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TSP Talk Sentiment Survey results for the week of 1/30/12- 2/03/12

Buy: The TSP Talk Sentiment Survey came in at 47% bulls, 43% bears, for a bulls to bears ratio of 1.09 to 1. That is another fresh buy signal in a bull market which means the system will remain 100% S Fund for the week of 1/30/12 - 2/03/12.

Bull market rules are in affect the week of 1/09/12:

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We haven't seen many closes in the red this month, but we did get one today. Certainly not enough to do much technical damage, however.



We did get some market data today. Durable goods orders for December were up 2.1% less autos and up 3.0% including autos. Weekly initial jobless claims pretty much hit estimates at 377,000, while new home sales fell to an annualized rate of 307,000 in December. Also, leading indicators for December were ...

01/26/12

Stocks opened lower on Wednesday but rallied sharply after the Fed signaled that an additional quantitative easing is a possibility, and that rates should stay near 0% through 2014. The Dow gained 81-points on the day.



For the TSP, the C-fund gained 0.88% yesterday, the S-fund was up 1.19%, with the help of a decline in the dollar, the I-fund ...

Did Santa ever go back to the North Pole? Apparently not.



The market started off in negative territory again today, and again the dip buyers stepped in to drive it back up later in the session.

I don't think the SOTU had anything to do with it and while Apple blew away quarterly estimates the broader market didn't respond to that either. It wasn't until the latest FOMC policy statement was released that buyers really stepped ...

01/25/12

Stocks opened lower on Tuesday, but quickly came off of their lows and traded in a tight range from there into the close. The Dow lost 33-points, the S&P was down a point, and the Nasdaq was up a couple of points.


For the TSP, the C-fund slipped 0.10% yesterday, the S-fund gained 0.52%, the I-fund lost 0.77%, and the F-fund ...