U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES An investment in the TSP five years ago would have given you an annula return of 12.81% after expenses.
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT FUND
August 20, 2008 - Staff Report
TSP Continues to Grow in 2008
(US Government Retirement Program)
You’re doing a great job saving for your retirement! As of November 2007, the TSP had over $230 billion in assets, while at the beginning of the year, TSP assets were at $206.6 billion. Participation has grown to over 3.8 million, compared with 3.7 million at the onset of 2007.
By the way, take a look at the list of assets that make up the top 10 holdings in the C Fund of the retirement program. They happen to be numerous investments that are bashed on a regular basis but seem to have some real candidate interest.
Under new rules that were passed through Congress, some retirement funds can withold information regarding their performance and investments for an abnormal period of time.
To date, the TSP has not disclosed to the public, the value of the fund, the investment rate of inflows and the share balance by stock selection
Check out your tax dollars at work at www.tsp.gov.