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Returns for the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) trended upward across the board in March from a steep decline in February, according to the latest performance report issued Monday. But only the G, F and S funds were in the black.
The drop two months ago was blamed on volatile conditions in the stock market.
The fixed income index investment, or F fund, increased from -0.96 percent returns in February to 0.65 percent returns in March.
Returns for the small cap stock index investment, or S fund, rose from -3.79 percent in February to 0.69 percent last month, according to Monday’s report.
The F and S funds also had the largest gains month over month. Meanwhile the low-risk, Treasury-backed government securities investment, or G fund, continued to be the most stable, increasing from 0.21 percent returns in February to 0.24 percent returns in March.
Last month, returns for the common stock index investment, or C fund, also increased to -2.55 percent from -3.69 percent in February.
Thrift Savings Plan — March 2018 Returns | |||
Fund | March | Year-to-Date | Last 12 Months |
G fund | 0.24% | 0.66% | 2.40% |
F fund | 0.65% | -1.45% | 1.37% |
C fund | -2.55% | -0.77% | 13.96% |
S fund | 0.69% | 0.11% | 13.18% |
I fund | -0.76% | -1.08% | 15.56% |
L Income | -0.08% | 0.32% | 4.72% |
L 2020 | -0.33% | 0.14% | 6.90% |
L 2030 | -0.78% | -0.22% | 9.75% |
L 2040 | -0.96% | -0.39% | 11.06% |
L 2050 | -1.11% | -0.53% | 12.26% |
Gains for each of the TSP’s lifestyle funds hovered between 0.6 and 2.3 percentage points month over month. The highest growth among them was in the L 2050 Fund, which increased to -1.11 percent returns in March from -3.41 percent returns the month before.
Despite the individual fund growth last month, a sharp drop in February meant the number of funds with year-to-date returns in the red doubled from three to six in March.
Amelia Brust is a digital editor at Federal News Network.
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Mar 03, 2021 | Close | Change | YTD* | |
---|---|---|---|---|
L Income | 22.4124 | -0.0575 | 0.53% | |
L 2025 | 11.3013 | -0.0602 | 1.10% | |
L 2030 | 39.3931 | -0.2648 | 1.38% | |
L 2035 | 11.7695 | -0.0872 | 1.50% | |
L 2040 | 44.3113 | -0.3578 | 1.65% | |
L 2045 | 12.0886 | -0.105 | 1.77% | |
L 2050 | 26.3706 | -0.2441 | 1.90% | |
L 2055 | 12.7655 | -0.1397 | 2.48% | |
L 2060 | 12.7654 | -0.1398 | 2.48% | |
L 2065 | 12.7653 | -0.1398 | 2.47% | |
G Fund | 16.5354 | 0.0006 | 0.15% | |
F Fund | 20.6606 | -0.0676 | -2.15% | |
C Fund | 57.0046 | -0.7515 | 1.72% | |
S Fund | 79.6423 | -1.7323 | 8.21% | |
I Fund | 36.1740 | -0.1268 | 1.15% | |
Closing price updated at approx 6pm ET each business day. More at tsp.gov * YTD data is updated on the last day of the month. |
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