The Thrift Savings Plan saw more positive activity last month than in January, according to monthly returns released Monday. Only the fixed income investment F fund finished February in the red while all other stock and Lifecycle funds finished in the black.
The small capitalization stock index S Fund finished February at 5.21% , a 2.36-percentage point increase from January, while the common stock index investment C fund rose 3.77 points to finish February at 2.76%.
The international stock index I Fund rose by 3.35 points for a February return of 2.26%, and the securities-backed G fund had a monthly return of 0.08%, only a 0.01 point difference from January. The F fund dropped further into the red, from -0.71% in January to -1.45% last month.
As for Lifecycle funds, last month’s activity trended upward. The biggest monthly increase in returns was for the L 2055, 2060 and 2065 funds – each rose 3.37 points to a February return of 2.93%.
The smallest month-over-month was in the L Income fund, which went from -0.10% in January to 0.63% in February.
Year over year, all Lifecycle funds as well as the C, S and I funds showed higher returns. But the F fund was down 3.27 percentage points since February 2020 while the G fund, which has been steadily falling for years, was down 0.05 percentage points since last February.
| Thrift Savings Plan — January 2021 Returns | |||
| Fund | Jan. | Year-to-Date | Last 12 Months |
| G fund | 0.08% | 0.15% | 0.82% |
| F fund | -1.45% | -2.15% | 1.37% |
| C fund | 2.76% | 1.72% | 31.20% |
| S fund | 5.21% | 8.21% | 56.07% |
| I fund | 2.26% | 1.15% | 21.91% |
| L Income | 0.63% | 0.53% | 7.33% |
| L 2025 | 1.35% | 1.10% | n/a |
| L 2030 | 1.70% | 1.38% | 18.82% |
| L 2035 | 1.86% | 1.50% | n/a |
| L 2040 | 2.03% | 1.65% | 22.55% |
| L 2045 | 2.17% | 1.77% | n/a |
| L 2050 | 2.32% | 1.90% | 25.86% |
| L 2055 | 2.93% | 2.48% | n/a |
| L 2060 | 2.93% | 2.48% | n/a |
| L 2065 | 2.93% | 2.47% | n/a |
