Thursday, May 8, 2008

I Fund Leads Over Three Months Despite Strong USD

Current TSP Returns

YTD: F fund 2.3%, G fund 1.2%, I fund -2.7%, S fund -3.5%, C fund -4.1%,

4 years: I fund 87.3%, S fund 53.3%, C fund 37.3%, F fund 24.1%, G fund 19.7%
3 years: I fund 56.8%, S fund 35.9%, C fund 26.5%, F fund 16.4%, G fund 14.7%
2 years:I fund 15.6%, F fund 15.5%, C fund 9.7%, G fund 9.6%, S fund 4.5%
1 year: F fund 7.2%, G fund 4.4%, I fund -0.9%, C fund -5.4%, S fund -6.3%,
6 mo: F fund 4%, G fund 1.9%, C fund -4.2%, S fund -5%, I fund -5.3%
3 mo: I fund 11.8%, C fund 5.6%, S fund 4.5%, G fund 0.8%, F fund 0.7%
2 mo: I fund 10%, S fund 9%, C fund 8.4%, F fund 1.5%, G fund 0.6%
1 mo: I fund 3.3%, C/S fund 2.5%, G/F fund 0.2%
2 wk: I fund 2.8%, S fund 1.8%, F fund 1%, C fund 0.8%, G fund 0.1%
1 wk: I fund 0.9%, S/F fund 0.2%, G fund 0.1%, C fund -0.8%,

Note that the I fund now consistently leads over the past three months, two months, one month, two weeks and one week despite a concomitant rise in the USD. Why would that be? What do you think?
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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