Finance::Quote::TSP (3)

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NAME

Finance::Quote::TSP - Obtain fund prices for US Federal Government Thrift Savings Plan

SYNOPSIS

    use Finance::Quote;

    $q = Finance::Quote->new;

    %info = Finance::Quote->fetch("tsp","c"); #get value of C "Common Stock Index Investment" Fund

DESCRIPTION

This module fetches fund information from the ``Thrift Savings Plan''

    www.tsp.gov

using its fund prices page

    www.tsp.gov/investmentfunds/shareprice/sharePriceHistory.shtml

The quote symbols are

    C          common stock fund
    F          fixed income fund
    G          government securities fund
    I          international stock fund
    S          small cap stock fund
    L2020      lifecycle fund year 2020
    L2030      lifecycle fund year 2030
    L2040      lifecycle fund year 2040
    L2050      lifecycle fund year 2050
    LINCOME    lifecycle income fund

LABELS RETURNED

The following labels may be returned by Finance::Quote::TSP :

    name        eg. "Common Stock Index Investment Fund"
    date        latest date, eg. "21/02/10"
    isodate     latest date, eg. "2010-02-21"
    last        latest price, eg. "16.1053"
    close       previous day's price
    nav         same as "last"
    currency    "USD"
    method      "tsp"

"nav" is the same as "last" since the funds are quoted at their net asset value.

SEE ALSO

Thrift Savings Plan, www.tsp.gov