TommyIV
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TSP stock fund prices were dragged down in the first half of the short week. Each of the TSP stock funds saw their worst losses on Wednesday. The C and S-funds were able to reclaim some of the losses in the second half, but both funds suffered a net loss over the four days. The I-fund was the only stock fund to end the week with a positive return.

All the TSP stock funds were helped by a surge in prices in the last 15 minutes of trading on Friday. This was after the

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Those sitting in stock funds this week added to their TSP value. The C, S, and I-fund all rose around 1.6% for the week. The I-fund did come out on top with a marginally higher return of 1.62%. Only six TSP Talk AutoTracker members had better returns for the week. The top three of those all did the same thing: They moved some or all of their S-fund holding to the G-fund on Wednesday while the market was peaking.

Here are the weekly, monthly, and annual TSP fund returns

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The C-fund has been the TSP fund to beat this year, and this week nobody could. The C-fund did not have the greatest single day return this week, the S-fund did on Monday, but the C-fund went five days without a loss. That did include a day with no return while the other TSP funds were in the negative. The five days accumulated to a return of 1.89% for the C-fund and all the TSP Talk AutoTracker members holding 100% C-fund through the week.


Here are the weekly,

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Tuesday turned out to be a buying opportunity for the week. Five of the six TSP Talk AutoTracker members who outperformed all of the TSP funds for the week increased their stock exposure on Tuesday while stocks were slipping. The sixth member to outperform the TSP funds increased their stock exposure on Wednesday where the C and I funds dropped slightly more.

Tuesday was the bulk of the mid-week pull-back, and the C-fund followed up with a 1.84% bounce back by the end

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The market turned and favored the stockholders this last week. All three TSP stock funds were up more than 2% for the week with the S-fund reaching a return of 2.92%. Three TSP Talk AutoTracker members outperformed the S-fund in the week, and they all had one thing in common: They started the week holding the S or I-fund and moved to 100% C-fund mid-week.

Both the I-fund and the S-fund outperformed the C-fund early in the week. But starting Wednesday, the C-fund began

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