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05/17/13

Rumors of the Fed "tapering" their massive bond buying program gave stocks a little jolt in late afternoon trading on Thursday. The Dow lost 42-points while bonds rebounded.
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TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 5/20/13- 5/24/13

Buy: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 51% bulls, 41% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 1.24 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 5/20/13 - 5/24/13.

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

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05/16/13

The stock market has a way of making the most people look bad as possible, and this relentless rally is doing just that as it continues to be the most unloved rally I've seen in a long time.

The Dow gained another 60-points on the day as the larger stocks seemed to fare better, and the I-fund lagged with the dollar still rallying.

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05/15/13

Stocks are now putting it into another gear as the Dow gained 123-points just when we thought resistance might pose a problem. We saw 1% gains in most of the broader indices.
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Good morning


Thus far this hasn't been the typical May matching the statistics. Going back to 1950, for all months of May, Day 5's 5-Day performance (last Tuesday) tied for #11 and this Monday's 5-Day Performance tied for #12. That makes for an impressive start to May.

For the IFT Cutoff, Tuesday provides the best exit while Wednesday provides the 2nd best entry and the same holds true for the Mon-Fri stats.


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