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  1. TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up


    The action was very slow last week with very minimal swings in the market indices. Perhaps this long holiday weekend is what was needed, although the seasonality surrounding President's Day is not all that impressive compared to other holidays.



    Small caps (S-fund) led the way with a 0.59% gain while the I-fund was down 0.5% after a weaker than expected GDP report
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  2. Flat and dull

    2/15/13

    The action was painfully slow and flat yesterday as the bears have been unable to put forth any pressure on the indices. The Dow lost about 10-points, remaining below the 14,000 level, which has given the news media and us market pundits something to talk about during these dull days.
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  3. Sentiment Survey Results...

    TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 2/19/13- 2/22/13

    Buy: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 41% bulls, 48% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 0.85 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 2/19/13 - 2/22/13.

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

    See latest survey results

    To discuss or comment on the Sentiment ...
  4. Consumer Staples

    Many believe the market is overbought, and technical analysis with charts leads one to a similar conclusion. So, what are institutions and the heavytraders, and perhaps others, as compared to the broad market, buying lately? To find out, I show several relationship charts. A relationship chart compares an individual stock against the broader market. For this exercise I am focusing on consumer staples because, if the market is topping, there should be movement toward stocks that can survive a ...
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  5. Hitting the ceiling?

    2/14/13

    The Dow saw some sharp intraday losses yesterday, but by the close it was just a 36-point decline, while the other major indices were mixed. Small caps outperformed again.
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