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06/04/13

Stocks struggled coming out of the gate on Monday morning after Friday's big late 206-point sell-off. But as we headed into afternoon trading, the buyers were less shy about buying the dip and the Dow ended the day up 138-points. Some of the broader indices weren't as fortunate.
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06/03/13

Stocks were floating near the break-even area for most of the day on Friday, but an afternoon sell-off took the indices deep into negative territory, with most of the damage being done in the final minutes of trading.
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There hasn't been very many dips this year and the ones we've had did not last long or go very deep. But those dips managed to quickly turn sentiment bearish and roll over many technical indicators to sells, whipsawing many traders. The current weakness this market is experiencing has a decidedly different feel to it. Talk of Fed "tapering" has some speculating that this is contributing to current market jitters as traders worry the Fed may curtail its unprecedented monetary stimulus should recent ...

The holiday shortened week got off to a good start, but things flattened out mid-week, and fell apart in late afternoon trading on Friday turning a positive week into a negative one.



Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through May 31, including the final returns for May.



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05/31/13

Stocks opened strongly on Thursday, closed on the weak side, but held on to some modest gains. The Dow gained 22-points while the broader indices saw a bit better returns - particularly the small caps.
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