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Coolhand's Market Analysis

A weekly snapshot of current TSP allocations for both the Top 50 and the Total Tracker. I also try to accompany the allocation charts with some measure of technical analysis, normally using the S&P 500.

  1. Are We There Yet?

    The current rally really has a lot of experienced traders wondering just how much higher the stock market can go since the February bottom. It's very hard to predict a top; especially when global markets are being propped up by liquidity. What I can predict is that a top will come eventually.

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    Here is a 3 year weekly chart of the S&P 500. We can see that the bull market largely hit its peak in the Spring of 2015; almost 1 year ago. Since ...
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  2. Defying Gravity

    Since the first 6 weeks of the year, which saw a correction of more than 10% across most global equity indexes, stocks have come roaring back. It's now been more than 7 weeks since the low and the S&P 500 is holding above both its 50 and 200 day moving averages. That's bullish at face value, but let's check under the hood.

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    This chart gives us an idea of what some of the internals show with respect to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), ...

    Updated 04-17-2016 at 08:42 AM by coolhand

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EFA (I Fund) (delayed)

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BND (F Fund) (delayed)

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