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TIAA ats5g  09-02-2007, 8:57 PM | Post #2433004
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If ya'll want to see the current yields of Treasuries vs. Corporates, check out Bond Yields from Vanguard. Looks like longer term high grade corps and US gov't agency bonds are paying over 5%. Even Vanguard's GNMA and intermediate term investment grade funds are yielding over 5%.

Here's the prior TIAA dividend table [with a few more years courtesy of SURS] and the CPI:

Year     TIAA     CPI      Real
1970    6.18%    5.92%    0.25%
1971    6.57%    4.30%    2.18%
1972    7.13%    3.31%    3.69%
1973    7.92%    6.21%    1.61%
1974    7.90%   10.98%   -2.78%
1975    8.56%    9.14%   -0.53%
1976    8.50%    5.76%    2.59%
1977    8.93%    6.45%    2.33%
1978    9.06%    7.61%    1.35%
1979    9.50%   11.27%   -1.59%
1980    9.54%   13.52%   -3.51%
1981   13.21%   10.38%    2.56%
1982   11.99%    6.13%    5.52%
1983   11.94%    3.21%    8.46%
1984   12.02%    4.32%    7.38%
1985   12.04%    3.56%    8.19%
1986   11.95%    1.86%    9.90%
1987   12.02%    3.65%    8.08%
1988   11.99%    4.14%    7.53%
1989   15.62%    4.82%   10.31%
1990   11.47%    5.40%    5.76%
1991   11.52%    4.21%    7.02%
1992   10.97%    3.01%    7.73%
1993    9.76%    2.99%    6.58%
1994    9.50%    2.56%    6.77%
1995             2.83%
1996             2.95%
1997    7.60%    2.29%    5.19%
1998    6.10%    1.56%    4.47%
1999    6.30%    2.21%    4.00%
2000    7.70%    3.36%    4.20%
2001    7.00%    2.85%    4.04%
2002    6.50%    1.58%    4.84%
2003    5.00%    2.28%    2.66%
2004    4.50%    2.66%    1.79%


The last column is the real TIAA dividend, after inflation.

Henry, as Bob aluded to, the Standard Method Payment from TIAA with depend on the dividend. If it starts rising with bond yields, like it did in the 70's + 80's, the payment will rise, if it falls, the payment will fall.

- Alec

Originally posted in thread: 1647
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