Monday, April 21, 2008

Equities Have Been Moving On Up!

For those who think that this year has been a gloomy one for the equity markets, the fact is that, while much of January was down hard, over the past 3 months, you would have done better investing in the equities than in the F or G funds. (See chart below) The question is, will this bullish trend continue?

4 years: I fund 78.5%, S fund 44%, C fund 33.1%, F fund 21.3%, G fund 19.8%
3 years: I fund 55.5%, S fund 29.5%, C fund 26.8%, F fund 16%, G fund 14.7%
2 years:I fund 18.5%, F fund 14.8%, C fund 10.1%, G fund 9.6%, S fund 4.4%
1 year: F fund 7.1%, G fund 4.5%, I fund -2.1%, C fund -4.6%, S fund -6.8%,
6 mo: F fund 3.8%, G fund 2%, I fund -5.5%, C fund -6.5%, S fund -7.7%,
3 mo: S fund 7.7%, I/C fund 5.3%, G fund 0.9%, F fund 0.1%
2 mo: I fund 6.8%, C fund 3.7%, S fund 2.6%, F fund 0.9%, G fund 0.6%
1 mo: I fund 9.4%, S fund 6.7%, C fund 4.5%, G fund 0.2%, F fund -0.7%
2 wk: C fund 1.2%, S fund 0.9%, I fund 0.6%, G fund 0.1%, F fund -0.3%,
1 wk: C fund 4.5%, S/I fund 4%, G fund 0.1%, F fund -0.6%
Today's TSP Charts
AGG (F Fund)
iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond (AGG)
S&P 500 (C Fund)
S&P 500 INDEX,RTH (^GSPC)
Wilshire 4500 (S Fund)
Dow Jones Wilshire 4500 Complet (^DWCPF)
EFA (I Fund)
iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA)
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