I Fund for June 2009

[Corvette]

AORD up 1.55% final

Nikkei up 0.27% final

 

[Corvette]

early Tuesday EAFE estimate of -$0.0576
plus Tuesday FV (previous day) of +$0.0000 = -$0.0576

 

[Corvette]

Tuesday EAFE estimate of +$0.1505
plus Tuesday FV (previous day) of +$0.0000 = +$0.1505

 

[Corvette]

Tuesday EAFE final of +$0.1506
plus Tuesday FV (previous day) of +$0.0000 = +$0.1506
minus Tuesday FV (today) of -$0.0900 = +0.0606
minus mystery money of -$0.0024 = +0.0582 final

 

[Corvette]

AORD up 1.55% final ?

Nikkei up 0.38% final

 

[Corvette]

early Wednesday EAFE estimate of -$0.0551
plus Wednesday FV (previous day) of +$0.0900 = +$0.0349

 

[Corvette]

Wednesday EAFE final of -$0.2701
plus Wednesday FV (previous day) of +$0.0900 = -$0.1801
minus Wednesday FV (today) of -$0.1900 = -$0.3701
minus mystery money of -$0.0083 = -$0.3784 final :worried:

 

[Corvette]

AORD down 1.87% final :worried:

Nikkei down 0.75%final :worried:

 

[Corvette]

Thursday EAFE estimate of -$0.1053
plus Thursday FV (previous day) of +$0.1900 = +$0.0847

 

[Corvette]

AORD up 0.92% final

Nikkei up 0.74% final

 

[Kentucky]

So, tell me what this means to a typical investor in the TSP?

But, more importatnly, I need some explaination of the I fund overall. Yesterday (6/3/09), at market closing, the I fund graph which is posted at the bottom of tsptalk showed a return for the day of approximately .63% or something like that.

But, at the end of the day when the daily returns were posted, the I fund only showed an increase of .1%! What happened to the other 1/2 percent?

And thanks in advance for your insight and advise.

 

[nnuut]

See posts 1 and 2 in the I fund Forum!! It's not easy to understand the way they calculate the "I" fund!
http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showpost.php?p=82609&postcount=1

 

[DCguy]

I fund = daily FV change ( daily -$ cancels FV ) + daily EAFE change

 

[Corvette]

Thursday EAFE final of -$0.1049
plus Thursday FV (previous day) of +$0.1900 = +$0.0851
minus Thursday (today) of -$0.0700 = +0.0151
plus mystery money of +$0.0005 = +0.0156 final

 

[Corvette]

Friday EAFE estimate of -$0.0824
plus Friday FV (previous day) of +$0.0700 = -$0.0124

 

[James48843]

Dollar's move may have switched direction- that's why we haven't seen good I fund return the last week or so-

Check out this chart- British Pounds to Dollars:

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[Corvette]

Friday EAFE final of -$0.0824
plus Friday FV (previous day) of +$0.0700 = -$0.0124
minus Friday FV (today) of -$0.0700 = -$0.0824
minus mystery money of -$0.0020 = -$0.0844 final :worried:

 

[Corvette]

AORD up 0.93% final

Nikkei up 1.00% final

 

[Corvette]

Monday EAFE estimate of -$0.1986
plus Monday FV (previous day) of +$0.0700 = -$0.1286

 

[Corvette]

Monday EAFE estimate of -$0.0814
plus Monday FV (previous day) of +$0.0700 = -$0.0114
minus Monday FV (today) of -$0.0900 = -$0.1014
minus mystery money of -$0.0039 = -$0.1053 final :worried: