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I apologize for the late post and for anyone waiting for the Weekly Wrap Up for this week. I'm on vacation this weekend and couldn't find the time for the report with my travel plans. I'll keep it real short here but let's note that stocks had a great week despite the negative GDP numbers and another 0.75% rate hike by the Fed.





I hope most of you caught some of the gains. Good luck next week.


Thomas A Crowley

For the week ending 07-29-2022

This is my analysis of the weekly charts for the S&P 500, IWM, the VIX and 10-year yields. Premium subscribers also receive a daily commentary with the daily charts and my timing system’s signals for both TSP and ETFs outside of TSP.

Current YTD returns thru 07-29-2022:

TSP: ETF:

G fund: 1.41% UPRO (buy ...

Originally Posted by James48843

I was able to interview TSP Board External Affairs Director Kim Weaver this morning. She says wait times are way down, but there is still a ways to go before they are satisfied.

This podcast runs just over 15 minutes. James48843

https://bigcountrygold.com/podcasts/jim-pratt-podcasts and click on the TSP podcast.

Ok Folks- here is my interview with TSP External Affairs Director Kim Weaver- talking about the 900,000+ phone calls the first month. ...

Stocks were down early after the second consecutive quarter of negative GDP reading basically suggesting a recession is here, but the dip buyers didn't care as they seem to be back in the picture, and it was smooth sailing during the afternoon trading and into the close. The Dow gained 332-points and we saw 1% plus gains almost across the index board. Bonds were up (yields down), oil was down, and the dollar was mostly flat.

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Stocks were up early on the Alphabet and Microsoft earnings, but moved into another gear higher after the Fed's new policy statement announcement on rates and the speech that followed. Getting a big move in stocks on an FOMC meeting day is not a surprise. This year having those rallies hold the day after is the tricky part. The Dow gained 436-points and it was actually lagging the broader indices which gained 2.6% to 4% depending on the index.

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