Are TSP Advisory Services Worthwhile?

That's an individual decision. Should you keep your money in an L fund or try a different allocation? Are pay services valuable? Do you get more of a return from an expensive pay service than a free one? That's what we've been tracking over the past few years, and hope to continue to follow in the future. These are the 3, 2 and 1 year returns thru Dec 2007. We track these and other services on a weekly basis on the forum, for free. We also track the allocations of our members on a monthly basis, for free.

TSP Advisory Services Performance
Three Year : 2005 - 2007

1. Thrift Trading 53.9%
2. TSP Advisory 47.3%
3. TSP GO High Risk 46.3%
4. TSP Key 41.8%
5. TSP Report 36.4%
6. TSP Wealth 27.8%
7. TSP Max 23.4%
8. TSP Pilot 22.4%
9. TSP Talk -(0.5)%

TSP Strategy 59.9%

TSP Advisory Services Performance
Two Year: 2006-2007

1. TSP Advisory 31.0%
2. TSP Go High Risk 29.3%
3. Thrift Trading 26.3%
4. TSP Report 27.5%
5. TSP Key 22.2%
6. TSP Talk Shark 16.8% (from 2/1/06)
7. TSP Pilot 15.3%
8. TSP Advisor 13.5%
9. TSP Max 9.8%
10. TSP Wealth 9.1%
11. TSP Talk -(0.9)%

TSP Strategy 40.7%


TSP Advisory Services Performance
One Year - 2007

1. Matt's TSP Blog 18.3%
2. TSP GO High Risk 11.6%
3. Thrift Trading 9.0%
4. TSP Advisory 9.0%
5. TSP Advisor 7.7%
6. TSP Talk Fred 5.7%
7. TSP Talk Shark 5.3%
8. TSP Pilot 4.2%
9. TSP Report 2.1%
10. TSP Wire 0.2%
11. TSP Wealth -2.0%
12. TSP Key -5%
13. TSP Max -5.3%
14. TSP Talk Ebbchart -5.8% (from 10/1)
15. TSP Talk -7.5%
16. Maximizing TSP -12.2% (From 6/24)

TSP Strategy 11.4%