It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. I’m not sure why, but I am having problems formatting these blogs lately. The fonts and spacing seems to have a mind of their own. What I see when I enter the text, is not what is showing when I publish it. So, I apologize ifRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. It was an interesting week for the stock market. The losses were not overly extreme, but the action sure was. For the week, the C-fund was down 0.68%, the S-fund lost 1.29%, and the continued strength in the dollar pushed the I-fund down 3.11%. The F-fundRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. After starting the new year with a big positive week, the stock market fizzled the rest of the month leaving investors with stiff losses, and while it wasn’t as bad as January 2009, starting the year in the red has many TSP participants concerned for 2010.Read… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Despite a good start on Tuesday, the stock market and the TSP stock funds were down sharply last week following concerns that the Obama administration is planning to impose taxes and regulations on banks, which will likely hurt their bottom line. For the week, the stockRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Earnings Nerves The fourth quarter earnings reports started to drip out last week, and while we had a clunker or two, for the most part they were pretty good; yet the market seemed jittery as we saw a “sell the news” reaction on Friday. Volume wasRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. As Goes January… Good Start to 2010 There is an old Wall Street axiom that says, “As goes January, so goes the year.” Some take it further saying the first five or six trading days in January determines what type of year we have. If that’sRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. The “Santa Claus” rally got off to an early this year. Officially, the Santa Claus rally includes the final 5 trading days of the year, and the first two of the new year. That means this past Thursday, Christmas Eve, was the firstRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Stocks and the TSP funds were mixed last week as we saw strength in some areas of the market, and some weakness in others. The dollar continues to play a key roll in our TSP accounts. For the week, the small and mid-capsRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Stocks and the TSP funds moved mostly sideways last week, although the I-fund was the victim of a strong dollar and its losses spread into the L-funds. For the week, the C-fund and S-funds were up slightly at +0.09% and +0.18% respectively. TheRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Last week was certainly an interesting week as we started out on Monday, coming off of that large sell-off on the Friday before caused by the Dubai credit issue. The low volume sell-off left questions as to how investors would react when theyRead… Read more »