January 2020

Allocation Percentages for January 2020
F Fund

0%

C Fund

100%

S Fund

0%

I Fund

0%

Happy New Year and Happy New Decade! Welcome to 2020 and what will probably be a very dynamic year for the stock market yet again. I find it very interesting that the very themes I was discussing back in 2016 are going to be relevant again this year. We finally have a Brexit solution (again), we have what looks to be another highly contested US Presidential election, and we have trade issues. One would think with all of the turmoil present in the news, the stock market and the US economy would not be very strong. There are discussions about US monetary policy and interest rates creating a bubble in the market. If you look at the performance of the stock market for the past decade this appears to be true. We have quantitative easing in the early part of the decade to help us recover from the Great Recession and now, the Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates yet again to stave off what might have been a small recession in the US. Lower interest rates may have cuase and unintentional bubble, but only time will tell if a correction is required. It is certainly true that many countries are right at the brink of a recession or may already be in one. That the US may have dodged a recession last year when other nation did not, is in my view, positive. For January, I'm back int the C Fund 100%. I think the Chinese trade deal which should be announced in mid-January and Brexit have all been priced in the I Fund and the C Fund being a bigger recipient. I am also keeping an eye on the proposed I Fund changes. Keep investing!
           
  

TSP FUND QUOTES

Date L Income L 2025 L 2030 L 2035 L 2040 L 2045 L 2050 L 2055 L 2060 L 2065 L 2070 G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
2024-11-22 26.8071 13.8108 51.0235 15.4040 58.6345 16.1249 35.5088 17.9670 17.9648 17.9624 10.6429 18.6680 19.5294 94.1871 96.2559 42.6555
2024-11-21 26.7630 13.7847 50.8402 15.3435 58.3842 16.0512 35.3363 17.8624 17.8602 17.8579 10.5814 18.6658 19.5205 93.8581 94.6413 42.4370
Daily Change 0.16%0.19%0.36%0.39%0.43%0.46%0.49%0.59%0.59%0.59%0.58%0.01%0.05%0.35%1.71%0.51%
Month to Date 1.08%1.22%2.18%2.37%2.56%2.72%2.89%3.49%3.49%3.49%3.46%0.26%-0.33%4.74%11.13%-1.08%
Year to Date 7.64%8.67%12.8%13.65%14.52%15.26%16.02%18.82%18.82%18.82%0%3.92%1.6%26.66%24.85%6.16%
Details L Income L 2025 L 2030 L 2035 L 2040 L 2045 L 2050 L 2055 L 2060 L 2065 L 2070 G Fund F Fund C Fund S Fund I Fund
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