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Stocks fell sharply on Friday after disappointing earnings from Amazon and Ford, but the real concern seems to be the escalating situation with Russia and the Ukraine, which saw money move into safe havens like bonds and gold. The Dow lost 140-points on the day and the S&P 500 and small caps lost enough to push them into negative territory for the week.
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Stocks had a good start last week and we saw solid gains in all of the TSP funds as earnings have been coming in a better than expected in some of the major companies. But by Friday, the situation in Russia and the Ukraine was heating up and those headlines heading into the weekend gave investors a reason to do some profit taking.




Here are the weekly, monthly, and annual TSP fund returns through ...

TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 04/28/14- 5/02/14

The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 53% bulls, 31% bears.

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Stocks were mixed yesterday as the Dow ended the day flat- literally, the S&P and Nasdaq were up, and the small caps and Transportation stocks were down. The Nasdaq got a nice boost from a big gain in Apple, but that wasn't enough to keep all of the indices in positive territory.
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Stocks were lower yesterday, breaking a six day winning streak for most of the major indices. The Dow lost just 12-points but we saw much stiffer losses in some of the broader indicesincluding the Nasdaq and small caps, which remain in a downtrend. The good news is, after hours, many of the futures erased Wednesday's losses.
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