TSP Market Summary: Week of July 24, 2024

By Roy Weisert, PhD, CFP

Key Takeaways

  • S&P 500 fell below critical 5,446 support level, signaling potential further market weakness
  • Technical indicators turned negative, justifying reduced equity exposure in TSP portfolios
  • Increasing cash allocation provides flexibility to add stocks if market conditions improve

In last weekends update we discussed some of the Glass Half Empty concerns we had with the markets. First was the S&P 500 support level of 5,446 and the second was a cross of the 10 day Exponential MA below its 20 day Simple MA. With the markets sell off today, both of those events occurred (check out the S&P 500 chart in Yahoo finance). As such, we are recommending the following new investment mix as we can always decrease equity exposure and increase our cash allocation.

Recommended Allocation (Moderate Profile)

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G FundF FundC FundS FundI Fund
38% 2% 25% 35% 0%