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Year to date, the stock funds all remain positive. Image: Lightspring/Shutterstock.com

All three stock-based TSP funds posted substantial losses in September, with the small company stock S fund down 4.9 percent, the large company stock C fund down 4.77 percent and the international stock I fund down 3.51 percent.

The bond F fund also fell, by 2.54 percent, leaving only the always-gaining government securities G fund in positive territory, up 0.35 percent.

Year to date, the stock funds all remain positive, though, with the C fund up 13.05 percent, the S fund 8.84 and the I fund 6.94. The G fund is up 2.98 percent while the F fund is at -1.05 percent.

The September losses in four of the five core funds also dragged the lifecycle L funds into negative territory: Income. -1; 2025, -1.53; 2030, -2.66; 2035, -2.96; 2040, -3.24; 2045, -3.48; 2050, -3.71; 2055, 2060, -4.31; 2065, -4.32. The L funds are up for the year from 4.65 to 10.34 percent.

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