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Some late weakness took the steam out of a what was developing into a nice day and a positive week for the major indices, but I believe the chaos in Kiev and Venezuela had investors wanting to take some profits before the weekend. The Dow ended the day down 30-points, while the TSP stock funds were mixed, and bonds posted a modest gain.
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TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 02/24/14- 2/28/14

The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 47% bulls, 44% bears.

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Stocks were mixed last week with the Dow and S&P 500 (C-fund) posting minor weekly losses, while the small caps and the I-fund posted nice gains. Bonds (F-fund) were up slightly, but still beat the G-fund.



Here are the weekly, monthly, and annual TSP fund returns through Friday, February 21...




The S&P ...

Despite being quite overbought, stocks rallied again. Everyone seems to be waiting for the rug to be pulled out from under it, but this market refuses to die. The Dow gained 93-points, while small caps led the way, and the I-fund had to pay some bills.
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Stock rallied strongly on Wednesday morning, but peaked and later fell apart in late afternoon trading. The damage wasn't bad, but the negative outside reversals could be setting up some additional short-term weakness. The Dow lost 89-points, but it seemed worse because of the huge reversal after being up nearly 100 earlier.

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