TSP Funds Level Off After Months of Volatility

After months of volatility and big swings in the stock markets, portfolios in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program were generally flat last month, with most ending April slightly in the black. The international stocks of the Thrift Savings Plan’s I Fund saw the biggest gains in April, growing by 2.01 percent. That brought the fund's 2018 total back into positive territory at 0.90 percent. The C Fund’s common stocks grew 0.38 percent last month, but that wasn’t enough to erase previous months’ losses since January the fund has fallen 0.40 percent. The G Fund, which is made up of government securities, increased 0.23 percent in April. The portfolio has grown 0.88 percent for 2018.