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 2022

May 02, 2022 · Monthly Allocation

Allocation percentages for May 2022

F Fund 0%

C Fund 100%

S Fund 0%

I Fund 0%

Welcome to May! I have spent a lot of time reviewing my internal numbers, the available market research, historical trends, and overall investor sentiment. Obviously, we are not where we want to be. We just had GDP numbers come in and they were negative. Two negative GDP quarters equals a recession. It is interesting, in all the previous recessions (and by definition), only after the numbers have been posted do we label it as such. "Two bad quarters, we are in a recession now!" When everyone else was saying, "things are bad..." well before the declaration. It is almost a bean counting function to label a recession a recession as opposed to making it something worthwhile in the economic sense.

So, where do we stand? Are we in a recession now and not know it? How do you feel? Are things bad? If we are in a recession, what do the markets think? Are lower GDP numbers already priced into the share prices? I'm sure I've mentioned this before in a previous post, but the market is like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, the more we know about one aspect of the market, the less we know about where it is going. Knowing about the state of the market influences investor sentiment, and that can cause unpredictable outcomes.

So, let's recap - world-wide pandemic, quantitative easing to the moon (to paraphrase Elon Musk) starting inflation, supply chain disruptions, change of parties in national elections, continued lockdowns, fossil fuel restrictions drive energy prices higher, Russia invades Ukraine, more upward pressure on fossil fuels which in turn increases the prices of just about everything. Nowhere in that list of issues did I mention we returned to normal. We have been living in the unusual for over two years now, and I think the market knows it. Our economy is bouncing along the guardrails trying to find its footing, but the markets, as free and fair as they can be, have been pricing all of this uncertainty in over the last few weeks.

I think many of you were wondering, why I didn't just move to the G Fund last month. First, I don't place my investments in the G Fund-it is a guaranteed negative return vs inflation. Second, there is no way to time the market. Think of this month as a buying spree. I just bought my TSP contribution at a major discount. My core investment is down, yes, but economic downturns do not last very long, and unless I was going to use large portions of my TSP in the next six months, my investment will be just fine. Sure, I could have moved it to the G Fund and preserved it, but when should I move it back into the stock market? Timing is not possible for the TSP.

Do I think we are in a recession, yes. Do I think the market will continue to have negative days and weeks for the next few months, probably. I also think there will be some very strong days and an ultimate recovery, but I cannot time it. I am going to keep maximizing my TSP contributions to buy as much as I can while the market is cheap.

I'm at 100% C Fund. Keep investing!

Last 12 month TSP returns

G Fund

F Fund

C Fund

S Fund

I Fund

80% C / 20% S

TSP Coach

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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
2026-09-16	30.9516	63.1152	19.3938	74.7409	20.7723	46.2304	24.2845	24.2811	24.2775	14.3884	12.5683	20.2182	20.5873	121.8196	113.1040	64.7938
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
Daily Change	-0.07%	-0.14%	-0.17%	-0.19%	-0.21%	-0.22%	-0.27%	-0.27%	-0.27%	-0.27%	-0.27%	0.01%	-0.03%	-0.44%	-0.35%	0.02%
Month to Date	-0.47%	-1.04%	-1.31%	-1.44%	-1.56%	-1.66%	-1.94%	-1.95%	-1.95%	-1.95%	-1.95%	0.22%	-1.25%	-1.67%	-2.98%	-2.03%
Year to Date	5.84%	8.64%	9.7%	10.26%	10.75%	11.26%	13.32%	13.32%	13.32%	13.31%	13.31%	3.22%	-1.41%	11.24%	12.64%	16.76%
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:	09/16/2026

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%
1.25%	2.47%	2.91%	3.17%	3.39%	3.61%	4.33%	4.33%	4.33%	4.33%	4.33%	0.05%	1.01%	4.24%	4.46%	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 2022

Last 12 month TSP returns

TSP fund quotes

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%