TSP Talk Blog

Stocks struggled for most of the day on Thursday but by late afternoon bulls couldn't stand to go into the close without doing some buying, so we saw a surge into the close with stocks closing at the highs of the day. The Dow was flat mostly weighted down by a 10% loss in IBM, but we saw gains in most of the broader indices. The Transports led on the upside with a 1% gain. Bonds were down again, making ...

Stocks were mixed on Wednesday, but mostly higher, on Wednesday with Nasdaq showing some weakness to avoid a sweep from the bulls. The Dow gained 152-points, with similar solid gains in the S&P 500, small caps, and I fund of around 0.4%. Bonds were down again as yields continue to creep higher, and that may have had something to do with the weakness in the tech-heavy Nasdaq. The dollar was down helping oil, natural gas, gold, silver, bitcoin, copper, etc., ...

Stocks rallied for a 5th day as they explode off the September pullback lows and are flirting with new highs already. The Dow gained nearly 200-points on the day with gains of 0.50% to 0.75% in many indices. Bonds were down sharply as yields rallied, and seeing a spike in yields and a big rally in technology stocks has not been normal lately, and we'll take a look at that. The dollar ...

The stock indices were mixed yesterday, with the Dow dipping 36-points, while the S&P 500 (C-fund) and small caps of the S-fund both pulled in some healthy gains. The small caps of the Russell 2000 were actually flat so they lagged, and that means the midcap stocks led the S-fund higher. The Nasdaq, and particularly the large cap tech stocks of the Nasdaq 100 Index, ...

Stocks opened higher again on Friday and it it looked like the bears were doing nothing to push back on that. At least that was the case with the three main large cap indices, especially the Dow which gained over 1% on the day -- although Goldman Sachs alone accounted for a large part of that gain. I was on the road after the first couple hours of trading and when I got to my destination I was a little surprised to see the small caps completely reverse direction and close down on the day, while ...