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Call it a gift from Santa. As dubious as the unemployment rate may be, it's headline stuff. And that may be one of the ingredients that helps launch a Santa Claus rally at some point. If you're interested in a bit more detail about the unemployment report, you can find it here.

As a result of the early data the broader market popped at the open, with the S&P 500 gaining almost 1.25% at one point in early trade. But those gains didn't last as the market slowly chopped its way lower ...

12/02/11

It was a quiet day on Wall Street on Thursday with only about an 80-point trading range for the Dow after the 490-point gain on Wednesday. After a 3-day, 7% rally, a 26-point loss is actually not bad at all.


For the TSP, the C-fund slipped 0.19% yesterday, the S-fund lost 0.52%, the I-fund fell 0.76%, and the F-fund (bonds) lost ...

TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 12/05/11- 12/09/11

Sell: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 55% bulls, 33% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 1.67 to 1. That is a sell signal in a bear market which means the system will remain 100% G Fund for the week of 12/05/11 - 12/09/11.

Bear market rules are in affect 8/22/11:

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One day after the broader market posted huge gains it came as no particular surprise that it decided to take a breather.



For the day, the DOW and S&P 500 shed 0.21% and 0.19% respectively, while the Nasdaq posted a gain of 0.22%.

News was light, but some data was released. The November ISM Manufacturing Index rose to 52.7 from 50.8 the prior month. That was a bit more than the anticipated reading of 51.0.

In ...

12/01/11

First off, I lost my internet connection Wednesday night in the middle of getting the reports together so I spent a lot of time debugging that. Turns out the cable company will need to come and check out the lines on Friday. In the meantime, I lost a lot of time and I had go to the laptop, which I hate typing on, so I will try to make this quick.

Stocks rallied powerfully yesterday on a combination of solid economic data, ...