Funds / Individual fund

F Fund

$20.73 a share on Oct 27, 2026, +0.04% on the day.

Returns to Oct 27, 2026

Year to date: −0.7%; from Dec 31, 2025
1 year: −1.0%; from Oct 27, 2025
3 years: 5.2%; a year, from Oct 27, 2023
5 years: −0.2%; a year, from Oct 27, 2021
10 years: 1.5%; a year, from Oct 27, 2016
Since start: 3.2%; a year, from Jun 2, 2003

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Spans longer than a year show the yearly rate. Share prices include the fund's earnings and expenses, so a price change is the return.

What the F Fund holds

An index fund designed to track the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

Legal name: Fixed Income Investment Fund
First priced: Jun 2, 2003 in the official daily price file; the fund itself is older

Since Jun 2, 2003

$10,000 on Jun 2, 2003 would be about

$20,800

by Oct 27, 2026. In the C Fund over the same span: about $124,000.

Growth per year: 3.2%; C Fund 11.4%
Best year: 8.7%; 2019
Worst year: −12.8%; 2022
Biggest drop: 18%; peak to trough; C Fund 55%

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Year by year

Year	F Fund	C Fund
2003*	0.2%	16.2%
2004	4.3%	10.8%
2005	2.4%	5.0%
2006	4.4%	15.8%
2007	7.1%	5.5%
2008	5.5%	−37.0%
2009	6.0%	26.7%
2010	6.7%	15.1%
2011	7.9%	2.1%
2012	4.3%	16.1%
2013	−1.7%	32.4%
2014	6.7%	13.8%
2015	0.9%	1.5%
2016	2.9%	12.0%
2017	3.8%	21.8%
2018	0.2%	−4.4%
2019	8.7%	31.5%
2020	7.5%	18.3%
2021	−1.5%	28.7%
2022	−12.8%	−18.1%
2023	5.6%	26.2%
2024	1.3%	25.0%
2025	7.2%	17.8%
2026*	−0.7%	13.8%

* part of a year. Returns are from official daily share prices; each move happens at the close of its day.

Month by month

Monthly returns of the F Fund by year and month
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2003						0.0%*	−3.4%	0.7%	2.7%	−1.0%	0.3%	1.0%	0.2%*
2004	0.8%	1.1%	0.7%	−2.5%	−0.5%	0.6%	1.0%	1.9%	0.3%	0.9%	−0.9%	1.0%	4.3%
2005	0.6%	−0.6%	−0.5%	1.4%	1.0%	0.6%	−0.8%	1.2%	−1.0%	−0.8%	0.4%	0.9%	2.4%
2006	0.1%	0.3%	−0.9%	−0.2%	−0.1%	0.2%	1.3%	1.6%	0.8%	0.7%	1.1%	−0.5%	4.4%
2007	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.5%	−0.7%	−0.3%	0.8%	1.2%	0.8%	0.9%	1.9%	0.3%	7.1%
2008	1.8%	0.2%	0.3%	−0.2%	−0.7%	−0.1%	0.0%	0.9%	−1.3%	−2.4%	3.3%	3.7%	5.5%
2009	−0.9%	−0.4%	1.4%	0.5%	0.8%	0.5%	1.6%	1.0%	1.1%	0.5%	1.3%	−1.6%	6.0%
2010	1.5%	0.4%	−0.1%	1.1%	0.9%	1.6%	1.1%	1.3%	0.2%	0.4%	−0.6%	−1.1%	6.7%
2011	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	1.3%	1.3%	−0.3%	1.6%	1.5%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	1.0%	7.9%
2012	0.9%	0.1%	−0.6%	1.1%	0.9%	0.0%	1.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	−0.1%	4.3%
2013	−0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	1.0%	−1.8%	−1.5%	0.1%	−0.5%	1.0%	0.9%	−0.4%	−0.6%	−1.7%
2014	1.6%	0.6%	−0.2%	0.9%	1.2%	0.1%	−0.2%	1.1%	−0.6%	1.0%	0.7%	0.2%	6.7%
2015	2.1%	−0.9%	0.5%	−0.3%	−0.3%	−1.1%	0.7%	−0.1%	0.8%	0.0%	−0.2%	−0.3%	0.9%
2016	1.5%	0.7%	0.9%	0.4%	0.1%	1.8%	0.6%	−0.1%	0.0%	−0.7%	−2.4%	0.2%	2.9%
2017	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.8%	0.8%	−0.1%	0.4%	0.9%	−0.5%	0.1%	−0.1%	0.5%	3.8%
2018	−1.1%	−1.0%	0.7%	−0.7%	0.7%	−0.1%	0.0%	0.7%	−0.6%	−0.8%	0.6%	1.8%	0.2%
2019	1.1%	−0.1%	1.9%	0.0%	1.8%	1.3%	0.2%	2.6%	−0.5%	0.3%	−0.1%	−0.1%	8.7%
2020	1.9%	1.8%	−0.6%	1.8%	0.5%	0.6%	1.5%	−0.8%	0.0%	−0.4%	1.0%	0.1%	7.5%
2021	−0.7%	−1.5%	−1.2%	0.8%	0.3%	0.7%	1.1%	−0.2%	−0.9%	0.0%	0.3%	−0.3%	−1.5%
2022	−2.1%	−1.1%	−2.7%	−3.8%	1.1%	−1.9%	2.5%	−2.8%	−4.3%	−1.3%	3.7%	−0.7%	−12.8%
2023	3.2%	−2.6%	2.5%	0.6%	−1.1%	−0.4%	−0.1%	−0.6%	−2.5%	−1.6%	4.5%	3.7%	5.6%
2024	−0.2%	−1.4%	0.9%	−2.5%	1.7%	0.9%	2.3%	1.4%	1.3%	−2.5%	1.1%	−1.7%	1.3%
2025	0.5%	2.2%	0.0%	0.4%	−0.7%	1.5%	−0.2%	1.2%	1.1%	0.6%	0.6%	−0.3%	7.2%
2026	0.2%	1.6%	−1.8%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	−1.3%	0.4%	−2.6%	2.1%*			−0.7%*

Blue, the month was up; red, it was down; the deeper the colour, the bigger the move. * part of a month or year.

Rolling returns, a year at a time
Over	Spans	Best	Worst	Average	Lost money
1 year	22	8.7%to 2019	−12.8%to 2022	3.5%	3 of 22
3 years	20	6.9%to 2011	−3.2%to 2023	3.3%	3 of 20
5 years	18	6.6%to 2011	−0.3%to 2025	3.4%	2 of 18
10 years	13	4.9%to 2014	1.3%to 2022	3.5%	0 of 13

Every span

Annualised return of each window ending at each year end
Ending	1 year	3 years	5 years	10 years
2025	7.2%	4.7%	−0.3%	2.1%
2024	1.3%	−2.3%	−0.2%	1.5%
2023	5.6%	−3.2%	1.2%	2.0%
2022	−12.8%	−2.6%	0.1%	1.3%
2021	−1.5%	4.8%	3.7%	3.1%
2020	7.5%	5.4%	4.6%	4.1%
2019	8.7%	4.2%	3.3%	4.0%
2018	0.2%	2.3%	2.9%	3.7%
2017	3.8%	2.5%	2.5%	4.3%
2016	2.9%	3.5%	2.6%	4.6%
2015	0.9%	1.9%	3.6%	4.7%
2014	6.7%	3.1%	4.7%	4.9%
2013	−1.7%	3.4%	4.6%	4.7%
2012	4.3%	6.3%	6.1%
2011	7.9%	6.9%	6.6%
2010	6.7%	6.1%	5.9%
2009	6.0%	6.2%	5.1%
2008	5.5%	5.6%	4.7%
2007	7.1%	4.6%
2006	4.4%	3.7%
2005	2.4%
2004	4.3%

Each figure is the yearly rate over a span ending on the last priced day of that year. A blank cell means the span starts before the fund did.

The 5 biggest drops
High	Low	Fall	Fell over	Back after
Aug 6, 2020	Oct 24, 2022	−18.0%	2.2 yrs	not yet
Mar 9, 2020	Mar 19, 2020	−6.4%	10 days	109 days
Sep 9, 2008	Oct 31, 2008	−5.1%	52 days	97 days
May 2, 2013	Sep 5, 2013	−4.8%	126 days	363 days
Jun 13, 2003	Aug 14, 2003	−4.8%	62 days	214 days

Past performance does not predict future returns. This is not investment advice.

Official TSP share prices through Oct 27, 2026.

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