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Upward TSP trend continues

For the second month in a row, performance in all 10 of the Thrift Savings Plan funds posted positive returns, with double-digit gains in many of the funds year...

Jack Moore

October 1, 2012 9:54 am

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For the second month in a row, performance in all 10 of the Thrift Savings Plan funds posted positive returns, with double-digit gains in many of the funds year-to-date.

The biggest gains came in the following funds: the C Fund (up 2.57 percent), which tracks the performance of the S&P 500; the S Fund (up 2.51 percent), which matches the Dow Jones Completion Index, made up of companies not included in the S&P 500; and the I Fund (up 2.96 percent), which tracks international stocks.

The second month of mostly modest gains in these and the other funds pushed up the year-to-date and 12-month performance for many of the funds.

The C and the S Funds are both up about 16 percent for the year and about 30 percent for the last 12 months.

Returns for the Lifecycle funds, a mix of investment options targeted to an investor’s expected retirement date, were similar to their performance in August. Over the last 12 months, the L 2040 and L 2050 are up significantly.

The G Fund, which invests in government-backed securities, posted returns of 0.10 percent, down slightly from August. The F Fund, which invests in government bonds, posted returns of 0.15 percent, doubling what it did in August.

Thrift Savings Plan September 2012 returns

Fund	September	Year-to-Date	Last 12 Months
G Fund	0.10%	1.12%	1.56%
F Fund	0.15%	4.06%	5.24%
C Fund	2.57%	16.54%	30.34%
S Fund	2.51%	15.23%	30.75%
I Fund	2.96%	10.42%	15.52%
L Income	0.62%	4.04%	6.67%
L 2020	1.52%	8.77%	15.22%
L 2030	1.87%	10.61%	18.64%
L 2040	2.12%	11.99%	21.21%
L 2050	2.38%	13.22%	23.48%