Most TSP funds take a tumble in August
Only the G Fund, which buys nonmarketable Treasury security, posted positive returns for August. The remaining Thrift Savings Plan funds posted negative numbers...
All but one of the Thrift Savings Plan funds posted negative numbers for August, according to monthly statistics released by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
The index-focused F, C, S and I Funds all posted negative returns for August, with the C Fund (-6.03 percent) , which is designed to match the S&P 500 Index, and the I Fund (-7.36 percent), made up of international stocks, showing the highest negative numbers. The I Fund remained in the positive at 0.73 percent for the year-to-date returns, but posted -7.23 percent over the last 12 months.
The L Funds also posted across-the-board negative returns for August: L Income (-1.10 percent), L 2020 (-3.06 percent), L 2030 (-4.04 percent), L 2040 (-4.69 percent) and the L 2050 (-5.37 percent). .L Funds each contain a different allocation of the individual TSP funds.
Of all the TSP funds, the G Fund, which buys nonmarketable Treasury security, posted above zero with a 0.18 percent return for August.
| Thrift Savings Plan – August 2015 Returns | |||
| Fund | August | Year-to-Date | Last 12 Months |
| G Fund | 0.18% | 1.33% | 2.07% |
| F Fund | -0.11% | 0.68% | 2.01% |
| C Fund | -6.03% | -2.84% | 0.55% |
| S Fund | -5.80% | -1.24% | -0.15% |
| I Fund | -7.36% | 0.73% | -7.23% |
| L Income | -1.10% | 0.83% | 1.54% |
| L 2020 | -3.06% | 0.13% | 0.37% |
| L 2030 | -4.04% | -0.31% | -0.21% |
| L 2040 | -4.69% | -0.61% | -0.60% |
| L 2050 | -5.37% | -0.89% | -1.14% |
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