Month: September 2017

  September is in the books and what a month it was. Last year I had a .49% gain, which is good, but this year the markets gave me an exceptional 3% gain. I expect my PIP to pop up and over 20% come next week. Last year this time, my YTD was a negative…

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            Conclusion: Bonds are the change for this months setup because it flipped to a sell. C, S, and I no change and remain a buy. No change for me, I will remain 34% S, 33% C, and 33% I. 

Here are the closing numbers for all you guys. I may need a free pass from the weekly charts that I normally put out by Sunday. This weekend is my oldest boys wedding and I have been out of town since Tuesday. Lot’s of activities and my not have the time to go through and…

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Wow, what a week for our TSP indexes. I haven’t been able to make any new deposit in my account since July 18th because of retirement. My account has reached an all time high as of Friday the 15th. It has been an incrediable run since March of 2016 and eventually this party will end, but…

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No new news for me this week as far as retirement.    The S&P 500 is really starting to show us that $2481 is a major barrier. The more times it reaches that level and does not close above it by the end of the day, means that a knee jerk lower is very likely.…

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So you do not have to wait until next Friday when I put out the closing numbers to see my last 12 month PIP, here it is, 19.18%. That’s down .4% after taking my first loss since October 2016. One of out indexes made a very impressive move and it was a move that we…

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Hello September!!   

  Very nice recovery the last 4 days of August. I had over a 1% loss most of the month and almost broke even. Sweet. Here is the funny part. All month long I was saying if I would taken that bond move my losses would have been less. Well as of todays close, if…

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