Is there a ticker symbol for TSP funds?
What are the TSP Funds? They are: AGG or VBMFX for the F Fund, $SPX or VFINX for the C Fund, $EWM, VEXMX or $DWCPF for the S Fund, and EFA for the I Fund. There is no ticker symbol to track the G Fund.
What is the rate of return on the TSP G fund?
G Fund Returns Its year-to-date return is 1.08%, and its 1-year return is 1.25%.
What index does the TSP G fund Track?
5 Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Investment Funds The interest rate paid by the G Fund securities is calculated monthly, based on the market yields of all U.S. Treasury securities with 4 or more years to maturity. The F Fund is invested in a bond index fund that tracks the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
Is the G fund Bonds?
The two bond funds available in the TSP are the G fund and the F fund. The G fund invests solely in short-term U.S. government securities. The F fund invests in government, corporate and mortgage-backed bonds and does fluctuate in value as interest rates increase and decrease.
What TSP fund is Dow?
Summary: The TSP S Fund (Small Cap Stock Index Investment Fund) invests in stocks of small to medium-sized U.S. companies. The TSP S Fund seeks to match the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index, a broad market index made up of stocks of U.S. companies not included in the S&P 500 Index.
Is the G fund good?
The G Fund Yield Advantage—The G Fund rate calculation results in a long-term rate being earned on short-term securities. Because long-term interest rates are generally higher than short-term rates, G Fund securities usually earn a higher rate of return than do short-term marketable Treasury securities.
What is the G fund in the Thrift Savings Plan?
Summary: The TSP G Fund (Government Securities Investment Fund) is a low volatility, virtually risk-free U.S. bond fund. The TSP G Fund allows investors to earn interest rates similar to those of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, but without any risk of loss of principal.
What is the return of the TSP G Fund?
The chart below shows the historical performance of the TSP G Fund, and is updated every business day with the latest TSP G Fund price: The G Fund has earned a compound annualized return of 4.3% since August 1990. Its year-to-date return is 0.49%, and its 1-year return is 0.94%.
Is the G fund guaranteed by Thrift Savings Plan?
As a G Fund investor, you should know that if the Treasury takes this action, your investment is always protected, and your G Fund earnings are fully guaranteed by law under the Thrift Savings Plan Investment Act of 1987. Your G Fund account balance would be exactly the same from day- to-day as if it were invested in Treasury securities.
What happens to the earnings of the G Fund?
When the Treasury Department takes this action, investments in the G fund are still protected, and G Fund earnings are guaranteed under the Thrift Savings Plan Investment Act of 1987. The G fund continues to accrue earnings and earnings are updated each business day.
How is the interest rate on the TSP determined?
The interest rate is determined by the long term treasuries. The goal of the fund is to maintain a higher return than inflation. Payment of principal and interest is guaranteed by the U.S. government. The interest rate resets monthly. II. TSP performance charts
