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Thinking Long-Term
See how TCDRS performs against our benchmarks, year over year.
All in the Details
Find out more about how TCDRS reports performance.
We are proud of the results our investments have earned for our members. Explore the interactive chart below for more details.
Net of all fees as of Dec. 31,
As of September 30, 2026, the TCDRS total fund third quarter (3-month) return is 1.57%. Returns are net of all fees.
| Market Value (millions) | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | 20 Years | 30 Years | |
| Total Fund | $59,125 | 9.2% | 11.4% | 8.0% | 9.5% | 7.4% | 7.9% |
| Policy Benchmark Portfolio | - | 8.9% | 10.7% | 6.6% | 8.4% | 6.4% | 6.9% |
| Equities | $15,017 | 14.9% | 20.5% | 10.3% | 11.6% | 8.3% | - |
| U.S. Equities | $8,075 | 15.4% | 22.4% | 12.6% | 14.7% | 11.1% | - |
| International Developed Market Equities | $3,782 | 15.3% | 18.6% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 5.9% | - |
| Global Equities | $3,160 | 13.0% | 22.4% | 11.5% | 14.5% | - | - |
| Hedge Funds | $3,882 | 8.0% | 10.4% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 5.4% | - |
| Credit | $13,270 | 5.5% | 8.6% | 8.0% | 8.6% | 8.2% | - |
| Strategic Credit | $3,908 | 2.3% | 7.2% | 6.5% | 7.6% | 7.7% | - |
| Distressed Debt | $1,833 | 6.3% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 10.5% | 9.4% | - |
| Direct Lending | $7,529 | 7.0% | 9.2% | 8.8% | 9.0% | - | - |
| Private Equity | $15,742 | 10.8% | 8.4% | 7.6% | 14.8% | 10.1% | - |
| Real Assets | $6,717 | 6.2% | 9.3% | 7.9% | 6.0% | 5.3% | - |
| Private Real Estate | $2,938 | 1.5% | 1.1% | 4.5% | 6.6% | - | - |
| Master Limited Partnerships | $830 | 18.5% | 22.8% | 22.1% | 10.2% | - | - |
| REITs | $1,041 | 1.9% | 12.1% | 2.8% | 5.8% | 5.2% | - |
| Commodities | $374 | 57.3% | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | $1,534 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Investment-Grade Bonds | $1,042 | -2.1% | 4.4% | -0.3% | 1.7% | 3.4% | 4.8% |
| Cash & Cash Equivalents | $3,456 | 3.7% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 2.4% | 2.5% | - |
Due to rounding, totals and detail may not be equal.
Performance of TCDRS' distressed debt, direct lending, private equity, and private real estate portfolios are lagged one quarter. Actual third quarter performance for these asset classes will be available in December 2026.
Source: BNY Mellon Performance and Risk Analytics, September 2026
At TCDRS, we like to take a long-term view of our investment returns, but we also keep a sharp eye on the short term. Here are our returns so far for the year...
This chart of our net-of-fee performance during the year requires the use of estimated returns for several asset classes whose returns we only receive quarterly. Here we report the estimated performance for the year as of the end of each calendar month.
Results for the private asset classes (private equity, distressed debt, direct lending and private real estate) are included on a one-quarter-end lagged basis because results are not available until two months following quarter end. This is consistent with performance reporting by other institutional investors.