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10/12/12

Stocks opened higher yesterday after a much better than expected initial jobless claims report. But the excitement passed by late morning and the Dow closed down 18-points, which was 102-points off of its morning high.

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TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 10/15/12- 10/19/12

Buy: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 45% bulls, 45% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 1.00 to 1. That is a Buy signal which means the system will move to a 100% S fund allocation for the week of 10/15/12 - 10/19/12.

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 ...

10/11/12

Earnings season got off to a rocky start yesterday as Alcoa beat estimates modestly, but their less than exciting forward guidance sent the stock down 5% and took the Dow (-129) with it. Fortunately for the bulls, the other indices weren't hit quite as hard, but they still closed down on the day.

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10/10/12

Stocks continued to pull back from their post-jobs report early spike on Friday, and while the Dow (-110-points) and S&P 500 (-14) are still in uptrends, we are seeing some downtrends in some indices.
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10/09/12

Stocks were mixed for a second day in a row after Friday's surprise jobs report. The Dow gained 35-points on Friday and lost 27 on Monday, but the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and small caps were each down on both days.

These TSP fund share prices are from Friday's close since we did not get updated share prices after Monday's federal holiday.
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