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Texas College Savings Plan
Investment Model Portfolios

Texas College Savings Plan , is one of four 529 plans offered by the state of Texas . This plan of Texas provides three types of investment solution: Age-based Portfolios, Static Portfolios and Individual Portfolios. With the individual portfolio option, the assets in your Texas College Savings Plan account will be reallocated only at your instruction, but changes to existing investments within the plan can be made only once per calendar year. MyPlanIQ.com provides asset allocation strategies for the second-type investors to constructs customized 529 portfolios, which is better tailored to their risk profile. The model portfolios are constructed basing on the plan single-fund portfolios below.

Fixed Income Portfolio (100% Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund)
Inflation-Protected Bond Portfolio (100% Vanguard Inflation-Protected Bond Fund)
Money Market Portfolio (100% Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund)

 

For further information, please visit the Texas official website.

Investment options of Texas College Savings Plan

Total Available Funds: 3
Asset Class Ticker Description
FIXED INCOME
Intermediate-Term Bond DBIRX Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund
Inflation-Protected Bond VIPSX Vanguard Inflation-Protected Bond Fund
Others
ROOT CASH Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund

Investment model portfolios

We provide two types of investment model portfolios for Texas College Savings Plan participants. You can customize and follow a model portfolio in your plan account.

Types of portfolio strategies

These portfolios are proactively monitored and rebalanced on a monthly basis when needed, ensuring it remains in line with its target allocation.

Let us know (Email us) if you need help to create a custom model portfolio for your plan.

Example model portfolios

The following provides historical returns for example model portfolios with a moderate risk profile (at most 60% in stocks) and their comparison with benchmark index funds. You can customize these portfolios according to your own risk profile.

Strategic Asset Allocation Model Portfolio

The following portfolio is based on the MyPlanIQ Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) strategy.

Name YTD Return 1Yr AR 3Yr AR 5Yr AR 10Yr AR 15Yr AR 20Yr AR Inception
Texas College Savings Plan Strategic Asset Allocation - Optimal Moderate 1.69% 3.83% -0.41% -0.31% 1.07% 2.06% 2.81% 3.42%
VFINX (VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND INVESTOR SHARES) -4.31% 8.32% 8.91% 18.53% 12.39% 13.02% 10.12% 8.27%
VSMGX (VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND INVESTOR SHARES) 0.22% 6.30% 4.36% 9.01% 5.84% 6.67% 5.91% 5.57%
Data as of 03/31/2025, AR inception is 12/31/2000

Tactical Asset Allocation Model Portfolio

The following portfolio is based on the MyPlanIQ Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) strategy.

Name YTD Return 1Yr AR 3Yr AR 5Yr AR 10Yr AR 15Yr AR 20Yr AR Inception
Texas College Savings Plan Tactical Asset Allocation Moderate 0.70% 5.14% 2.90% 2.96% 2.10% 1.46% 2.00% 2.62%
VFINX (VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND INVESTOR SHARES) -4.31% 8.32% 8.91% 18.53% 12.39% 13.02% 10.12% 8.27%
VSMGX (VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND INVESTOR SHARES) 0.22% 6.30% 4.36% 9.01% 5.84% 6.67% 5.91% 5.57%
Data as of 03/31/2025, AR inception is 12/31/2000