Thread: Mean returns & standard deviations for each fund for past 3-5 years

Hi John. Welcome. I'm not surewhere you can find that but of course the S&P 500 data (C fund)canprobably be obtained on any quality financial site.

Hi again! Thanks for your response. Could you tell me the indexes the other funds (other than C) are based on? Thanks! John

The S fund tracks the Wilshire 4500

The I fund tracks the EAFE index, but is also affected by the movement of the U.S. dollar versus foreign currencies.

The F fund is invested in the Barclays U.S. Debt Index Fund, bond index fund which holds a representative sample of the bonds in the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate (LBA) index.

The G fund invests in short-term U.S. treasuries. The principal is guaranteed.

Thank you!!!!!

It has become eerily quiet in this forum the last couple of days. We need some green soon to perk everyone up.

The test is here. I hope you studied. :shock:

I don't know about standard deviations, but we're sure experiencing some mean returns. Cash is starting to look good. :X

Tom,

I've studied enough to be patient, fully invested, thinking positive and long term. No knee jerk emotional reaction. I'm a timer, a long timer. I'm with you, the green is coming.

This isn't fun but this test isn't too much of a surprise. Any more weakness would be however. The July 26th low has held - so far so good. We need a bounce pretty quick.

The last time the S Fund was this low was on Dec 17, 2003 when it was @ $12.07

WHAT A TEST!!!

Guess what today is? It's bounce day!!! How big? My crystal ball says 1.2 - 1.6% for the S fund. Don't be suprised if we give it back Monday though, Greenspan talks Tues. :shock: