[UNDERSTANDING,THE,TSP,INVESTMENT,FUNDS]!3 Visit: www.FEDweek.com Investment Records of the TSP Funds The accompanying table shows the returns for funds since 1988, the first year of operation for the C and F funds (the G fund started operating in 1987), rounded to the nearest tenth of a percentage point.
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