Graph not = to the numbers

**Randy** · 08-23-2005, 03:30 PM

How come the graph numbers for the funds at the end of the day do not match the numbers being reported the next day? At the end of the day Aug. 22 the f fund showed a+.08 and when i checked the site the morning of Aug 23 it showed the f fund at 00. Is there somewhere to go to get the accurate number at the end of trading for the indiv. funds?

**Birchtree** · 08-23-2005, 03:44 PM

I'm in no hurry, so I just usually wait on wonder woman - she is accurate and precise, not to mention a natural looker.

You can go to tspmoney.com but they are rather slow and sometimes not accurate.

The I fund has some funny, frilly twists - one being the administrator may or may not pass on to you the day's gains or losses - depending on his wifes' mood. They do this to create some chaos and reduce timing systems. Part of the reason for the drop today is that Hang Seng gave back all the gains from the previous day and the other markets are also weak. I think the dollar play is partially overrated - watch the Nikkei and the FTSE - go as they go.

**GatorinGA** · 08-23-2005, 05:08 PM

I believe what you are referring to is the amount that the fund went up for that day from the graph. That number is in the form of a percentage, and indicates how much that fund went up on that day. The amount of change in a given fund then correlates to an amount of increase or decrease in the fund that it is best linked to in TSP. If thebond fund went up .08%, that was not enough of an increase to make our corresponding F fund go up even a penny, thus the .00 change. Don't think that the change on the graph is in cents, it's in percentages, that may (C,S,F) or may not (I) be reflected in a weighted change in the prices of our funds.

**Randy** · 08-23-2005, 06:00 PM

Thankyou for the help. So i guess what your telling me is I have to wait till the market opens the next day to count my millions. Oh well, whats one day.

**GatorinGA** · 08-23-2005, 06:01 PM

Actually, the new prices are usually posted at the TSP site sometime in the evening.

**GatorinGA** · 08-23-2005, 06:03 PM

**Randy** · 08-23-2005, 06:35 PM

Thankyou!!

**monoi** · 08-24-2005, 12:27 AM

I'm disappointed in the 1 cent return on the F fund today . :%

It closed at +.07 cents = a 7% gain.

**monoi** · 08-24-2005, 12:27 AM

**monoi** · 08-24-2005, 12:30 AM

**GatorinGA** · 08-24-2005, 12:08 PM

The gain was equal to .07%, not 7%, not even .7%, but .07%, and definitely NOT .07 CENTS. Do not think that the increase in the funds on the graphs correlates to an increase in the price of the TSP funds in dollars and cents.

Let me give you an example. If the F fund is selling for $10 per share, the bond fund on the chart would have to go up close to .1% to get a penny increase in the per share price, $10 x .1% = .01. Just multiply the percent increase on the graph for the given day times the per share price to get a guestimated increase in the corresponding TSP fund price increase or decrease.