Mutual funds

A mutual fund is a collection of professionally selected and managed stocks, bonds, cash or alternative investments grouped together in one fund.

Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a wide range of mutual funds.

Get the basics

A convenient, simple approach to investing

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Mutual funds are comprised of multiple investments in one fund. This can provide lower risk through diversification and lower costs for you.

Professional money management

We handle all the day-to-day decisions, such as buying, selling and researching investment opportunities for our actively managed funds.

Easy access to your money

Mutual funds allow you to buy and sell shares as well as convert your assets to cash with ease.

Investment options

We offer an extensive selection of mutual funds to help you address your financial goals.

Mutual funds

Target date

Select a lifecycle fund1 that's closest to your retirement date and benefit from the fund automatically adjusting over time.

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Risk level

Lifestyle funds let you choose and maintain the risk level that's right for you.

Mutual funds

Featured funds

These funds cover a spectrum of asset classes and investment styles, including equity, fixed income, and asset allocation.

Responsible investing

Interested in responsible investing?

Responsible investing (RI) is an expanding investment discipline that recognizes the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across asset classes.

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1 As with all mutual funds, the principal value of a target date fund isn’t guaranteed at any time, including at the target date, and will fluctuate with market changes. The target date approximates when investors may plan to start making withdrawals. However, you are not required to withdraw the funds at that target date. After the target date has been reached, some of your money may be merged into a fund with a more stable asset allocation.

Target date funds share the risks associated with the types of securities held by each of the underlying funds in which they invest. In addition to the fees and expenses associated with the target date funds, there is exposure to the fees and expenses associated with the underlying mutual funds.

Responsible investing incorporates Environmental Social Governance (ESG) factors that may affect exposure to issuers, sectors, industries, limiting the type and number of investment opportunities available, which could result in excluding investments that perform well.

Diversification is a technique to help reduce risk. There is no guarantee that diversification will protect against a loss of income.

This material is for informational or educational purposes only and is not fiduciary investment advice, or a securities, investment strategy, or insurance product recommendation. This material does not consider an individual’s own objectives or circumstances which should be the basis of any investment decision.

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