S Fund

Hmmm..S has dropped into considerable BUY territory from it's highs the other day...I think I'm a gonna watch it for a while longer from the sidelines before I buy any more of it..maybe a bottom in the next week or two..:confused:
 
The S-fund is outperforming again today. Mid-caps, which are a large part of out S-fund, are trying to breakout of an inverse H&S pattern...

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Thanks for the clarification. The more I think of it, I remember the inverse H&S from 2007 that led to the highs in October. That was also a continuation pattern.
 
After a pullback to the neckline last week, the mid-cap index is making a new high hitting 724 this morning. I'm leery about Monday morning gaps, so let's see how it closes before claiming victory.
The S-fund is outperforming again today. Mid-caps, which are a large part of out S-fund, are trying to breakout of an inverse H&S pattern...

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After a pullback to the neckline last week, the mid-cap index is making a new high hitting 724 this morning. I'm leery about Monday morning gaps, so let's see how it closes before claiming victory.
Question: noted the you meant an Inverse H&S breakout?
Now that I'm in, I'm rootin', tootin' for the breakout - (personnally)!!
Obama sure made a MESS with his stantments on BANNING Banks from much of their business - lets hope he clarifies some of those statements!
VR
 
Yes. Forgot on the chart to mention "inverse" H&S but mentioned it in the text...

Mid-caps, which are a large part of out S-fund, are trying to breakout of an inverse H&S pattern...
 
Obama sure made a MESS with his stantments on BANNING Banks from much of their business - lets hope he clarifies some of those statements!
VR

I think the market reacted more from the Supreme Court case saying corporations can now flow money into politics- breaking 63 years of campaign finance limits-

Justice Stevens, in the dissent, wrote: "The court’s ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions around the nation."

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/us_supreme_court_ruling_on_cam.html

That is the shocker. Corporations can now spend as much as they like.
 
I think the market reacted more from the Supreme Court case saying corporations can now flow money into politics- breaking 63 years of campaign finance limits-
Justice Stevens, in the dissent, wrote: "The court’s ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions around the nation."
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/us_supreme_court_ruling_on_cam.html
That is the shocker. Corporations can now spend as much as they like.

An e-mail news this morning reminds us that this ruling may have unintended results when you take into consideration that the parent company of many of our businesses and corporations are of foreign countries. Seems like it was titled something about Welcome Our Next Senator - from Arabia..
implying, I'm sure, that some of the folks running for office may already be bought & paid for to get congress to look at them more favorably.
 
Is the Russell 2000 tied to the S fund? If so, why didn't the S fund go up about 1.81 today? Anybody?
 
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The share prices haven't been updated. Are you talking about the Dow Completion index below? that's the Wilshire 4500, not the Russell. The Russel is just a small cap index. The Wilshire 4500 is small and mid-caps, and is what our S fund actually tracks.
 
On the Tsp.gov site main page, the funds are available to review by clicking on 'fund sheets'. I looked at the S fund on that site and it mentions the S&P400 and the Russell as indicies in the same sentence, see below*, Anyway, I assumed that since the Russell went up 1.81 today, (posted on the 'running overhead banner' with the S&P and DOW and other indiceis on the Money Channel) that the S fund would go up greater than the .05% it did at the final 4pm end of the day tally. Since you have stated that the S fund follows the Wishire more closely, and the Russell not much at all, my question you have answered below, and I thank you. And,... I have just clicked on on the clickable 'name change' in the main reference to the S fund and was sent to the page which states that the Wilshire 4500 is tracked by the S fund and I assume this is no more the case for the S&P400 and the Russell 2000.

Maybe a good question (that has no answer) is why doesn't the Money Channel show the Wilshire 4500 on the 'running banner'? I think it's a headline index.

Well, thanks for taking time to answer Tom, and I apologize that this became a long winded discussion on my part and I should have clicked on the 'name change' earlier. However it is a funny a term for such an important change. It should read "Wilshire 4500 index change". A bit more eye catching wouldn't you say?

Confusion on page 2 of the Tsp web site for the S fund*"A portion of Extended Market Index Fund assets is reserved to meet the needs of daily client activity. This liquidity reserve is invested in futures contracts of the S&P 400 and Russell 2000 (other broad equity indexes).":embarrest:
 
Holy Cow !!!..Has the S fund been going crazy or what?...I hope a lot of you have been in..as long as the C fund too...(If I had only stayed in longer.:notrust:)
 
37 days left for me. You must be CSRS. I am soooo ready.

S fund is where its at for now. The share price finally eclipsed the I fund!
 
37 days left for me. You must be CSRS. I am soooo ready.

S fund is where its at for now. The share price finally eclipsed the I fund!
You must be leaving the day after Memorial Day..I'm staying till Thursday, June 3rd...this way I'll get 9 days of pay for the last Pay period and also I still get the full month of June's retirement pay....I'm still a little nervous about pulling the plug..:worried:
 
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