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12/14/12

After a positive open on Thursday, stocks drifted lower most of the day as both political parties went public again about how bad the other party's proposals are. The Dow lost 74-points or about -0.6%, which is about how the C and S funds ended the day as well.

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TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 12/17/12- 12/21/12

Buy: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 49% bulls, 42% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 1.17 to 1. That is a buy signal which means the system will remain in a 100% S fund allocation for the week of 12/17/12 - 12/21/12.

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

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To discuss or comment on the Sentiment Survey, go to Sentiment

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12/13/12

Stocks saw modest gains in early trading, then the Fed stepped in and shook things up and at the end of the day most indices were flat to slightly lower. The Dow ended the day down 3-points while the S&P was up less than a point.

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12/12/12

Stocks rallied strongly out of the gate yesterday taking out some key resistance levels, but some afternoon weakness left the indices off their highs as the early triple digit gain in the Dow turned into a 78-point gain by the close.

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12/11/12

Small caps perked up some, but the Dow and S&P 500 did very little during yesterday's trading. The Dow gained 15-points while the S&P picked up less than 1.

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