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Hypothetical Growth of $10K 
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Mutual FundNuveen Core Equity Fund (Retirement)

SHARE CLASS

Retirement Class

STRATEGY

The investment seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, primarily from equity securities. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities. It focuses on large-cap securities that the advisors believes to be attractively valued, show the potential to appreciate faster than the rest of the market and return cash to shareholders in the form of dividends, stock buybacks or both. It is non-diversified.Read More

INCEPTION DATE

10/01/2002

Investment Details

DAILY NAV

$15.86

CHANGE %

(-0.88%)
as of 01/30/2026

PORTFOLIO NET ASSETS

$7.10B

GROSS / NET EXPENSE RATIO

0.65% / 0.65%

30 DAY SEC YIELD  
The fund's 30-day SEC yield is based on yield to maturity of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividends paid by the fund, which may differ.
 

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Average Annual Returns
as of 12/31/2025

  • MONTHLY
  • QUARTERLY

1 YEAR

+13.80%

3 YEAR

+24.69%

5 YEAR

+13.52%

10 YEAR

+13.83%

SINCE INCEPTION

+8.27%

1 YEAR

+13.80%

3 YEAR

+24.69%

5 YEAR

+13.52%

10 YEAR

+13.52%

SINCE INCEPTION

+8.27%

Morningstar
as of 12/31/2025

MORNINGSTAR RATING

OVERALL
OUT OF 1,210 FUNDS
3 YEAR
OUT OF 1,210 FUNDS
5 YEAR
OUT OF 1,122 FUNDS
10 YEAR
OUT OF 880 FUNDS

The Overall Morningstar Rating is based on risk-adjusted return, and is a weighted average of the applicable 3-, 5-, and 10-year Ratings.

Morningstar Category

Large Blend 

Morningstar Risk Measures

RETURN VS. CATEGORY*HIGH
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  • HIGH
12/31/2025

Top 10 Holdings 
The top 10 holdings are subject to change and may not be representative of the fund's current or future investments. The holdings listed only include the fund's long-term investments and may exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products. The holdings listed should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell a particular security.
 

as of 12/31/2025

Holding% of
Net Assets
NVIDIA Corp8.52%
Microsoft Corp7.22%
Alphabet Inc6.64%
Apple Inc5.92%
Amazon.com Inc4.40%
Broadcom Inc3.39%
Eli Lilly & Co2.97%
Walmart Inc2.94%
Mastercard Inc2.61%
Johnson & Johnson2.37%

Investment Risk 
Standard Deviation (3-year annualized) measures an investment's past volatility, based on a sample. The higher the standard deviation, the higher the volatility. It is not a measure of performance and should not be considered relative to an investment's annual returns. Please note that past standard deviation is not a predictor of future volatility or risk.

R-Squared (3-year) measures how much of a portfolio’s performance can be explained by the returns from the overall market (or benchmark index). If a portfolio’s total return precisely matched that of the overall market or benchmark, its R squared would be 1.00. If a portfolio’s return bore no relationship to the market’s returns, its R squared would be 0.

Beta (3-year) measures the magnitude of a portfolio’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of the overall market (or appropriate market index). If a security has a beta greater than 1, that security’s price can be expected to be more volatile than the market.

Sharpe Ratio (3 Yr) is a measure of the excess return per unit of risk in an investment asset. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the return. Excess return is the rate of return above and beyond the risk-free rate, which is usually the T-bill rate, or in excess of a market measure, such as an index fund.
 

as of 12/31/2025

RISK METER

 
LOWER
RISK
HIGHER
RISK

Level of risk is defined using the 3 Year Standard Deviation of the Investment.

STANDARD DEVIATION

12.51

R-SQUARED

0.94

SHARPE RATIO

1.57

BETA

1.02
Mutual FundNuveen High Yield Fund (Retirement)

SHARE CLASS

Retirement Class

STRATEGY

The investment seeks total return primarily through high current income and, when consistent with its primary objective, capital appreciation. The fund invests primarily in lower-rated, higher-yielding fixed-income securities, such as domestic and foreign corporate bonds, debentures, senior loans, loan participations and assignments and notes, as well as convertible and preferred securities. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its assets in debt and other fixed-income securities rated lower than investment-grade (and their unrated equivalents) or other high-yielding debt securities.Read More

INCEPTION DATE

03/31/2006

Investment Details

DAILY NAV

$8.93

CHANGE %

(0.00%)
as of 01/30/2026

PORTFOLIO NET ASSETS

$2.24B

GROSS / NET EXPENSE RATIO

0.61% / 0.61%

30 DAY SEC YIELD  
The fund's 30-day SEC yield is based on yield to maturity of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividends paid by the fund, which may differ.
 

5.88%
as of 01/29/2026

Average Annual Returns
as of 12/31/2025

  • MONTHLY
  • QUARTERLY

1 YEAR

+8.00%

3 YEAR

+9.43%

5 YEAR

+4.28%

10 YEAR

+5.65%

SINCE INCEPTION

+5.89%

1 YEAR

+8.00%

3 YEAR

+9.43%

5 YEAR

+4.28%

10 YEAR

+4.28%

SINCE INCEPTION

+5.89%

Morningstar
as of 12/31/2025

MORNINGSTAR RATING

OVERALL
OUT OF 584 FUNDS
3 YEAR
OUT OF 584 FUNDS
5 YEAR
OUT OF 548 FUNDS
10 YEAR
OUT OF 445 FUNDS

The Overall Morningstar Rating is based on risk-adjusted return, and is a weighted average of the applicable 3-, 5-, and 10-year Ratings.

Morningstar Category

High Yield Bond 

Morningstar Risk Measures

RETURN VS. CATEGORY*AVG
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  • AVG
  • HIGH
12/31/2025

Top 10 Holdings 
The top 10 holdings are subject to change and may not be representative of the fund's current or future investments. The holdings listed only include the fund's long-term investments and may exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products. The holdings listed should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell a particular security.
 

as of 12/31/2025

Holding% of
Net Assets
Panther Escrow Issuer LLC 7.125%, 06/01/310.85%
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC 5.500%, 05/15/290.82%
Ferrellgas LP 5.875%, 04/01/290.80%
Talen Energy Supply LLC 8.625%, 06/01/300.71%
Michaels Cos Inc 5.250%, 05/01/280.69%
Churchill Downs Inc 5.750%, 04/01/300.68%
IHO Verwaltungs GmbH 6.375%, 05/15/290.67%
Mineral Resources Ltd 8.000%, 11/01/270.67%
California Buyer Ltd 6.375%, 02/15/320.62%
Encore Capital Group Inc 8.500%, 05/15/300.61%

Investment Risk 
Standard Deviation (3-year annualized) measures an investment's past volatility, based on a sample. The higher the standard deviation, the higher the volatility. It is not a measure of performance and should not be considered relative to an investment's annual returns. Please note that past standard deviation is not a predictor of future volatility or risk.

R-Squared (3-year) measures how much of a portfolio’s performance can be explained by the returns from the overall market (or benchmark index). If a portfolio’s total return precisely matched that of the overall market or benchmark, its R squared would be 1.00. If a portfolio’s return bore no relationship to the market’s returns, its R squared would be 0.

Beta (3-year) measures the magnitude of a portfolio’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of the overall market (or appropriate market index). If a security has a beta greater than 1, that security’s price can be expected to be more volatile than the market.

Sharpe Ratio (3 Yr) is a measure of the excess return per unit of risk in an investment asset. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the return. Excess return is the rate of return above and beyond the risk-free rate, which is usually the T-bill rate, or in excess of a market measure, such as an index fund.
 

as of 12/31/2025

RISK METER

 
LOWER
RISK
HIGHER
RISK

Level of risk is defined using the 3 Year Standard Deviation of the Investment.

STANDARD DEVIATION

4.79

R-SQUARED

0.98

SHARPE RATIO

0.92

BETA

1.03
Mutual FundNuveen Lifestyle Aggressive Growth Fund (Retirement)

SHARE CLASS

Retirement Class

STRATEGY

The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund is a "fund of funds" that invests in Class R6 shares of other funds of the Trust and in other investment pools or investment products. It generally seeks to meet the fund's investment objective by investing: (1) approximately 100% of the fund's assets in equity underlying funds and (2) approximately 0% of the fund's assets in fixed-income underlying funds. It may deviate from these target allocations by up to ten percentage points depending upon current market conditions and outlook.Read More

INCEPTION DATE

12/09/2011

Investment Details

DAILY NAV

$22.68

CHANGE %

(-0.96%)
as of 01/30/2026

PORTFOLIO NET ASSETS

$274.12M

GROSS / NET EXPENSE RATIO 
Under the Fund’s expense reimbursement arrangements, the Fund’s investment adviser, Teachers Advisors, LLC (“Advisors”), has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for any Total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions or other transactional expenses, Acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) that exceed: (i) 0.450% of average daily net assets for Class A shares; (ii) 0.250% of average daily net assets for Class I shares; (iii) 0.250% of average daily net assets for Premier Class shares; (iv) 0.100% of average daily net assets for Class R6 shares; and (v) 0.350% of average daily net assets for Retirement Class shares of the Fund. These expense reimbursement arrangements will continue through at least September 30, 2026, unless changed with approval of the Board of Trustees.
 

1.00% / 0.91%

30 DAY SEC YIELD  
The fund's 30-day SEC yield is based on yield to maturity of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividends paid by the fund, which may differ.
 

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Average Annual Returns
as of 12/31/2025

  • MONTHLY
  • QUARTERLY

1 YEAR

+19.69%

3 YEAR

+19.06%

5 YEAR

+9.64%

10 YEAR

+11.14%

SINCE INCEPTION

+11.42%

1 YEAR

+19.69%

3 YEAR

+19.06%

5 YEAR

+9.64%

10 YEAR

+9.64%

SINCE INCEPTION

+11.42%

Morningstar
as of 12/31/2025

MORNINGSTAR RATING

OVERALL
OUT OF 134 FUNDS
3 YEAR
OUT OF 134 FUNDS
5 YEAR
OUT OF 125 FUNDS
10 YEAR
OUT OF 102 FUNDS

The Overall Morningstar Rating is based on risk-adjusted return, and is a weighted average of the applicable 3-, 5-, and 10-year Ratings.

Morningstar Category

Global Aggressive Allocation 

Morningstar Risk Measures

RETURN VS. CATEGORY*+AVG
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  • AVG
  • HIGH
12/31/2025

Top 10 Holdings 
The top 10 holdings are subject to change and may not be representative of the fund's current or future investments. The holdings listed only include the fund's long-term investments and may exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products. The holdings listed should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell a particular security.
 

as of 12/31/2025

Holding% of
Net Assets
Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund11.14%
Nuveen Dividend Growth Fund10.50%
Nuveen International Opportunities Fund10.37%
Nuveen Large Cap Value Fund10.08%
Nuveen Dividend Value Fund9.57%
Nuveen International Equity Fund9.50%
Nuveen Core Equity Fund8.74%
Nuveen Emerging Markets Equity Fund6.15%
Nuveen Quant International Small Cap Equity Fund4.82%
Nuveen International Value Fund4.48%

Investment Risk 
Standard Deviation (3-year annualized) measures an investment's past volatility, based on a sample. The higher the standard deviation, the higher the volatility. It is not a measure of performance and should not be considered relative to an investment's annual returns. Please note that past standard deviation is not a predictor of future volatility or risk.

R-Squared (3-year) measures how much of a portfolio’s performance can be explained by the returns from the overall market (or benchmark index). If a portfolio’s total return precisely matched that of the overall market or benchmark, its R squared would be 1.00. If a portfolio’s return bore no relationship to the market’s returns, its R squared would be 0.

Beta (3-year) measures the magnitude of a portfolio’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of the overall market (or appropriate market index). If a security has a beta greater than 1, that security’s price can be expected to be more volatile than the market.

Sharpe Ratio (3 Yr) is a measure of the excess return per unit of risk in an investment asset. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the return. Excess return is the rate of return above and beyond the risk-free rate, which is usually the T-bill rate, or in excess of a market measure, such as an index fund.
 

as of 12/31/2025

RISK METER

 
LOWER
RISK
HIGHER
RISK

Level of risk is defined using the 3 Year Standard Deviation of the Investment.

STANDARD DEVIATION

11.52

R-SQUARED

0.99

SHARPE RATIO

1.22

BETA

1.00
Mutual FundNuveen Large Cap Value Fund (Retirement)

SHARE CLASS

Retirement Class

STRATEGY

The investment seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, primarily from equity securities of large domestic companies. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of the sum of its net assets and the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in equity securities of large-capitalization value companies. The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in foreign investments.Read More

INCEPTION DATE

10/01/2002

Investment Details

DAILY NAV

$24.81

CHANGE %

(-0.28%)
as of 01/30/2026

PORTFOLIO NET ASSETS

$6.18B

GROSS / NET EXPENSE RATIO

0.66% / 0.66%

30 DAY SEC YIELD  
The fund's 30-day SEC yield is based on yield to maturity of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividends paid by the fund, which may differ.
 

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Average Annual Returns
as of 12/31/2025

  • MONTHLY
  • QUARTERLY

1 YEAR

+17.21%

3 YEAR

+15.23%

5 YEAR

+12.46%

10 YEAR

+10.51%

SINCE INCEPTION

+9.59%

1 YEAR

+17.21%

3 YEAR

+15.23%

5 YEAR

+12.46%

10 YEAR

+12.46%

SINCE INCEPTION

+9.59%

Morningstar
as of 12/31/2025

MORNINGSTAR RATING

OVERALL
OUT OF 1,059 FUNDS
3 YEAR
OUT OF 1,059 FUNDS
5 YEAR
OUT OF 995 FUNDS
10 YEAR
OUT OF 832 FUNDS

The Overall Morningstar Rating is based on risk-adjusted return, and is a weighted average of the applicable 3-, 5-, and 10-year Ratings.

Morningstar Category

Large Value 

Morningstar Risk Measures

RETURN VS. CATEGORY*+AVG
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  • AVG
  • HIGH
12/31/2025

Top 10 Holdings 
The top 10 holdings are subject to change and may not be representative of the fund's current or future investments. The holdings listed only include the fund's long-term investments and may exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products. The holdings listed should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell a particular security.
 

as of 12/31/2025

Holding% of
Net Assets
Alphabet Inc4.46%
JPMorgan Chase & Co4.13%
Johnson & Johnson2.71%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc2.51%
Bank of America Corp2.37%
Wells Fargo & Co2.37%
RTX Corp2.22%
Amazon.com Inc2.18%
Walt Disney Co1.90%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc1.87%

Investment Risk 
Standard Deviation (3-year annualized) measures an investment's past volatility, based on a sample. The higher the standard deviation, the higher the volatility. It is not a measure of performance and should not be considered relative to an investment's annual returns. Please note that past standard deviation is not a predictor of future volatility or risk.

R-Squared (3-year) measures how much of a portfolio’s performance can be explained by the returns from the overall market (or benchmark index). If a portfolio’s total return precisely matched that of the overall market or benchmark, its R squared would be 1.00. If a portfolio’s return bore no relationship to the market’s returns, its R squared would be 0.

Beta (3-year) measures the magnitude of a portfolio’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of the overall market (or appropriate market index). If a security has a beta greater than 1, that security’s price can be expected to be more volatile than the market.

Sharpe Ratio (3 Yr) is a measure of the excess return per unit of risk in an investment asset. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the return. Excess return is the rate of return above and beyond the risk-free rate, which is usually the T-bill rate, or in excess of a market measure, such as an index fund.
 

as of 12/31/2025

RISK METER

 
LOWER
RISK
HIGHER
RISK

Level of risk is defined using the 3 Year Standard Deviation of the Investment.

STANDARD DEVIATION

11.97

R-SQUARED

0.98

SHARPE RATIO

0.85

BETA

0.94

SHARE CLASS

STRATEGY

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Morningstar
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MORNINGSTAR RATING

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The Overall Morningstar Rating is based on risk-adjusted return, and is a weighted average of the applicable 3-, 5-, and 10-year Ratings.

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Top 10 Holdings 
The top 10 holdings are subject to change and may not be representative of the fund's current or future investments. The holdings listed only include the fund's long-term investments and may exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products. The holdings listed should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell a particular security.
 

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Investment Risk 
Standard Deviation (3-year annualized) measures an investment's past volatility, based on a sample. The higher the standard deviation, the higher the volatility. It is not a measure of performance and should not be considered relative to an investment's annual returns. Please note that past standard deviation is not a predictor of future volatility or risk.

R-Squared (3-year) measures how much of a portfolio’s performance can be explained by the returns from the overall market (or benchmark index). If a portfolio’s total return precisely matched that of the overall market or benchmark, its R squared would be 1.00. If a portfolio’s return bore no relationship to the market’s returns, its R squared would be 0.

Beta (3-year) measures the magnitude of a portfolio’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of the overall market (or appropriate market index). If a security has a beta greater than 1, that security’s price can be expected to be more volatile than the market.

Sharpe Ratio (3 Yr) is a measure of the excess return per unit of risk in an investment asset. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the return. Excess return is the rate of return above and beyond the risk-free rate, which is usually the T-bill rate, or in excess of a market measure, such as an index fund.
 

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RISK METER

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Level of risk is defined using the 3 Year Standard Deviation of the Investment.

STANDARD DEVIATION

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1The fund's Institutional Class began operations on July 1, 1999. Performance shown prior to the inception of the Retirement Class is based on the performance of the fund's Institutional Class. Performance has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Retirement Class. If the expense differential had been reflected, performance for these periods would have been lower.
2The risks that the fund is subject to include market risk, company risk, interest-rate risk, credit risk, income volatility risk, illiquid security risk and foreign investment risks.
TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc., and Nuveen Securities, LLC, Members FINRA and SIPC, distribute securities products. Annuity contracts and certificates are issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), New York, NY. Investment products, insurance and annuity products: are not FDIC insured, are not bank guaranteed, are not deposits, are not insured by any federal government agency, are not a condition to any banking service or activity, and may lose value.
TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc., and Nuveen Securities, LLC, Members FINRA and SIPC, distribute securities products. Annuity contracts and certificates are issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), New York, NY. Investment products, insurance and annuity products: are not FDIC insured, are not bank guaranteed, are not deposits, are not insured by any federal government agency, are not a condition to any banking service or activity, and may lose value.
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