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Mutual Funds: Morningstar Ratings

In the table below you'll find Morningstar's* most recent star rating for TIAA-CREF Funds - Retail Class.**

TIAA-CREF Funds - Retail Class
  Overall Ratings 04/30/2013 1 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Foreign Large Blend Out of 707 Out of 707 Out of 600 Out of 321
International Equity
High-Yield Bond Out of 522 Out of 522 Out of 460 - -
High-Yield --
Inflation-Protected Bond Out of 179 Out of 179 Out of 148 Out of 40
Inflation-Linked Bond
Intermediate-Term Bond Out of 994 Out of 994 Out of 868 Out of 604
Bond
Bond Plus --
Large Blend Out of 1,451 Out of 1,451 Out of 1,305 Out of 807
Equity Index
Growth & Income
Social Choice Equity
Large Growth Out of 1,485 Out of 1,485 Out of 1,285 - -
Large-Cap Growth --
Large Value Out of 1,037 Out of 1,037 Out of 926 Out of 587
Large-Cap Value
Mid-Cap Growth Out of 642 Out of 642 Out of 559 Out of 412
Mid-Cap Growth
Mid-Cap Value Out of 364 Out of 364 Out of 315 Out of 179
Mid-Cap Value
Moderate Allocation Out of 805 Out of 805 Out of 706 - -
Managed Allocation --
Muni National Long Out of 228 Out of 228 Out of 197 - -
Tax-Exempt Bond --
Short-Term Bond Out of 356 Out of 356 Out of 321 - -
Short-Term Bond --
Small Blend Out of 606 Out of 606 Out of 536 Out of 331
Small-Cap Equity
Specialty-Real Estate Out of 224 Out of 224 Out of 204 Out of 129
Real Estate Securities
Retirement Income Out of 259 Out of 259 Out of 205 - -
Lifecycle Retirement Income --

Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. © 2013 All rights reserved

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The overall star ratings are Morningstar's published ratings, which are weighted averages of its 3-, 5-, and 10-year ratings for periods ending April 30, 2013. For more information about the 3-, 5-, and 10-year ratings for each fund, please refer to each fund's report using the links above.

*Morningstar, Inc., April 30, 2013. Morningstar is an independent service that rates mutual funds and variable annuities.

For each fund/account with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar RatingTM based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's/account's monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Where applicable, Morningstar's performance rankings are based on linked performance that considers the differences in expense ratios, while actual performance data shown does not reflect such differences.

The top 10 percent of funds/accounts in a category receive five stars, the next 22.5 percent receive four stars, and the next 35 percent receive three stars, the next 22.5 percent receive two stars and the bottom 10 percent receive one star. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund/account within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.) Morningstar proprietary ratings on U.S.-domiciled funds/accounts reflect historical risk-adjusted performance, are subject to change every month. They are derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five- and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.

Although Morningstar data are gathered from reliable sources, neither Morningstar nor TIAA-CREF can guarantee its completeness and accuracy. Morningstar does not rate money market funds/accounts and the other TIAA-CREF Funds are too new to be rated. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Accumulation net asset values and returns will vary.

The information contained in these reports is the proprietary information of Morningstar, Inc., may not be copied or redistributed for any purpose and may only be used for non-commercial, personal purposes. Additionally, Morningstar, Inc. shall not be responsible for investment decisions, damages or other losses resulting from use of this information. Morningstar, Inc. has not granted consent for it to be considered or deemed an "expert" under the Securities Act of 1933.

**Mutual Fund performance information posted here is for the TIAA-CREF Funds - Retail Class only.


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