Stocks were up this week with two back to back rallies Tuesday and Wednesday to produce the bulk of the gains for the week. The rest of the days were a mix of slight to modest moves depending on your index of interest. All three indices representative of the TSP stock funds are sitting underRead… Read more »
Yesterday was Equal Pay Day. If you aren’t familiar with the holiday, the title alone might have made you think it was a fun holiday celebrating women having equal opportunity. Who doesn’t love getting cash money, right? Actually, Equal Pay Day is a bit of a downer. It’s defined by the federal government as “theRead… Read more »
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The week started off with not much vertical movement in the indices until Fed member Janet Yellen reenergized buyers with here dovish comments intraday Tuesday. The rally she sparked carried on into Wednesday but markets flattened out as March and the first quarter of 2016 came to an end. The jobs report came out FridayRead… Read more »
Stocks eased up this week after five straight positive weeks. The market held up after the news of the Brussels attacks but traders took cover after some hawkish comments by FOMC members. Pullbacks are healthy for markets especially after long upward momentum. Most of these indices have support lines to help the bull cause whenRead… Read more »
After hesitation by investors to put their money to work earlier this week, all TSP stock funds saw more than a 1% for the week following the dovish policy statement put out by the Feds mid-day Wednesday. Naturally this ignited a rally that followed into Thursday where the bulk of the gains were produced. TheRead… Read more »
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The bulls fought back the bear’s efforts to reverse recent market action this week producing volatile sideways movement. The turning point came Thursday after the ECB’s stimulus decision caused a sell off during the first half of the day followed by V-shaped bounce for the following trading hours. Thursday’s late rally carried into Friday andRead… Read more »