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06/07/13

Update:The May jobs report came in with a gain of 175,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 7.6%. Estimates were looking for closer to 160,000 and an unemployment rate of 7.5%. Job gains for March and April were revised down 12,000. March's increase was from 138,000 to 142,000, and April's, from 165,000 to 149,000.

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The market showed some signs of panicking in early afternoon trading yesterday. Panic may be too strong ...

TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 6/10/13- 6/14/13

Buy: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 42% bulls, 50% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 0.84 to 1. That is a buy signal in a bull market which means the survey system will remain in a 100% S fund allocation for the week of 6/10/13 - 6/14/13.

Bull market rules have been in effect since the week of 1/09/12:

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To discuss or comment on the Sentiment ...

Institutions managing large sums of money are generally long term investors with infinite time horizons. When an institution decides to add or decrease their holdings in a particular company it is not as easy as clicking a button on their computer screen. This is an overview of what might take place at your mutual fund or pension fund office on trading day.

Let's say the Fund of Thrift has a vested interest in company XYZ since they own .5% of all outstanding shares. The fund has ...

06/06/13

Stocks fell sharply yesterday with losses near 1.5% across the board and very little signs of the bulls wanting to do any buying. The Dow lost 217-points and the S&P was sent to a very important support line.
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06/04/13

Stocks opened higher on Tuesday, but they could not hold on as we saw the first negative close on a Tuesday all year. The Dow lost 76-points and the losses were fairly broad - although the I-fund closed with a nice gain.
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