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Education

Our goal is to educate ourselves about you and educate you about the best possible plan for your circumstances. 

Market Analysis

We evaluate your financial status and the present market situation and simplify the comprehensive information to competently handle your TSP account.

Plan Overview

Our system and specialists will review the best potential plans that will be molded to your financial situation and fits your needs the best.

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OUR STRATEGY

American Benefits Specialists aims to optimize your TSP account within the limitations of TSP rules, available funds, and market conditions over time.

We can assist you with making transfers and rollovers in and out of your thrift savings plan.

American Benefits Specialists is thorough because we understand everybody’s needs is a case-by-case basis. Our strategy is taking an approach that works for you.

TSP Modernization Act Cheat Sheet

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Benefits of Using American Benefits Specialists

  1. Have the option to keep your gains when the market goes up
  2. Have the option to not lose your gains from the year before
  3. Have the option to not lose your money if the market goes down

G Fund

Description of Investments

Government securities (specialty issued to the TSP)

Objective of Fund

Interest income without risk of loss of principal

Types of Earnings

Interest

Risk

Inflation Risk

Volatility

Low

Inception Date

April 1, 1987

F Fund

Description of Investments

Government, corporate, and mortgage-backed bonds

Objective of Fund

To match the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

Types of Earnings

Change in market prices

Risk

Market risk, credit risk, prepayment risk, inflation risk

Volatility

Low to moderate

Inception Date

Jan. 29, 1988

C Fund

Description of Investments

Stocks of large and medium-sized U.S. companies

Objective of Fund

To match the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) Index

Types of Earnings

Change in market prices

Risk

Market risk, inflation risk

Volatility

Moderate

Inception Date

Jan. 29, 1988

S Fund

Description of Investments

Stocks of small to medium-sized U.S. companies not included in the C Fund

Objective of Fund

To match the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Completion TSM Index

Types of Earnings

Change in market prices

Risk

Market risk, inflation risk

Volatility

Moderate to high – historically more volatile than C Fund

Inception Date

May 1, 2001

I Fund

Description of Investments

International stocks of 21 developed countries

Objective of Fund

To match the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) Index

Types of Earnings

Change in market prices

Risk

Market risk, currency risk, inflation risk

Volatility

Moderate to high – historically more volatile than C Fund

Inception Date

May 1, 2001

L Fund

Description of Investments

Invested in the G, F, C, S and I Funds

Objective of Fund

To provide professionally diversified portfolios based on various time horizons, using G, F, C, S, and I Funds

Types of Earnings

Composite of earnings in the underlying funds

Risk

Exposed to all of the types of risk to which the individual TSP funds are exposed – but total risk is reduced through diversification among the five individual funds

Volatility

Asset allocation shifts as time horizon approaches to reduce volatility

Inception Date

August 1, 2005