Contribution Allocations

[Boomer01]

I am new to managing my TSP allocations. it seems like a lot of people are heavily invested in the S fund versus the C fund. It looks like the C fund matches the S&P 500 and the S fund matches the Dow Jones. However, when you look at the performance, the S&P is up over 22% and the Dow is 17.5%, but the C fund is up 24.5% and the S is up 32.1%. So based on that, there must be more to it than the C fund is the S&P and the S is the Dow?

 

[not_too_shabby]

Take a look at the bottom of the TSP homepage. There you will see which indices the TSP funds track.

 

[tsptalk]

S-Fund = ^W4500 Basic Chart | Wilshire 4500 Completion Index Stock - Yahoo! Finance

 

[Frixxxx]

S-Fund = ^W4500 Basic Chart | Wilshire 4500 Completion Index Stock - Yahoo! Finance

I am new to managing my TSP allocations. it seems like a lot of people are heavily invested in the S fund versus the C fund. It looks like the C fund matches the S&P 500 and the S fund matches the Dow Jones. However, when you look at the performance, the S&P is up over 22% and the Dow is 17.5%, but the C fund is up 24.5% and the S is up 32.1%. So based on that, there must be more to it than the C fund is the S&P and the S is the Dow?

Remember to read the Fund sheets on tsp.gov. It explains how our contracted firm uses the indexes. Also read the frtib.gov meeting minutes to see board discussions on how cacluations are either on track or off track.
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