Regarding this, is the TSP F fund a good investment?
The F fund is low risk, but since it holds some corporate investment grade bonds it has some default risk potential. In a flight-to-safety event, the corporate bond prices will fall while the safe haven Treasuries in the TSP F fund will climb negating some of the benefits of falling interest rates.
Furthermore, what is the best TSP fund to invest in? For the month of March, the C Fund came out on top of all of the underlying TSP core funds with a return of 4.38%. The C Fund is also up 56.32% for the past 12 months and up 6.17% for the year-to-date. The TSP Fund with the best quarterly return was the S Fund with a return of 7.79%. The I Fund was 3rd with 3.52%.
Also to know is, what makes the TSP F fund go up?
In periods of falling interest rates, the F Fund will experience gains from the resulting rise in bond prices. So in the long run, you may expect F Fund returns to exceed those of the G Fund; however, you should also expect greater price volatility (up and down movements).
What is the TSP F fund rate of return?
According to monthly totals released by the TSP on Monday, the largest monthly increase from March to April was in the small capitalization stock index S Fund, which rose from -0.39% to 4.23 during that time.
TSP performance up from March but still down from 2020.
| Thrift Savings Plan — April 2021 Returns | F fund |
|---|---|
| 0.82% | |
| -2.55% | |
| -0.17% |
