Thrift Saving Plan
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- Congress established the TSP under what Act?
- The Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act of 1986
- In what year and Act was the TSP extended to members of the uniformed services?
- The Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.
- Which board administers the Thrift Savings Plan?
- The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
- When investing, what are the three objectives you should consider?
- Time horizon, risk tolerance, and diversification
- How many TSP funds are there and what are their names?
- 5- G/C/I/F/S
- Which fund has no possibility of loss of principal from default by the US Government and, thus, no credit risk?
- The G Fund- Government Securities Investment fund
- Which fund is invested in the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate (LBA) bond index fund?
- The F fund- Fixed Income Investment Fund
- Which fund is invested in the Standard & Poor’s (S&P 500) stock index fund?
- The C fund- Common Stock Index Investment Fund
- Which fund is invested in the Wilshire 4500 stock index fund?
- The S fund- Small Capitalization Stock Index Fund
- Which fund is unvested in the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) stock index fund?
- The I fund- International Stock Index Investment Fund
- The EAFE index consists of the stocks of companies in how many countries representing how much percent of the value of world stock markets?
- 21 countries, 42%
- Which investment funds where the three original TSP investment funds?
- The G, F, and the C Fund
- Which investment funds offer diversification between domestic and international stock markets?
- C,S, and I funds
- What is the name of the index that represents the change in the price of a fixed set of consumer goods, and is a common measure of the inflation rate?
- The Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- A useful tool for managing the money already in your account is called what?
- Interfund Transfers
- If you wish to mail in your interfund transfer what form would you use?
- TSP-U-50
- What is a common form of passive management in which securities are held in amounts based on their relative representation in the bond or stock markets?
- Indexing
- The G fund rate formula is the same as that used to calculate the interest rate for what two funds?
- The Social Security Trust Funds and the Civil Service Retirement Trust Fund
- In what month and year were the S and I fund implemented?
- May, 2001
- Choosing among asset classes such as stocks and bonds is defined as what?
- Asset allocation
- The income received annually from an investment, usually as interest or dividends, expressed as a percentage of its market price is defined as what?
- Current Yield