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The upward momentum from late January didn't carry into February. Stocks were down this week and Friday's action thwarted the bull's effort to keep the week to just modest losses. The dollar took a hit this Wednesday but traders were able to reverse its effect before heading into the close. However investors sold Friday with the release of the jobs report which saw 151,000 jobs added in January and a 4.9% unemployment rate.

Bonds (F-fund) saw a slight gain this week while the TSP ...

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Kicking off February with a wonderfully horrible week, this was the S&P 500's 4th worst Week 5 over the past 66 years, here’s the bottom 10

2008 -4.60%
1999 -3.14%
1974 -3.14%
2016 -3.10%
2003 -3.04%
1957 -2.91%
1982 -2.61%
1988 -2.38%
1979 -2.32%
2002 -2.32%

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SPX’s Week 6 ranks as the 9th best week within the 13-week 1st quarter period (COLD)
__3rd best winning ratio
__12th best positive ...