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Most TSP funds see slight gains in April

All funds in the Thrift Savings Plan showed gains in April, except for the S Fund. This is the second month in a row that the S Fund has returned in the red.

Shefali Kapadia

May 2, 2014 8:27 am

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For the second month in a row, the Thrift Savings Plan’s S Fund returned in the red.

All other TSP funds yielded gains in April, albeit small ones.

According to statistics from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the S Fund dipped 2.47 percent in April. It fell 0.69 percent in March.

The S Fund’s numbers are based on stocks of small companies not included in the S&P 500.

Despite the two-month decline, the S Fund’s year-to-date returns are still positive, in part because of a strong stock market in February. That month, the S Fund rose 5.43 percent.

The S Fund has shown the strongest gains among the TSP funds over the last 12 months — 21.75 percent.

April’s strongest performer was the I Fund, which tracks the performance of international companies. It came out on top with a 1.51 percent gain last month.

The F Fund, tied to the bond market, performed second best, increasing by 0.9 percent in April.

Thrift Savings Plan April 2014 returns

Fund	April	Year-to-Date	Last 12 Months
G Fund	0.20%	0.78%	2.17%
F Fund	0.90%	2.98%	0.21%
C Fund	0.75%	2.59%	20.53%
S Fund	-2.47%	0.17%	21.75%
I Fund	1.51%	2.28%	13.68%
L Income	0.31%	1.23%	5.34%
L 2020	0.39%	1.69%	10.62%
L 2030	0.37%	1.85%	13.00%
L 2040	0.32%	1.94%	14.70%
L 2050	0.32%	2.03%	16.33%