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TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 04/25/11 - 04/29/11

Hold: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey gave a neutral signal this week after the 1.80 to 1 bulls (54%) to bears (30%) ratio. The system's allocation remains 100% S-fund for the week of 04/25/11 - 04/29/11.

Bull market rules are in affect since 9/27/10:

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Another big move, different day.

Stocks gapped at the open and never looked back. It actually started in Asia where their major averages advanced well above 1% on average. And then Europe followed suit with average gains in the vicinity of 2% for their major bourses.

From there it spilled over into our market where another day of relatively strong earnings reports helped drive prices higher.

Oil spiked higher by 2.9% with a closing price of $111.45 ...

Intel earnings - Stocks bounced back yesterday after Monday's big sell-off. The Dow gained 65-points and after the bell we saw some decent earnings from a couple of big tech stocks...

Market Commentary for 4/20/11

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It was a listless day of trading, and after yesterday's hard sell-off a bounce was probable. And we got one as the major averages managed to chop their way higher by the close of trade. But it wasn't an impressive performance by the bulls as gains were relatively modest across the board.

The latter part of April does tend to be weak after tax season expires. And I suspect there are investors and traders who may be looking to front-run the "go away in May" crowd too. Especially given ...

My, how one day can change things - Standard & Poor's cut its outlook on US government debt to negative from stable on Monday morning, and that sent stocks reeling at the open. The bad news is, the Dow lost 140-points. The good news is, it closed 108-points off its intraday low...

Market Commentary for 4/19/11

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