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Stocks started the new week with another moderate gain, keeping the recent rebound going. There was an afternoon scare from the bond market that caused a brief sell off, but the bulls didn't waste time and bought it and pushed prices right back toward the highs of the day by the close. The Dow gained 146-points and bond yields were down helping small caps lead on the upside.

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Originally Posted by JTH

Good morning

Although it may not feel like it, last week's 2.67% gain was the best of the past 25 weeks.

For the short-term across 11 sessions each, sellers are in control with the last 7 of 11 sessions having closed down. Overall, it’s been best to buy on Monday and sell on Wednesday or Thursday.

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For the medium-term across 27 sessions each, sellers are in control with the last 15 of 27 sessions having closed down. Overall, it’s

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Stocks celebrated solid Magnificent 7 earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet on Friday as technology led the rally. The PCE Prices report came in a little hotter than expected on the personal consumption side, but yields didn't didn't rally and stocks were able to resume the bounce off the recent lows, after Thursday's shake out sell off. It's a very busy week filled with catalysts, so buckle up.

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The market turned and favored the stockholders this last week. All three TSP stock funds were up more than 2% for the week with the S-fund reaching a return of 2.92%. Three TSP Talk AutoTracker members outperformed the S-fund in the week, and they all had one thing in common: They started the week holding the S or I-fund and moved to 100% C-fund mid-week.

Both the I-fund and the S-fund outperformed the C-fund early in the week. But starting Wednesday, the C-fund began ...

Stocks opened sharply lower on Thursday as investors digested the disappoint earnings announcement from Meta, a large capital gains tax increase proposal from President Biden, and a GDP report that came in weaker than expected but also showed some heightened inflation concerns. Most of the indices closed in negative territory but technically it may be considered a positive reversal day. The Dow was down over 700-points in early trading and it cut that in half by the close, and the other indices ...