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OPEX week ended with the major averages posting significant gains. It's been up, up, up since the beginning of the year with few opportunities to buy a dip. Here's this week's charts:



The Top 50 saw a very modest dip in stock allocations, going from 98% last week to 96% this week. The trend has been up and those folks who've been sticking with the S fund this year make up the majority of the TSPers in this group.

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It was another week of stocks starting in the lower left hand corner on the chart, and ending in the top right. Momentum is on the bulls' side and the positive economic data has justified the move, but have stocks gone too far, too fast?



Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through March 15:

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3/15/13

Stocks moved higher again yesterday, making it 10 consecutive positive closes for the Dow, and Thursday's gain was not the 3 or 5 point kind of gain like we saw on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Dow gained 84-points Thursday.
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TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 3/18/13- 3/22/13

Buy: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 49% bulls, 40% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 1.23 to 1. That is a buy signal in a bull market which means the survey system will remain in a 100% S fund allocation for the week of 3/18/13 - 3/22/13.

Bull market rules have been in effect since the week of 1/09/12:

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3/14/13

The Dow made it 9 positive closes in row yesterday after another small 5-point gain. Transportation stocks and small caps led the way higher.
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