By Jack Moore
Federal News Radio
@jmooreWFED
Federal employees (401)k-style retirement plans posted varied returns over the past year.
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees the Thrift Savings Plan, announced the year-end TSP numbers Tuesday.
Tom Trabucco, the director of external affairs at the board told In Depth with Francis Rose, 2011 was “a mixed bag” for TSP returns.
The G Fund, which invests in Treasury securities and has the highest rates of participation, and the C Fund, which is tied to the performance of the S&P 500, both posted modest gains for the year.
The F Fund, which tracks a broad index of government and corporate bonds, posted the largest gain for the year at nearly 8 percent.
“A stellar performer and a consistent performer I must say if you look back over the last five or six years,” Trabucco said of the F Fund.
The I Fund, which tracks international stocks faced a sharp downturn at the end of 2011, which Trabucco said makes sense given the debt crisis in Europe.
The Lifecycle funds, which invest in a combination of the common index funds and are “tailored” to meet retirement target dates, also posted mixed gains. The L Income posted a 2.23 percent gain and the L 2020 (for federal employees looking to retire between 2015 and 2024), was up only slightly for 2011 — 0.41 percent.
The L 2030 and L 2040, with retirement targets surrounding those dates, ended in the red for 2011.
December TSP returns
Fund |
G Fund |
F Fund |
C Fund |
S Fund |
I Fund |
Month |
0.15 % |
1.01 % |
1.04 % |
-0.04 % |
-2.03 % |
2011 |
2.45 % |
7.89 % |
2.11 % |
-3.38 % |
-11.81 % |
L Funds |
L Income |
L 2020 |
L 2030 |
L 2040 |
L 2050 |
Month |
0.20 % |
0.11 % |
0.09 % |
0.07 % |
-0.01 % |
2011 |
2.23 % |
0.41 % |
-0.31 % |
-0.96 % |
NA |
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