Good morning! It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. The Dow closed 32-points higher on Friday, the 5th consecutive daily close in positive territory for the major index, but the rest of the market was flat at best as all three TSP stock funds ended the day in the red. Bonds also ended the dayRead… Read more »
Good morning! It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks were mostly lower on Friday, while bonds rallied after a weaker than expected Consumer Confidence report. The C fund dropped 0.4%, the S fund was relatively flat, the I fund lost 0.74% after some strength in the dollar, and the F-fund (bonds) was up aRead… Read more »
Good morning! It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks sold off hard on Thursday on light volume holiday trading, after a weaker than expected jobs report. All three TSP stock funds lost about 3% on the day, while the F-fund (bonds) inched up 0.3%. Estimates for the June jobs report were for a lossRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks were mixed again on Friday, as the Dow and S&P 500 closed modestly lower, while the small caps did well, and the I-fund managed a small gain. Bonds were also up slightly. We started last week with a sharp decline, believing we could be seeing the startRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks were pummeled yesterday as the Dow shed 200-points and the major indices lost between 3% and 4% on the day. The S&P 500 is now back in the red for 2009 (although the C-fund is still up slightly). Monday’s sell-off gave us some confirmation that our beliefRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks were mixed on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 closing up on the day, while the small caps finished in the red – as did the I-fund after a rally in the dollar, which also helped bonds have a nice day. As much as I haveRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Although the Dow managed a small gain, stocks and bonds were mostly down on Friday after the surprising stronger than expected payroll report. If you missed it, there were 345,000 jobs lost in May, much fewer than the 520,000 that were expected. The 9.4% unemployment rateRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. The market was relatively flat for most of the day on Friday, but that all changed in the last half hour of trading when a flurry of buying kicked in. The major indices ended the day up over 1% again and the Dow, which had alreadyRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks or Bonds? The good news from last week was that after some late selling on Friday afternoon, the S&P 500 did manage to end the week up about 0.5%. The bad news was that it started the week with a +3% rally on Monday, butRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks struggled on Friday as the Dow lost 63-points, and the C and S funds dropped about 1% each. At this point, a pullback is healthy, but will people be overly complacent and blindsided by something more severe? Let’s look for clues. The S&P 500 didRead… Read more »