Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks continued their winning ways as the jobs report and post-stress test reports gave investors another boost of confidence that the worst may be behind us. Despite an unemployment rate of 8.9%, the slightly lower than expected number of jobs lost in April triggered more buying.Read… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks managed to close higher again on Friday and the S&P 500 had yet another positive week last week. The rally is getting a little old, but you have to respect the continued strength. The S&P 500 has had many reasons to turn back down overRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks rose again on Friday as the bulls continue to push this rally for all that it is worth. The Dow and S&P 500 both gained over 1.5%, and are within a few points of another multi-month high. Just like last fall, the market seems toRead… Read more »
Good morning. It is your weekly dose of TSP Talk. The indices were mixed on expiration Friday as the Dow and the I-fund were basically flat on the day, the S&P 500 gained 0.50%, and the small caps gained 1.0%. Like the title of this article says, it looks like the S&P 500 is goingRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk! A quick shout out to our amazing military and government agencies, in particular the US Navy special forces, who were involved in defusing what appeared to be an impossible situation with the Somali pirates. The rescue was nothing short of extraordinary. I believe I can speakRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk… Stocks opened to the downside on Friday after the jobs report was released, but once again the bulls managed to move the indices higher by the close. The TSP stock funds all ended the day in positive territory, and had another very successful week. The marketRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks dropped on Friday, as the TSP stock funds lost 2% to 3% on the day, but ended the week up sharply, and after a slow start, March has returned much of 2009’s early losses. Can it continue week? A week ago Friday I had saidRead… Read more »
From TSP Talk: You know it has been a wild market environment when you can have day that is down between 2% and 3%, and it is just a minor pullback from the prior day’s gains. The pullback was on lighter volume which can be considered a plus for stocks. The S&P 500 is certainlyRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your Monday dose of TSP Talk. The market closed modestly higher again on Friday, as the TSP stock funds tacked on between 0.4% to 0.9% on the day. The 4-day rally took the S&P 500 up nearly 11% for the week, and after an awful start, it is now positive in theRead… Read more »
Good Monday morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. It just seems to be getting worse and worse out there. After the worst year in over 70 years in 2008, some of the worst January and Februarys in history, March starts off with the worst first week it has ever had. Relentless. So whenRead… Read more »