Most of the losses in the stock market on Friday occurred in the first 15 minutes. The financial media are attributing it to renewed fears of Greece exiting the Euro and China clamping down on margin lending. While Greece adds… Read More ›
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The Smart Bird: What Could Go Wrong
I guess it is a foregone conclusion that we will have another financial crisis. It appears the blame game has pre-emptively started with statements like Jamie’s from many of the people responsible for the mess in the financial sphere. We now… Read More ›
TSP Smart Investor: Spring Summary Report
Twice a year I provide all members to include “Allocation E-mail Alert” members (only $85/year) a summary of where I think we are in the Bull/Bear market based on an ensemble of indicators that I follow. I have just posted… Read More ›
TSP Charts: Quicklook
The first chart compares the performance of the three equity funds since the March 2014 peak. The TSP C fund’s rise has been steady, but recently it has lost momentum. The TSP S fund traded sideways for an extended period… Read More ›
TSP Perspectives: The Only Game in Town
You may have noticed the Central Banker’s policies and the market’s expectations of those policies appear to be the only game in town for the markets these days. I have no doubt that the market would have corrected more deeply… Read More ›
Volume Leads: 4 March 2015
When your investment choices are index funds, then your analysis becomes more focused. The diversified indexes require analysis of diversified indicators. Fundamental analysis focuses on the supporting economy and aggregate corporate growth (or lack of). While fundamental analysis can not be… Read More ›
TSP Charts: New highs, but…
All US equity funds broke to new highs this week with strong market breadth. After lingering at the price of the previous two peaks, the S&P 500 (TSP C fund) worked its way through resistance and then again lingered at its all… Read More ›
TSP Charts: Market Internals
Several indicators we track reversed to the positive over the last week. Is it time to jump back into equities, some think so, but we prefer to watch a little longer in this rapidly oscillating market. One of the measures… Read More ›
TSP F Fund’s Last Hurrah
The TSP F Fund attempts to match the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index representing the U.S. bond market. While the credit risk is low, the primary risk to the F fund comes in the form of… Read More ›
Capitalizing on the Santa Rally
What is the Santa Rally and can you capitalize on it with TSP funds? We answer these questions and provide the details in our free online Santa Claus Rally Guide. While we do not recommend speculating with your core retirement funds, the end of… Read More ›