TSP funds bounce back in March, though S Fund remains in red
Most of the Thrift Savings Plan funds posted positive returns, bouncing back from a largely negative performance in February. The small cap stock index S fund w...
Most of the Thrift Savings Plan funds posted positive returns, bouncing back from a largely negative performance in February. The small cap stock index S fund was the only one to post a negative return in March, coming in at -2.90%. Its share prices dropped from $67.06 to $65.13. That also caused it to lose its status as the fund with the highest returns of 2023 so far, dropping from 9.01% in February to 5.85% in March.
The heir apparent to that title is the international stock index I fund; its March returns of 3.11% propelled it to first place in 2023 with a year-to-date return of 8.63%. It’s also the only fund besides the government securities investment G fund to post positive returns over the last 12 months, at 0.28%. The slow-but-steady G fund has returned 3.52% in the last twelve months, and in March its 0.35% returns placed it at 0.97% for the year so far.
The common stock index C fund turned in the highest returns in March, at 3.67%, with share prices rising from $60.79 to $63.32. That drove its year-to-date returns up to 7.49%.
The Lifestyle income funds all showed positive returns in March as well, though they’re all still in the red across the last 12 months.
| Thrift Savings Plan — March 2023 Returns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund | March | Year-to-Date | Last 12 Months |
| G fund | 0.35% | 0.97% | 3.52% |
| F fund | 2.55% | 3.14% | -4.56% |
| C fund | 3.67% | 7.49% | -7.76% |
| S fund | -2.90% | 5.85% | -14.00% |
| I fund | 3.11% | 8.63% | 0.28% |
| L Income | 1.05% | 2.76% | -0.73% |
| L 2025 | 1.38% | 3.72% | -0.73% |
| L 2030 | 1.87% | 5.19% | -2.09% |
| L 2035 | 2.01% | 5.60% | -2.73% |
| L 2040 | 2.14% | 6.00% | -3.34% |
| L 2045 | 2.24% | 6.34% | -3.91% |
| L 2050 | 2.34% | 6.67% | -4.42% |
| L 2055 | 2.54% | 7.67% | -5.68% |
| L 2060 | 2.55% | 7.67% | -5.69% |
| L 2065 | 2.55% | 7.68% | -5.69% |
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