TSP Talk Blog

Although the Dow lost 14-points on Monday, it was a relatively good day for the indices with gains across the board, although internally there were more stocks down than up on the NYSE and Nasdaq. Small caps were flat on the day and bond yields rallied sharply pushing the Financial stocks higher.

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Stocks opened lower on Friday, climbed back in early trading, then drifted lower into the close. The Dow ended the day down 6-points and the large caps were all just slightly lower on the day. Small caps lagged and the I-fund had a good day after a sharp decline in the dollar.

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Stocks were choppy on Thursday with a bit of drama in there but the indices traded in a fairly tight range despite the modest losses. The Dow lost 135-points and some were saying comments from President Trump was the catalyst, but we actually saw the lows before Trump's comments so I'd say it had more to do with earnings. Small caps actually had a good day so it wasn't a bad day for the TSP if you had some S-fund holdings.

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Stocks started out a little sluggishly on Wednesday but a steady grind higher saw the indices end the day with moderate gains, with only the Nasdaq failing to close in positive territory. The Dow closed with a gain of 79-points, or 0.32%, and it was the Transportation Index that led on the day with a 2.3% gain.

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After a weak open on Tuesday, stocks had a very nice day yesterday with moderate gains across the board despite some earnings scares. The Dow gained 56-points and the S&P 500 finally moved above 2800 with some conviction. The breakouts did not come on much volume as we are still in the summer vacation days, and actually July 18 is the start of the more negative portion of July's seasonality chart so there are some minor headwinds.

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