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President Signs Tobacco Bill Implementing TSP Changes
The tobacco bill, which contained changes to the federal government's thrift savings plan, has been signed into law.

Posted: June 23, 2009 7:45 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Article

TSP Investors Express Optimism by Moving Money into Stock Funds
Investors in the Thrift Savings Plan are reversing a trend that has been continuing for months: They are again moving money into the TSP's underlying stock funds and out of the safer G and F funds.

Posted: June 18, 2009 8:44 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Article

TSP Changes Adopted in Tobacco Bill--Sick Leave Provisions for FERS Dropped in Final Legislation
The tobacco bill has been approved by Congress. The new legislation will make changes to the TSP but the final version does not include a change to allow credit for unused sick leave for FERS employees.

Posted: June 15, 2009 7:23 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009
The `Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009' is the portion of the tobacco bill that makes changes to the Thrift Savings Plan.

Posted: June 14, 2009 3:29 PM | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Three Successive Months of Gains For the TSP
For the third month in a row, all of the funds in the federal Thrift Savings Plan provides positive returns for investors. In fact, the past three months have been the best for the C fund index since 1938. The best return in May: 13.41% for the I Fund.

Posted: June 2, 2009 8:04 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Article

How Have Thrift Savings Plan Investors Reacted During Recent Stock Market Fluctuations?
Did investors in the Thrift Savings Plan put more money into the TSP stock funds in anticipation of a turnaround or continue to pour money into the G fund?

Posted: May 21, 2009 9:02 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Article

TSP Funds Head Up Again in April
For the second month in a row, all of the funds in the Thrift Savings Plan are higher--one of them going up 15% in April. Here are the results.

Posted: May 3, 2009 5:38 PM | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Thrift Savings Plan Funds Rebounding: Are We in a New Era or Can History Tell Us Anything About Our Financial Future?
Your TSP funds have taken a big leap in the past few weeks with the S fund up about 26% since March 1st. That is good news and a reason for optimism. So, is the economic crisis now over? The current stock market is behaving much as markets did in 1938. Keep that in mind when making your investment decisions.

Posted: April 23, 2009 9:18 AM | Full Story | Discuss this Article

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Preparing for your retirement involves a number of personal decisions you have to make about your investments to ensure you will have enough money to retire when you are ready. The federal Thrift Savings Plan is a crucial part of your future retirement income. FedSmith.com is providing its readers with a variety of daily, monthly and annual TSP rate information to help you make more informed investment decisions.

Fund Data Snapshot

  52 Week    
  High Low 6/2009 YTD*
G $12.9168 $12.5129 +0.27% +1.36%
F $12.8650 $11.7408 +0.54% +1.95%
C $14.9200 $7.8673 +0.24% +3.30%
S $18.6960 $9.0631 +0.73% +7.85%
I $21.7337 $10.2903 -1.08% +6.60%
L 2040 $16.7325 $9.8133 +0.09% +5.14%
L 2030 $16.1997 $10.2343 +0.12% +4.85%
L 2020 $15.7247 $10.8084 +0.14% +4.40%
L 2010 $15.1252 $12.7587 +0.24% +2.82%
L Income $13.4508 $12.1112 +0.26% +2.60%
* YTD returns as compiled by the TSP each month

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