how do you lose when your fund is green - educate me please

[CrgButcher]

Ok, this has happened to me before and I have never understood it. Today, the DJIA in the green (up) by 52.12 points. Last week I moved 100% to the S fund thoroughly expecting it to be green today and it was just as I expected, however, in looking at the share prices for today, the S fund is down by almost 19 cents a share. How can that be. Do I have someone over at TSP.gov syphoning off my gain. What's going on.

Thanks

 

[jonfresno]

Ok, this has happened to me before and I have never understood it. Today, the DJIA in the green (up) by 52.12 points. Last week I moved 100% to the S fund thoroughly expecting it to be green today and it was just as I expected, however, in looking at the share prices for today, the S fund is down by almost 19 cents a share. How can that be. Do I have someone over at TSP.gov syphoning off my gain. What's going on.

Thanks

S fund is dwcpf. It's the completion index.

 

[tsptalk]

^DWCPF: Summary for Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total- Yahoo! Finance

 

[CrgButcher]

Never heard of this before (again my knowledge of Market terms is showing), but looked it up and will watch this report instead of FOXNEWS finance reports. Thanks

 

[tsptalk]

More on each fund from tsp.gov:

https://www.tsp.gov/InvestmentFunds/FundsOverview/comparisonMatrix.html