The value of Thrift Savings Plan funds has been volatile over the past year, reaching new highs and producing some big dips.

It has the lowest risk of the five funds and money contributed into the TSP by new participants was placed into this fund by default until Sept. 15, 2015 unless the participant specified otherwise.

The TSP offers target date funds for 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050 plus an “income” fund for those already taking withdrawals, or who are close to it.

While boring, the fund is not inconsequential: Millions of TSP participants held almost $300 billion in investments in the G Fund in January this year, either directly or in the Lifecycle Funds.

TSP L 2030 Fund appears as a “kink” in the TSP L Fund‘s equity asset-allocation glide path, currently marking the point at which the funds begin a relatively steep path to a lower asset ...

The Thrift Savings Plan announced yesterday that participants may start using "lifecycle funds" Aug. 1 to save for their retirement. The TSP, a 401(k)-type program for government employees, will ...

The TSP I Fund was about to change its benchmark to the MSCI ACWI IMI ex USA Index on June 1, 2020, to add emerging-markets exposure, as the plan’s governing board, ...

TSP participants now have 35.5% of their money in the C Fund, an increase from 29.3% when the bull market began. Meanwhile, the portion in the G Fund has fallen from 33.4% to 24.6%.

TSP Funds Tick Up After Two Months of Losses ... The only Thrift Savings Plan investment in the red last month was the fixed income F Fund, which fell 1.26%.

Thrift Savings Plan. "Individual Funds." U.S. Department of Labor. "Performance Audit of Thrift Savings Plan Investment Management Operations," Pages 6-7 of PDF. Thrift Savings Plan.

Whether to roll over TSP funds into an IRA is, at first glance, no different than whether a non-government employee should rollover their 401k or 403b. Upon closer examination, however, there is a ...

TSP L 2030 Fund appears as a “kink” in the TSP L Fund‘s equity asset-allocation glide path, currently marking the point at ...