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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-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...
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% |
Percentages in ( ) are negative.
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