The Benchmarks are wrong!!

[cyoa1fan]

Why do the Benchmark Funds (specifically the I fund) not show the benchmark with Dividends added in? On the tsp website they only have the benchmark without the dividends listed.

http://www.tsp.gov/rates/returns-5years.html

Does this mean we are losing out because the benchmarks do not reflect Dividends?!

Here is the I fund benchmark with dividends-
Year Return
1991 12.50
1992 -11.85
1993 32.94
1994 8.06
1995 11.55
1996 6.36
1997 2.06
1998 20.33
1999 27.30
2000 -13.96
2001 -21.20
2002 -15.66
2003 39.17
2004 20.70
2005 14.02
2006 26.86
Here is the benchmark with dividends for the S & P 500
Year Annual Return
1994 1.32
1995 37.58
1996 22.96
1997 33.36
1998 28.58
1999 21.04
2000 -9.11
2001 -11.89
2002 -22.10
2003 28.68
2004 10.88
2005 4.91
2006 15.80
2007 5.49

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