TSP Talk Blog

Stocks sold off on Thursday after more testimony from Fed Char Powell, but more so after talks of tariffs from President Trump. The Dow lost 420-points on the day, but if it's any consolation, it had been down nearly 600 at the lows. Small caps held up rather well losing about 0.6% while the larger cap indices were all down more than 1%. The dollar was down so the I-fund had a bit of a cushion. ...

After a major turnaround Tuesday with a wide outside negative reversal day, we came into Wednesday and somewhat surprisingly the market opened higher. The indices tried to stabilize with some respectable early gains, but by late afternoon the tide had turned and everything fell apart. The Dow dropped 381-points with most indices falling 1% or more. ...