An ETF to mimic the I fund better?

[Howard P]

All,

Exciting, we just found this site. We have a group at work that are big into the TSP funds. We have recently started using ThriftTrading.com's "newsletter" to adjust our money among the funds. It is working pretty good.
The one problem is that we know that EFA is supposed to be the ETF that is used to mimic the I fund - but it is not often a good match it seems!

Yesterday was a great example - EFA was up like 0.3%, but the I fund was up 1.0% (not that we mind).

So, I was wondering if there is a better fund we could watch that better matches the I fund pricing.

Thanks
Howard P
haperlman@comcast.net

 

[Master]

MSCI tracks the EAFE, which is considerably closer than EFA.

Look at the daily, monthly, etc for that row:

http://www.msci.com/equity/index2.html

Keep in mind that you need to factor in the value of the dollar, as the economies tracked in EAFE use Euros, Yen and other currencies.

 

[Wheels]

The short answer to your question is No, there is no way to track the I fund on an intraday basis. We've been discussing the intracacies of the I fund on this site for 2 years. Here's a recent explanation I gave that might be helpful to you.

http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showpost.php?p=37666&postcount=109

And here's a follow-up that adds a little.

http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showpost.php?p=38041&postcount=155

Hope it helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

Dave
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