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TSP funds see ups and downs in May

May was good for Thrift Savings Plan funds invested in domestic stocks, while the international I Fund had trouble. Overall, three of the five individual funds ...

Emily Kopp

June 1, 2015 10:38 am

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May was good for Thrift Savings Plan funds invested in domestic stocks, while the international I Fund struggled.

Overall, three of the five individual funds saw gains from April, according to data provided by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

The S Fund, based on small-cap investments, bounced back from a 1.5 percent drop in April. It grew 3.34 percent in May, the biggest increase of any of the five base TSP funds.

The C Fund, based on large-cap stocks, rose 0.33 percent over the month.

The Treasuries-backed G Fund rose 0.02 percent.

The fixed-income F Fund lost 0.26 percent in May, a gentler decline than April’s 0.28 percent. Year to date it remains up 1.13 percent.

The I Fund, invested in international stock, fell 0.42 percent in May after rising steeply in April. While it is up 9.59 percent year to date, it has not climbed back to where it was a year ago. It remains 0.21 percent behind, whereas the other individual funds have seen clear and sometimes dramatic growth.

All the lifecycle funds posted slight gains in May. Each contains a different allocation of the individual TSP funds.

Thrift Savings Plan May 2015 Returns
Fund	May	Year-to-Date	Last 12 Months
G Fund	0.17%	0.79%	2.11%
F Fund	-0.26%	1.13%	3.57%
C Fund	1.29%	3.26%	11.89%
S Fund	1.84%	5.71%	12.07%
I Fund	-0.42%	9.59%	-0.21%
L Income	0.30%	1.72%	3.61%
L 2020	0.50%	3.25%	5.41%
L 2030	0.62%	3.96%	6.38%
L 2040	0.72%	4.43%	7.08%
L 2050	0.78%	4.97%	7.51%