TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Ups

The I-fund's Success

March belongs to the I-fund, so far. The less popular I-fund was the TSP fund to hold through the first full week of March. The I-fund accumulated a gain of 1.79% over the five days. Meanwhile, the C-fund netted a loss of 0.23% while the S-fund's gain was a mere 0.15% for the week.

Only eleven TSP Talk AutoTracker members held 100% I-fund through the week, and those eleven share the title of best return for the week among the TSP Talk AutoTracker ...

Best Return for February

February provided more opportunity for TSP participants to wring out returns from this market. The C-fund price rose 5.34% through the month only to be in the shadow of the S-fund's 6.03% return. Five TSP Talk AutoTracker members were able to get even more out of February. These five members stood out among the hundreds of other TSP Talk AutoTracker members, but one was an outlier among them.

February's TSP Talk AutoTracker monthly ...

This week taught us the market is clinging to the promise of the AI industry. Indices are reaching new highs thanks to a single company's earnings and forecasts. This week C-fund investors were not holding the S&P 500 but were bound to the market's reaction of its favorite report card: Nvidia.

Nvidia and the success of other AI related stocks have kept investor interested in buying the large cap funds like the C-fund for months. The less deserving companies inadvertently get ...

This week was one to give any stockholder whiplash. The latest Consumer Price Index came out Tuesday and its higher-than-expected reading sparked a sell-off that was easy to mistake for the start of a deeper correction. But instead, stock indices bounced back amply on Wednesday — this was most true for small caps and the S-fund. Prices continued higher on Thursday, but the C and S-funds ended the week with losses on Friday.

The I-fund's positive return on Friday pushed its ...

The S-fund gave us an early buying opportunity early this last week, and we missed it. The market pulled back this previous Monday with all of the TSP funds outside of the G-fund starting their week with a loss. The worst of the damage came from the S-fund's 1.29% loss, this becomes more significant considering the C and I-funds' Monday losses were under 0.5%. But this S-fund Monday stumble turned out to be the best buying opportunity for the week. TSP investors who bought the S-fund on ...