TommyIV's TSP Talk Blog

Those sitting in stock funds this week added to their TSP value. The C, S, and I-fund all rose around 1.6% for the week. The I-fund did come out on top with a marginally higher return of 1.62%. Only six TSP Talk AutoTracker members had better returns for the week. The top three of those all did the same thing: They moved some or all of their S-fund holding to the G-fund on Wednesday while the market was peaking.

Here are the weekly, monthly, and annual TSP fund returns ...

The C-fund has been the TSP fund to beat this year, and this week nobody could. The C-fund did not have the greatest single day return this week, the S-fund did on Monday, but the C-fund went five days without a loss. That did include a day with no return while the other TSP funds were in the negative. The five days accumulated to a return of 1.89% for the C-fund and all the TSP Talk AutoTracker members holding 100% C-fund through the week.


Here are the weekly, ...

Tuesday turned out to be a buying opportunity for the week. Five of the six TSP Talk AutoTracker members who outperformed all of the TSP funds for the week increased their stock exposure on Tuesday while stocks were slipping. The sixth member to outperform the TSP funds increased their stock exposure on Wednesday where the C and I funds dropped slightly more.

Tuesday was the bulk of the mid-week pull-back, and the C-fund followed up with a 1.84% bounce back by the end ...

The market turned and favored the stockholders this last week. All three TSP stock funds were up more than 2% for the week with the S-fund reaching a return of 2.92%. Three TSP Talk AutoTracker members outperformed the S-fund in the week, and they all had one thing in common: They started the week holding the S or I-fund and moved to 100% C-fund mid-week.

Both the I-fund and the S-fund outperformed the C-fund early in the week. But starting Wednesday, the C-fund began ...

The gains of the first quarter are slipping through the hands of stockholders. The C-fund and S-fund both went through the previous week without a single day of gains. Both accumulated more than 3% of losses for the week.

The F-fund had two days of gains this past week, but the three other days of losses contributed to a weekly loss of -0.61%.

With nearly no opportunities for gains, not a single TSP Talk AutoTracker member outperformed the G-fund’s 0.08% ...