Hello,
I've been using the site for several weeks and have often been confused by the differing views of how well the international (I-fund) is or is not doing when looking at the Live view vs. the Technical view. One (typically Live) will show a positive(+) percentage while the current I-fund price on the Technical view shows something flat or even negative. Anyway, there are often discrepancies.
I don't understand how to interpret these two things. Is one the percentage difference between current price and previous day's closing price? If so, which one? Is the other the percentage change since US market open (0930 Eastern)? Sorry if this has been discussed before and I missed it!
Newbie: I-fund live vs technical
Moderator: Aitrus
Re: Newbie: I-fund live vs technical
I don't know if the situation has changed since I transferred the website to the new owner.
I was running TSPcenter when the new I fund index was launched by the TSP. The index, "MSCI ACWI IMI ex USA ex China ex Hong Kong" is not commonly traded. It's big brother the MSCI ACWI IMI is traded, but the "ex China ex Hong Kong" was likely a stipulation put on by the Thrift Savings Board. Therefore, almost nobody except the TSP uses this index. The source for the live charts does have the new index available. The source for the technical charts does not have the new index available. So I left the technical chart pointed at the old I fund, EAFE, which is close"-ish".
I was running TSPcenter when the new I fund index was launched by the TSP. The index, "MSCI ACWI IMI ex USA ex China ex Hong Kong" is not commonly traded. It's big brother the MSCI ACWI IMI is traded, but the "ex China ex Hong Kong" was likely a stipulation put on by the Thrift Savings Board. Therefore, almost nobody except the TSP uses this index. The source for the live charts does have the new index available. The source for the technical charts does not have the new index available. So I left the technical chart pointed at the old I fund, EAFE, which is close"-ish".
Owner/creator of TSPcalc.com - "Know your numbers"
Fund Prices2025-07-08
| Fund | Price | Day | YTD |
| G | $19.19 | 0.01% | 2.32% |
| F | $20.11 | -0.08% | 3.22% |
| C | $99.03 | -0.07% | 6.56% |
| S | $93.56 | 0.26% | 3.78% |
| I | $49.70 | 0.39% | 18.62% |
| L2075 | $10.04 | 0.13% | 0.37% |
| L2070 | $11.49 | 0.13% | 10.31% |
| L2065 | $19.39 | 0.13% | 10.29% |
| L2060 | $19.39 | 0.13% | 10.29% |
| L2055 | $19.39 | 0.13% | 10.29% |
| L2050 | $38.07 | 0.11% | 9.09% |
| L2045 | $17.25 | 0.10% | 8.71% |
| L2040 | $62.59 | 0.09% | 8.32% |
| L2035 | $16.40 | 0.09% | 7.87% |
| L2030 | $54.18 | 0.08% | 7.40% |
| Linc | $27.99 | 0.04% | 4.68% |