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More quiet action on Wednesday although there was a little more volatility after stocks open sharply higher, but faded throughout the day to close flat, but mixed. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were down slightly but the active small caps were at it again, jumping almost 1% on the day. That was also well off the highs and we may have seen a negative reversal, but being the last trading day of a super hot November, the question today will be whether we see monthly window dressing or just some profit ...

The strength in the bond market continues and that is pushing yields lower, giving the stock market reason to hang in there despite some overbought conditions. The major three indices were up modestly, while small caps were down but holding firmly at a key moving average. The action has actually been quite boring, and a boring stock market tends to favor the bulls, but it is vulnerable to any bad news at these lofty levels.

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After a weekend of turkey sandwiches, the stock market had a little too much tryptophan in its system, and was doing a lot of napping on Monday. Stocks were sluggish, which is about what the seasonality chart suggests happens after the bullish activity during Thanksgiving week. The Dow lost 57-points and the modest losses permeated throughout most of the broader indices as well. Yields were down giving the bonds and the F-fund a nice bounce back day.

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The holiday action has favored the bulls, despite some weakness in the Nasdaq. It did take a last minute rally to push the S&P 500 out of negative territory during Friday's shortened trading day, but the Dow had a solid triple digit gain and the more aggressive S and I funds had very strong days. Bonds were hit hard as yields moved up and may have broke resistance, and the dollar moved down again helping that I-fund lead the way on Friday.

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Market action lived up to its seasonal expectations. All three TSP stock funds added more than 1% for the week rewarding those who bought in after the previous week's rally. This was the fourth consecutive week of gains for the C-fund, yet the C-fund is still outperformed for the month by the S-fund. The S-fund currently holds a gain of 10% for November with four trading days left for the month.

The S-fund's success has increased its popularity across the TSP Talk AutoTracker. ...