Lifecycle funds were made popular by an account known as the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) for employees of the federal government and have since trickled down into private retirement plans.

Only one of the portfolios within the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program finished December in the ...

The TSP plan consists of 16 investment offerings, with five individual funds and 11 lifecycle/target-date funds. Navigate via ...

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These three ways to invest in your TSP can help you meet your retirement goals. Lifecycle Funds (L Funds): L Funds, life-cycle or target date funds, allow you to invest your entire portfolio in a ...

A TSP allows federal workers to invest in a ... containing a percentage of all five individual funds. As the chosen Lifecycle ...

The TSP is also noted for its low administrative ... international stock and a lifecycle fund that automatically adjusts its asset allocation based on the participant’s age and proximity to ...

The Thrift Savings Plan has a Roth direct investment option, but so far it hasn’t accommodated transfers from traditional accounts. Instead, some account holders were converting funds from their ...