By Sean McCalley

Federal News Radio

Most of the funds in the Thrift Savings Plan fell in the month of March. Only three of the 10 funds made forward progress.

Thrift Savings Plan March 2015 Returns Fund March Year-to-Date Last 12 Months G Fund 0.16% 0.47% 2.19% F Fund 0.47% 1.68% 6.34% C Fund -1.57% 0.97% 12.82% S Fund 1.24% 5.39% 10.61% I Fund -1.43% 5.70% -0.61% L Income -0.07% 1.03% 3.89% L 2020 -0.44% 1.91% 5.70% L 2030 -0.58% 2.34% 6.65% L 2040 -0.64% 2.66% 7.31% L 2050 -0.76% 2.96% 7.68%

The fixed income F Fund recovered from a February loss of 0.91 percent. The 0.47 percent gain was enough to bring it into positive territory for both the year-to-date and past-12-months return categories.

The government securities-based G Fund also rose 0.16 percent in March, which is fairly consistent with the growth rates since January. The G Fund rose 0.13 and 0.18 percent in February and January, respectively.


The final TSP fund to post a positive return was the S Fund, based on small cap investments. It also had the steepest rate of return last month, at 1.24 percent. It’s now the runner-up for strongest returns during the past 12 months and the year to date.

Returns across the rest of the TSP landscape dropped from the previous month. The biggest loss was the C Fund, invested in large cap stocks. It fell 1.57 percent, bringing its year-to-date return to under 1 percent, and its 12-month return to 12.82 percent.

Close behind was the I Fund, which fell 1.43 percent. Based on international stock investments, it was the first month this year to log a negative return.

All the lifecycle funds posted negative losses. The L Funds invest in the five individual TSP funds.

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