spark a 200-point rally on Thursday, but a weaker than expected Consumer Sentiment report, some less than exciting earnings reports, and a threatRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Last week was a volatile week for the stock market as 4 of the 5 trading days ended with the Dow Jones being up or down 90 or more points; two of those were up, and two were down. We had aRead… Read more »
In late 2007, the TSP announced that they would be implementing restrictions to the number of interfund transfers you can make in your Thrift Savings Plan account. We went from unlimited transfers, to two per month. I feel very strongly that one more transfer per month might actually work. Two is not always enough. RightRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk. This market commentary is updated daily on www.tsptalk.com. Stocks ended a good week on a sour note Friday as the major indices and TSP stock funds were down about 1% across the board on the day, while the F-fund picked up 0.16%. For theRead… Read more »
Good morning! It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk. This market commentary is updated daily on www.tsptalk.com. Stocks were flat to modestly higher yesterday during the light volume holiday trading. The Dow closed up about 21-points, while the Nasdaq was down slightly. The TSP did not post new share prices because of the holidayRead… Read more »
Good morning! It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk. This market commentary is updated daily on www.tsptalk.com. Stock opened sharply lower on Friday after a weaker than expected jobs report, but quickly found its footing and spent the rest of the day trying to recover. The TSP stock funds were down 0.45% to 0.75%Read… Read more »