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The consistency of strong closes in the stock market over the last several weeks has been remarkable. No matter how much pressure the bears may try to put on during the day, we have seen buying into the close repeatedly. The Dow ended the day up another 119-points with gains at or near 0.50% across the board.

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Despite a relentless rally which has led to extended prices and indicators, investors continue to have an appetite for stocks. After a long winning streak was snapped on Thursday, stocks resumed their winning ways on Friday with some small to moderate gains. The Dow gained 4-points but the Nasdaq had another solid day gaining 0.4%.

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Stocks were up this week as the bulls were persuaded with strong economic data and faith in new upcoming tax policy to spark economic growth. Though we've been getting use to gains in stocks the past few months, this week we saw an acceleration in those gains. Traders following the momentum have been successful but others fear this relentless upside gives less support when the indices do finally decide to pull back.

All the TSP funds were up this week with the exception on the 0.01% ...

Stocks spent most of the day on Thursdays with modestly negative returns but rallied into the close to end the day mixed and nearly flat. The S&P was down for the first time in 8 days while the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) was down for the first time in 10, if you want to call -0.03% a loss. The Dow was up 8-points so that's 6 positive days in a row.

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Stocks opened lower again on Wednesday but it didn't take long for that to turnaround, and more comments from President Trump about his new tax plan sent stock flying into the afternoon with solid gains and new highs across the board.

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