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Mutual Funds: Morningstar Ratings

In the table below you'll find Morningstar's* most recent star rating for TIAA-CREF Funds - Retail Class.**

TIAA-CREF Funds - Retail Class
  Overall Ratings 04/30/2012 1 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Foreign Large Blend Out of 722 Out of 722 Out of 560 Out of 312
International Equity
High-Yield Bond Out of 502 Out of 502 Out of 444 - -
High-Yield --
Inflation-Protected Bond Out of 156 Out of 156 Out of 143 - -
Inflation-Linked Bond --
Intermediate-Term Bond Out of 1,006 Out of 1,006 Out of 865 Out of 589
Bond
Bond Plus --
Large Blend Out of 1,572 Out of 1,572 Out of 1,379 Out of 842
Equity Index
Growth & Income
Social Choice Equity
Large Growth Out of 1,465 Out of 1,465 Out of 1,273 - -
Large-Cap Growth --
Large Value Out of 1,096 Out of 1,096 Out of 977 - -
Large-Cap Value --
Mid-Cap Growth Out of 658 Out of 658 Out of 596 - -
Mid-Cap Growth --
Mid-Cap Value Out of 351 Out of 351 Out of 306 - -
Mid-Cap Value --
Moderate Allocation Out of 842 Out of 842 Out of 749 - -
Managed Allocation --
Muni National Long Out of 210 Out of 210 Out of 182 - -
Tax-Exempt Bond --
Short-Term Bond Out of 347 Out of 347 Out of 324 - -
Short-Term Bond --
Small Blend Out of 584 Out of 584 Out of 495 - -
Small-Cap Equity --
Specialty-Real Estate Out of 212 Out of 212 Out of 198 - -
Real Estate Securities --
Retirement Income Out of 237 Out of 237 - - - -
Lifecycle Retirement Income -- --

Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. © 2012 All rights reserved

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The overall star ratings are Morningstar's published ratings, which are weighted averages of its 3-, 5-, and 10-year ratings for periods ending April 30, 2012. For more information about the 3-, 5-, and 10-year ratings for each fund, please refer to each fund's report using the links above.

*Morningstar, Inc., April 30, 2012. Morningstar is an independent service that rates mutual funds and variable annuities.

For each fund/account with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar RatingTM based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's/account's monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Where applicable, Morningstar's performance rankings are based on linked performance that considers the differences in expense ratios, while actual performance data shown does not reflect such differences.

The top 10 percent of funds/accounts in a category receive five stars, the next 22.5 percent receive four stars, and the next 35 percent receive three stars, the next 22.5 percent receive two stars and the bottom 10 percent receive one star. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund/account within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.) Morningstar proprietary ratings on U.S.-domiciled funds/accounts reflect historical risk-adjusted performance, are subject to change every month. They are derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five- and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.

Although Morningstar data are gathered from reliable sources, neither Morningstar nor TIAA-CREF can guarantee its completeness and accuracy. Morningstar does not rate money market funds/accounts and the other TIAA-CREF Funds are too new to be rated. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Accumulation net asset values and returns will vary.

The information contained in these reports is the proprietary information of Morningstar, Inc., may not be copied or redistributed for any purpose and may only be used for non-commercial, personal purposes. Additionally, Morningstar, Inc. shall not be responsible for investment decisions, damages or other losses resulting from use of this information. Morningstar, Inc. has not granted consent for it to be considered or deemed an "expert" under the Securities Act of 1933.

**Mutual Fund performance information posted here is for the TIAA-CREF Funds - Retail Class only.


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