Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet

Returns were updated March 1, 2010.

 

 

ANNUAL
RETURNS

G
Fund

F
Fund

U.S. Aggregate Index

C
Fund

S&P 500
Stock
Index

S *
Fund

Dow Jones U.S. Completion TSM Index

I *
Fund

EAFE
Stock
Index

1994

7.22

-2.96

-2.92

1.33

1.32

-2.66

7.75

1995

7.03

18.31

18.47

37.41

37.58

33.48

11.27

1996

6.76

3.66

3.63

22.85

22.96

18.52

17.18

6.27

6.14

1997

6.77

9.60

9.65

33.17

33.36

26.61

25.69

1.46

1.55

1998

5.74

8.70

8.69

28.44

28.58

7.51

8.63

20.46

20.09

1999

5.99

-0.85

-0.82

20.95

21.04

32.70

35.49

26.81

26.72

2000

6.42

11.67

11.63

-9.14

-9.10

-8.76

-15.77

-14.11

-14.17

2001

5.39

8.61

8.44

-11.94

-11.89

-2.22*

-2.52*

-15.42*

-14.88*

2002

5.00

10.27

10.26

-22.05

-22.10

-18.14

-17.80

-15.98

-15.94

2003

4.11

4.11

4.10

28.54

28.69

42.92

43.84

37.94

38.59

2004

4.30

4.30

4.34

10.82

10.88

18.03

18.10

20.00

20.25

2005

4.49

2.40

2.43

4.96

4.91

10.45

10.03

13.63

13.54

2006

4.93

4.40

4.33

15.79

15.79

15.30

15.28

26.32

26.34

2007

4.87

7.09

6.97

5.54

5.49

5.49

5.39

11.43

11.17

2008

3.75

5.45

5.24

-36.99

-37.00

-38.32

-39.03

-42.43

-43.38

2009

2.97

5.99

5.93

26.68

26.46

34.85

37.43

30.04

31.78

*Rates of return for May (inception of S and I Funds) through December 2001.

 

MONTHLY RETURNS

G
Fund

F
Fund

U.S. Aggregate Index

C
Fund

S&P 500
Stock
Index

S *
Fund

Dow Jones U.S. Completion TSM Index

I *
Fund

EAFE
Stock
Index

2009

April

0.21

0.49

0.48

9.58

9.57

15.00

15.03

12.13

12.80

May

0.25

0.78

0.73

5.60

5.59

3.97

4.16

13.41

11.83

June

0.27

0.54

0.57

0.24

0.20

0.73

0.84

-1.08

-0.57

July

0.28

1.59

1.61

7.58

7.56

8.66

9.01

9.74

9.13

Aug

0.28

1.03

1.04

3.62

3.61

3.85

3.74

4.87

5.44

Sept

0.26

1.07

1.05

3.74

3.73

5.94

5.81

3.79

3.83

Oct

0.26

0.51

0.49

-1.86

-1.86

-5.51

-5.41

-2.41

-1.25

Nov

0.26

1.30

1.29

6.00

6.00

3.85

3.98

3.16

2.00

Dec

0.25

-1.55

-1.56

1.94

1.93

6.57

6.65

1.43

1.44

2010

Jan

0.29

1.54

1.53

-3.60

-3.60

-2.43

-2.39

-5.17

-4.41

Feb

0.24

0.38

0.37

3.11

3.10

4.89

4.83

0.06

-0.69

March

0.27

-0.11

-0.12

6.04

6.03

7.39

7.33

6.28

6.24

LAST 12 MONTHS

3.15

7.78

7.69

49.92

49.77

65.51

66.43

54.74

54.44

The G Fund is managed internally by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. Assets of the F, C, S, and I Funds are managed externally. The Board currently has contracts with BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., to manage the F, C, S, and I Fund assets. The F, C, S, and I Funds invest in commingled trust funds, in which the assets of tax-deferred employee benefit plans are combined and invested together. The F, S, S, and I Funds and the BlackRock funds are passively managed index funds.

Future performance of the funds will vary and may be significantly different from the returns shown above. See the Summary of the Thrift Savings Plan for detailed information about the funds and their investment risks. The monthly returns of the TSP Funds represent net earnings for the month after deduction of accrued administrative expenses and, except for the G Fund, after deduction of trading costs and accrued investment management fees as well. The returns for the four indexes shown do not include any of these deductions.

* Implemented May 2001.

See next page for new L Funds.

Returns were updated March 1, 2010.

 

L Funds

Annual Returns

L 2040

L 2030

L 2020

L 2010

L Income

2006

16.53

15.00

13.72

11.09

7.59

2007

7.36

7.14

6.87

6.40

5.56

2008

-33.53

-27.50

-22.77

-10.53

-5.09

2009

25.19

22.48

19.14

10.03

8.57

 

Monthly Returns

L 2040

L 2030

L 2020

L 2010

L Income

2009

Apr

9.38

8.20

6.79

3.20

2.37

May

6.19

5.45

4.66

2.28

1.70

June

0.09

0.12

0.14

0.24

0.26

July

7.01

6.16

5.16

2.44

1.94

Aug

3.41

3.02

2.57

1.30

1.07

Sept

3.56

3.14

2.63

1.32

1.08

Oct

-2.15

-1.81

-1.39

-0.38

-0.26

Nov

3.98

3.55

3.00

1.47

1.27

Dec

2.12

1.85

1.50

0.70

0.59

2010

Jan

-2.88

-2.49

-2.03

-0.58

-0.45

Feb

2.18

1.94

1.61

0.81

0.74

Mar

5.15

4.52

3.75

1.61

1.43

LAST 12 MONTHS

44.43

38.63

31.92

15.31

12.36

The L Funds are invested in the five individual TSP funds.