Fund	Tracks / index	Proxy ETF	Proxy last	Day change
F · F Fund Fixed Income Index Investment Fund	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF Source: yfinance	95.81	+0.01%
C · C Fund Common Stock Index Investment Fund	S&P 500 Index	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Source: yfinance	754.05	-0.55%
S · S Fund Small Cap Stock Index Investment Fund	Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index	VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF Source: yfinance	234.39	-0.24%
I · I Fund International Stock Index Investment Fund	International equities (historically MSCI EAFE; broader ex-U.S. indexes may apply)	EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Source: yfinance	105.02	-0.50%

Fund

Tracks / index

Proxy ETF

Proxy last

Day change

F · F Fund

Fixed Income Index Investment Fund

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

AGG

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Source: yfinance

95.81

+0.01%

C · C Fund

Common Stock Index Investment Fund

S&P 500 Index

SPY

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Source: yfinance

754.05

-0.55%

S · S Fund

Small Cap Stock Index Investment Fund

Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index

VXF

Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Source: yfinance

234.39

-0.24%

I · I Fund

International Stock Index Investment Fund

International equities (historically MSCI EAFE; broader ex-U.S. indexes may apply)

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

Source: yfinance

105.02

-0.50%

Monthly allocation

May 2019

May 01, 2019 · Monthly Allocation

Allocation percentages for May 2019

F Fund 0%

C Fund 100%

S Fund 0%

I Fund 0%

Welcome to all of our new subscribers. I'm sure some of you are reeling from your recent tax bill. I know I owed taxes this year when in the previous 10 years, I received a refund. The good news is my tax burden was less than in previous year, but I would rather not owe anything. Consider increasing your TSP (traditional plan) or starting a traditional IRA. Remember, your max contribution is $19,000, so you could see a tax benefit of $4,750 if you are in the 25% tax bracket. For IRAs you can contribute $6,000, resulting in another $1,500 in tax savings. Of course, if your are over 50, you can contribute more. I recommend you look into maximizing both of these savings programs. So now that tax season is behind us, let's look at the TSP and the month of April. For April, I saw an increase in 4.05% as I was 100% in the C Fund, despite some of the worries I posted in last month's post. Your own risk profile will dictate how much risk you are willing to take, and I thought it was important to show how my system was trending, despite my investment in the C Fund. If you are new, I should reiterate, that I never invest in the F Fund unless I have a 100% demand signal to invest in the F Fund, and I never invest in the G Fund. This is based on my risk tolerance. To gain a better understanding of how my risk compares to the Lifecycle Funds and the core funds, see the risk section which is under the "Read More" button on my performance chart. For the year, my risk is at 5.97%, whereas if I decided to invest in the S Fund 100% YTD, my risk would be 7.41%, and the Lifecycle Fund 2030 is 3.15%. So for the month of May, I'm still 100% in the C Fund, and the GDP of 3.2%, despite a government shutdown makes me confident in this allocation. Keep investing!

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F Fund

C Fund

S Fund

I Fund

80% C / 20% S

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Date	L Income	L 2030	L 2035	L 2040	L 2045	L 2050	L 2055	L 2060	L 2065	L 2070	L 2075	G Fund	F Fund	C Fund	S Fund	I Fund
2026-09-15	30.9724	63.2041	19.4277	74.8841	20.8151	46.3321	24.3491	24.3457	24.3422	14.4267	12.6018	20.2155	20.5933	122.3618	113.4990	64.7795
2026-09-14	31.0171	63.3859	19.4965	75.1736	20.9014	46.5371	24.4788	24.4754	24.4719	14.5036	12.6690	20.2128	20.6088	122.8939	114.3578	65.1752
Daily Change	-0.14%	-0.29%	-0.35%	-0.39%	-0.41%	-0.44%	-0.53%	-0.53%	-0.53%	-0.53%	-0.53%	0.01%	-0.08%	-0.43%	-0.75%	-0.61%
Month to Date	-0.41%	-0.9%	-1.14%	-1.25%	-1.35%	-1.45%	-1.68%	-1.69%	-1.69%	-1.69%	-1.69%	0.2%	-1.22%	-1.23%	-2.64%	-2.05%
Year to Date	5.91%	8.79%	9.89%	10.47%	10.98%	11.51%	13.63%	13.62%	13.62%	13.61%	13.61%	3.21%	-1.38%	11.73%	13.04%	16.74%
Details	L Income	L 2030	L 2035	L 2040	L 2045	L 2050	L 2055	L 2060	L 2065	L 2070	L 2075	G Fund	F Fund	C Fund	S Fund	I Fund

Year¹	TSP Coach
2005	2.66%
2006	2.46%
2007	2.82%
2008	4.10%
2009	1.85%
2010	6.00%
2011	5.89%
2012	1.89%
2013	2.71%
2014	2.50%
2015	3.69%
2016	2.91%
2017	0.90%
2018	4.38%
2019	3.76%
2020	8.01%
2021	3.02%
2022	6.07%
2023	4.62%
2024	2.84%
2025	2.98%
2026	4.77%
As of:	09/15/2026

L Income	L 2030	L 2035	L 2040	L 2045	L 2050	L 2055	L 2060	L 2065	L 2070	L 2075	G Fund	F Fund	C Fund	S Fund	I Fund
											0.04%	0.84%	2.16%	3.32%	2.77%
0.37%	1.48%		1.70%								0.04%	0.73%	1.56%	3.06%	2.60%
0.49%	1.90%		2.16%								0.05%	0.73%	2.68%	3.00%	2.77%
1.29%	4.72%		5.40%								0.05%	1.69%	5.82%	7.61%	7.47%
1.36%	4.78%		5.45%								0.03%	0.92%	6.16%	7.12%	7.65%
1.07%	3.91%		4.49%								0.04%	0.80%	5.32%	6.07%	6.56%
0.95%	3.38%		3.89%								0.04%	0.64%	4.41%	6.00%	5.43%
0.65%	2.30%		2.64%								0.01%	0.56%	2.91%	3.44%	4.59%
0.51%	1.68%		1.94%								0.03%	0.88%	2.35%	2.89%	3.29%
0.49%	1.61%		1.87%								0.01%	0.63%	2.28%	3.48%	2.71%
0.71%	2.36%		2.72%								0.02%	0.82%	3.78%	3.58%	4.11%
0.59%	1.96%		2.29%								0.02%	1.03%	2.84%	4.47%	3.47%
0.16%	0.50%		0.59%								0.01%	0.43%	1.09%	1.42%	1.17%
0.77%	2.34%		2.79%								0.02%	0.86%	4.24%	4.92%	3.45%
0.69%	2.06%		2.47%								0.03%	0.95%	3.56%	4.68%	3.16%
1.63%	4.54%		5.43%								0.03%	0.95%	7.18%	10.19%	7.30%
0.62%	1.61%	1.76%	1.91%	2.05%	2.18%	2.63%	2.63%	2.63%			0.02%	0.79%	3.05%	3.29%	2.76%
1.59%	3.79%	4.16%	4.52%	4.83%	5.13%	6.05%	6.05%	6.06%			0.07%	2.34%	6.21%	6.87%	6.42%
1.21%	2.76%	3.04%	3.31%	3.54%	3.76%	4.39%	4.39%	4.39%			0.04%	2.35%	4.07%	6.44%	4.60%
0.83%	1.82%	2.00%	2.17%	2.32%	2.46%	2.89%	2.89%	2.89%	2.88%		0.02%	1.64%	2.95%	5.13%	2.98%
0.67%	1.52%	1.67%	1.82%	1.95%	2.08%	2.52%	2.52%	2.52%	2.52%	1.10%	0.01%	0.79%	3.04%	4.29%	1.91%
1.24%	2.46%	2.90%	3.15%	3.37%	3.59%	4.30%	4.30%	4.31%	4.31%	4.31%	0.06%	1.01%	4.21%	4.42%	5.28%
¹Life starting dates for TSP funds are August 31, 2004. TSP Coach strategy has been in use since August 2004.

Year	TSP Coach
2005	10.98%
2006	23.57%
2007	10.68%
2008	-8.50%
2009	16.83%
2010	25.23%
2011	-1.61%
2012	27.39%
2013	34.94%
2014	12.67%
2015	1.56%
2016	5.37%
2017	17.89%
2018	6.56%
2019	29.24%
2020	37.47%
2021	17.60%
2022	-15.35%
2023	22.25%
2024	13.28%
CAGR	13.57%
CAGR L10Y	12.48%
CAGR L5Y	6.63%
CAGR L3Y	11.46%
As of: 01/01/2025

TSP X1^	TSP X2^	TSP Z*	TSP V*	TSP U*	TSP T*	TSP R*^	TSP Q	TSP P*
6.10%	12.90%	21.79%				19.24%	5.63%	8.54%
10.70%	22.10%	15.25%		10.88%	27.96%	21.47%	15.22%	16.11%
4.20%	2.10%	9.32%		5.33%	21.32%	16.27%	7.60%	5.82%
-6.10%	-15.40%	-7.56%	-5.53%	-10.21%	-6.14%	10.59%	2.64%	-1.87%
8.60%	19.60%	23.30%	20.94%	4.98%	6.62%	36.87%	10.74%	24.61%
7.50%	20.40%	14.54%	29.18%	4.15%	35.16%	15.63%	11.25%	22.86%
4.30%	-0.70%	5.07%	8.44%	4.66%	-10.27%	5.54%	2.63%	15.01%
7.40%	12.00%	-4.60%	13.13%	10.88%	20.62%	-2.15%	6.49%	16.41%
10.30%	17.80%	12.54%	15.39%	18.32%	28.56%	15.42%	15.50%	20.72%
3.80%	5.00%	22.73%	12.91%	10.01%	11.98%	14.69%	8.75%	2.59%
1.20%	40.00%	13.07%	11.82%	2.55%	7.84%	10.39%	-6.93%	0.71%
3.60%	6.10%	4.71%	1.66%	7.79%	5.77%	4.73%	5.75%	10.75%
8.50%	15.00%	16.51%	16.51%	11.79%	8.19%	16.84%	12.46%	14.79%
-2.30%	-6.20%	-0.17%	-2.50%	-3.59%	4.36%	2.26%	-0.26%	-7.61%
11.50%	21.90%	21.42%	0.80%	13.37%	15.48%	20.51%	4.41%	28.31%
7.44%	8.36%		8.20%	23.48%	-1.87%	17.18%	10.16%
8.24%	15.12%		17.51%	17.46%	12.06%	11.38%	5.09%
-4.78%	-10.86%		-30.80%	38.00%	1.03%	-9.66%	-5.45%
11.70%	16.77%		10.01%	12.28%	29.00%	10.12%	10.03%
11.88%	16.83%		14.31%	13.97%	23.72%	25.49%	10.10%
5.56%	10.21%	7.97%	7.03%	9.36%	11.38%	12.70%	6.43%	8.43%
5.42%	7.79%	3.99%	2.56%	12.93%	9.35%	9.41%	5.09%	4.19%
5.19%	6.96%		0.45%	15.71%	12.56%	6.82%	3.78%
7.71%	10.91%		7.94%	8.57%	16.86%	11.38%	6.60%

Year	TSP Coach
Initial	$10,000
2005	$11,038
2006	$13,580
2007	$14,970
2008	$13,638
2009	$15,873
2010	$19,817
2011	$19,438
2012	$24,703
2013	$33,274
2014	$37,429
2015	$37,953
2016	$39,931
2017	$47,015
2018	$50,039
2019	$64,611
2020	$88,760
2021	$104,322
2022	$88,249
2023	$107,824
2024	$122,083
CAGR	13.33%
CAGR L10Y	12.39%
CAGR L5Y	6.58%
CAGR L3Y	11.42%
As of: 01/01/2025

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May 2019

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Allocation history

TSP X1^	TSP X2^	TSP Z*	TSP V*	TSP U*	TSP T*	TSP R*^	TSP Q	TSP P*
$10,000	$10,000	$10,000				$10,000	$10,000	$10,000
$10,460	$11,140	$11,920		$11,038	$11,038	$11,665	$10,414	$10,755
$11,429	$13,452	$13,478		$12,040	$13,945	$13,909	$11,850	$12,389
$11,759	$13,585	$14,474	$14,970	$12,483	$16,739	$15,913	$12,602	$13,011
$10,892	$11,343	$13,121	$13,942	$11,009	$15,533	$17,339	$12,785	$12,668
$11,679	$13,416	$15,918	$16,662	$11,358	$16,382	$23,472	$14,009	$15,687
$12,405	$16,003	$17,973	$21,324	$11,631	$21,963	$26,881	$15,437	$19,174
$12,788	$15,741	$18,625	$22,923	$11,974	$19,528	$28,111	$15,694	$21,953
$13,585	$17,480	$17,509	$25,733	$13,078	$23,376	$27,247	$16,563	$25,457
$14,834	$20,441	$19,445	$29,493	$15,274	$29,873	$31,189	$18,981	$30,632
$15,248	$21,313	$23,605	$33,101	$16,604	$33,273	$35,511	$20,493	$31,327
$15,281	$29,689	$26,431	$36,813	$16,829	$35,702	$38,941	$18,924	$31,450
$15,681	$31,350	$27,416	$37,225	$17,941	$37,583	$40,523	$19,863	$34,732
$16,864	$35,902	$31,683	$43,170	$19,857	$40,482	$47,088	$22,189	$39,770
$16,326	$33,526	$31,370	$41,891	$18,945	$42,068	$47,893	$21,982	$36,644
$18,054	$40,719	$37,830	$42,026	$21,279	$48,402	$57,456	$22,803
$19,246	$43,971		$45,272	$26,076	$47,317	$67,068	$24,971
$20,682	$50,471		$52,999	$30,430	$52,845	$74,440	$26,093
$19,543	$44,839		$36,476	$41,795	$53,210	$66,990	$24,521
$21,681	$52,207		$39,927	$46,728	$68,462	$73,510	$26,832
$24,106	$60,845		$45,440	$53,057	$84,522	$91,988	$29,393
4.50%	9.45%		6.36%	8.17%	10.71%	11.73%	5.54%
4.66%	7.44%		2.13%	12.17%	9.00%	8.98%	4.50%
4.61%	6.71%		0.07%	15.27%	12.30%	6.52%	3.31%
7.24%	10.71%		7.60%	8.28%	16.68%	11.15%	6.23%