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TIAA-CREF Funds - Institutional Class: Current Performance

These funds are available for purchase through certain intermediaries with TIAA-CREF, such as TIAA-CREF Trust Company. Performance information posted here is for the TIAA-CREF Funds - Institutional Class.

TIAA-CREF Funds - Institutional Class 1
  Performance Data
as of 03/17/2010 2
Average Annual Total Returns
as of 02/28/2010 2
  Net Asset
Values
Net
Change
YTD
Return 3
1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception 3
International
Enhanced International Equity Index $6.79 + 0.05 1.80% 53.91% -- -- -- -16.56%
International Equity $8.49 + 0.07 1.92% 56.09% -10.26% 1.59% -1.44% 3.38%
International Equity Index $15.86 + 0.13 1.41% 55.87% -7.98% 2.03% -- 9.72%
U.S. Equity
Enhanced Large-Cap Growth Index $8.64 + 0.04 4.22% 53.14% -- -- -- -7.51%
Enhanced Large-Cap Value Index $7.72 + 0.05 6.34% 55.29% -- -- -- -11.80%
Equity Index $8.78 + 0.05 5.78% 55.88% -5.55% 0.80% 0.04% 0.40%
Growth & Income $8.47 + 0.03 4.31% 46.40% -1.02% 3.90% 0.82% 0.87%
Large-Cap Growth $9.44 + 0.04 3.40% 48.31% -2.08% -- -- -1.01%
Large-Cap Growth Index $11.48 + 0.05 4.17% 54.26% -2.50% 1.82% -- 5.75%
Large-Cap Value $12.09 + 0.07 7.95% 66.69% -7.87% 0.23% -- 7.68%
Large-Cap Value Index $11.42 + 0.08 6.63% 56.29% -8.79% -0.54% -- 6.27%
Mid-Cap Growth $16.10 + 0.10 7.98% 64.74% -3.08% 2.15% -- 9.83%
Mid-Cap Value $15.40 + 0.12 7.84% 65.98% -5.61% 3.11% -- 11.52%
S&P 500 Index $13.17 + 0.08 5.02% 53.42% -5.66% 0.35% -- 5.63%
Small-Cap Blend Index $12.06 + 0.08 9.64% 63.28% -6.08% 1.15% -- 8.81%
Small-Cap Equity $12.55 + 0.10 10.09% 63.85% -6.93% 0.31% -- 8.67%
Social Choice Equity $9.93 + 0.06 5.41% 60.52% -4.46% 1.65% 0.82% 0.71%
Fixed Income
Bond $10.29 + 0.01 2.33% 9.69% 5.41% 4.81% 6.22% 5.95%
Bond Index $10.11 + 0.01 2.19% -- -- -- -- 2.35%
Bond Plus $9.95 + 0.01 2.82% 13.68% 4.31% -- -- 4.94%
High-Yield $9.36 + 0.01 3.13% 40.05% 5.24% -- -- 6.31%
Inflation-Linked Bond $10.77 + 0.02 1.13% 11.88% 5.62% 4.47% -- 5.30%
Short-Term Bond $10.19 0.00 1.52% 7.51% 4.63% -- -- 4.85%
Tax-Exempt Bond $10.49 0.00 2.35% 10.04% 4.69% -- -- 5.04%
Asset Allocation
Managed Allocation $9.28 + 0.04 4.04% 37.62% -2.26% -- -- 0.56%
Real Estate
Real Estate Securities $8.82 + 0.11 12.07% 93.06% -15.51% -0.70% -- 8.05%
Lifecycle
Lifecycle 2010 4 $9.30 + 0.03 3.45% 32.78% -0.53% 2.70% -- 3.58%
Lifecycle 2015 4 $9.14 + 0.04 3.75% 36.55% -1.44% 2.32% -- 3.40%
Lifecycle 2020 4 $8.86 + 0.04 3.99% 40.51% -2.64% 1.80% -- 2.97%
Lifecycle 2025 4 $8.64 + 0.04 4.10% 44.60% -3.70% 1.31% -- 2.64%
Lifecycle 2030 4 $8.38 + 0.04 4.36% 48.27% -4.84% 0.76% -- 2.15%
Lifecycle 2035 4 $8.29 + 0.04 4.41% 51.14% -5.31% 0.65% -- 2.14%
Lifecycle 2040 4 $8.36 + 0.05 4.50% 51.39% -5.12% 1.00% -- 2.54%
Lifecycle 2045 $7.69 + 0.04 4.48% 51.52% -- -- -- -10.65%
Lifecycle 2050 $7.71 + 0.05 4.47% 50.90% -- -- -- -10.77%
Lifecycle Retirement Income $9.23 + 0.03 3.13% 26.67% -- -- -- -1.52%
Money Market
Money Market 5 $1.00 0.00 0.02% 0.31% 2.56% 3.28% 3.03% 3.19%
  7-day current annualized yield 0.08% as of 03/16/2010
7-day effective annualized yield 0.08% as of 03/16/2010

The performance data quoted represents past performance, and is no guarantee of future results. Your returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted above.

1.
Clients of TIAA-CREF Trust Company may hold investments other than TIAA-CREF Funds, but performance information about those other investments is not available on our web site.
2.
Rates of return reflect past performance and are no guarantee of comparable future results. The value of investments in the funds can rise or fall. Individual shares may be worth more or less than their original price when redeemed.

The expense ratio and performance return of these funds reflect an agreement by the funds' advisor to voluntarily reimburse various other expenses of the funds. Without this reimbursement, the fund's expenses would have been higher, and its performance lower.
3.
To see the inception date for each fund, click on that fund and review the fund profile information.

The Bond Index funds' inception date was September 14, 2009. The Since Inception values presented for these funds are cumulative values and not average annualized total returns.
4.
The fund's Retirement Class began operations on October 15, 2004. Performance shown prior to the inception of the Institutional Class is based on the performance of the fund's Retirement Class. Performance has not been restated to reflect the lower expenses of the Institutional Class. If the expense differential had been reflected, performance for these periods would have been higher.
5.
The TIAA-CREF Money Market Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund . The current yield more closely reflects the fund's current earnings than does the total return.

TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC and Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc., members FINRA, distribute securities products. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. Please click here or call 877 518-9161 for a prospectus that contains this and other information. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. Annuity contracts and certificates are issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), New York, NY. Investment products are not FDIC insured, may lose value, and are not bank guaranteed.

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