Currently, TSP provides for five major funding options:
G fund (money market), F fund (fixed income), C fund (S&P 500 Index), S fund (small cap index), and the I fund (International). Unfortunately, in a falling stock market, participants are NOT ABLE to benefit as the players on Wall Street can.
Inverse Funds would be the fund asset that helps significantly to level the playing field with Wall Street. For example, if the C fund were to fall in price by 5% over the course of a month, then the inverse fund to it (call it -C, let's say) would rise in price by 5% during the same timeframe. Inverse funds could be created for the F, S, and I funds as well. Profiting from a down market will have a monumental impact on the growth of federal/miltary TSP retirement plans.



