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Portfolio Performance Comparison
Name YTD Return 1Yr AR 3Yr AR 5Yr AR 10Yr AR 15Yr AR 20Yr AR Common Inception
TLEQX (TIAA-CREF Life Funds – Small-Cap Equity Fund) 16.58% 38.20% 20.26% 9.62% NA NA NA
Data as of 06/09/2026, Common starting date is 12/15/2017
More Performance Analytics Comparison
Name Start Date End Date
TLEQX (TIAA-CREF Life Funds – Small-Cap Equity Fund) 12/15/2017 06/09/2026
Last 1 Week 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr 15 Yr 20 Yr Common Inception YTD 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Annualized Return (%) -2.44 38.20 20.26 9.62 NA NA NA 16.58 16.55 15.98 18.63 -16.16 24.76 12.80 23.72 -12.05 0.89
Sharpe Ratio NA 1.92 0.88 0.33 NA NA NA 1.85 0.64 0.60 0.78 -0.65 1.10 0.29 1.37 -0.72 2.84
Standard Deviation(%) NA 19.19 20.37 21.89 NA NA NA 20.34 21.35 20.62 19.31 27.34 22.48 43.44 16.29 18.71 9.59
Draw Down(%) NA 9.21 26.21 27.95 NA NA NA 9.21 23.64 10.03 16.49 24.32 11.15 45.42 8.73 26.46 0.75
Yield(%) 0.00 14.18 7.51 6.47 6.48 4.32 3.24 0.00 13.90 2.21 3.54 15.17 0.57 4.11 16.99 11.70 0.00
Data as of 06/09/2026, Common starting date is 12/15/2017
Performance Comparison Chart
Annualized Rolling Returns Comparison (Minimum)
Ticker/Portfolio Name 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year
TLEQX (TIAA-CREF Life Funds – Small-Cap Equity Fund) 1.33%
Apr 2021 – Apr 2024
4.29%
Sep 2018 – Sep 2023
0.00%
NA
0.00%
NA
Annualized Rolling Returns Comparison (Maximum)
Ticker/Portfolio Name 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year
TLEQX (TIAA-CREF Life Funds – Small-Cap Equity Fund) 23.65%
May 2023 – May 2026
17.49%
Mar 2020 – Mar 2025
0.00%
NA
0.00%
NA
Annualized Rolling Returns Comparison Chart

3-Year Annualized Rolling Return