Archive for June, 2017

Lower Share Class coming August 1st for the Tier IV – Brandes Intl. Small Cap Stock Fund

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

The Directed Account Plan will exchange into the new lower management fee share class of the Brandes International Small Cap Stock Fund (from I share class to R6 share class) on August 1, 2017.  The mutual fund ticker will change from BISMX to BISRX.

2017 May Detailed YTD Performance

Thursday, June 29th, 2017
 YTD 5/31/17
Stable Value Option         1.0%
BlackRock Short Term Investment         0.4%
Cash/CDs         0.5%
Invesco Managed Account         1.1%
Benchmark
BofA Merrill Lynch 91-Day T-Bill         0.2%
Fixed Income Fund         3.2%
Dodge & Cox Core Fund  MF         2.6%
Prudential Core Plus  CIT         3.9%
Western Asset Core  MF         3.1%
SSgA US Fixed Income Index Fund  CIT         2.3%
Benchmark
Barclays Universal Bond         2.7%
Diversified Inflation / Real Return Fund          4.5%
Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities  MF          1.9%
Vanguard Short TIPS  MF          0.6%
SSgA Inflation-Protected Securities  CIT          1.8%
SSgA Glbal REIT  CIT          4.2%
Frontier Magellan Infrastructure  MF        16.4%
SSgA Natural Resources  CIT          0.4%
SSgA Commodities  CIT        -3.3%
Benchmark
Barclays US TIPS 0-5 Year          0.6%
Large Cap Core Stock Fund          9.7%
Macquarie Large Cap Value  CIT          1.8%
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth  MF        19.4%
Columbia Large Cap Contrarian  CIT          9.9%
London Company Large Cap  SA          7.9%
SSgA S&P 500 Index  CIT          8.8%
Benchmark
S&P 500 Index          8.7%
Small / Mid Cap Core Stock Fund          8.0%
Monarch SNID Value  CIT          1.9%
William Blair SMID Growth  MF        14.1%
Atlanta High Quality SMID Cap  MF          7.8%
Brown Small Co. Instl.  MF        16.4%
Brandes Small Cap Value  SA          0.7%
Wellington Mid Cap Core  CIT          9.4%
SSgA Russell 2500 Index Fund  CIT          4.5%
Benchmark
Russell 2500 Index          3.4%
International Stock Fund        14.7%
MFS International Value  MF        17.3%
Artisan Non-US Growth  CIT        18.2%
Lazard Global Managed Volatility  CIT        10.4%
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity  CIT        15.9%
Brandes Intl Small Cap  MF          9.0%
SSgA Global All Cap Equity ex-US Index  CIT        14.1%
Benchmark
MSCI ACWI ex US IMI net        13.9%
Income Fund          3.3%
Benchmark
Income Composite Index          2.7%
Conservative Fund          5.3%
Benchmark
Conservative Composite Index          3.2%
Moderate Fund          8.2%
Benchmark
Moderate Composite Index          7.3%
Aggressive Fund          9.7%
Benchmark
Aggressive Composite Index          8.2%

 

International Stock Option – Underlying Fund – Lower Fee Share Class

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

The Tier III – International Stock Fund has a 15% target allocation to the Brandes International Small Cap Stock Fund.  On June 9th, 2017, The Directed Account Plan exchanged into a lower management fee share class of the Brandes International Small Cap Stock Fund (from I share class to R6 share class).  The mutual fund ticker has changed from BISMX to BISRX.

Great News: dap401k.com has been upgraded

Friday, June 2nd, 2017

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