Backtest Portfolio Asset Class Allocation

This portfolio backtesting tool allows you to construct one or more portfolios based on the selected asset class level allocations in order to analyze and backtest portfolio returns, risk characteristics, drawdowns, and rolling returns. You can compare up to three different portfolios against the selected benchmark, and you can also specify any periodic contribution or withdrawal cashflows and the preferred portfolio rebalancing strategy.

You can also use the portfolio backtesting tool to build and compare portfolios based on specific mutual funds, ETFs, and stocks.

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US Stock Market

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US Large Cap

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US Large Cap Growth

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US Mid Cap

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US Mid Cap Value

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US Mid Cap Growth

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US Small Cap

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US Small Cap Value

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US Small Cap Growth

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US Micro Cap

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Global ex-US Stock Market

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Intl Developed ex-US Market

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International ex-US Small Cap

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International ex-US Value

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European Stocks

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Pacific Stocks

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Emerging Markets

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Cash

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Short Term Treasury

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10-year Treasury

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Long Term Treasury

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Total US Bond Market

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TIPS

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Global Bonds (Unhedged)

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Short-Term Investment Grade

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Corporate Bonds

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Long-Term Corporate Bonds

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High Yield Corporate Bonds

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Short-Term Tax-Exempt

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Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt

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Long-Term Tax-Exempt

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REIT

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Gold

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Precious Metals

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Commodities

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Total

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Portfolio Analysis Results (Jan 2007 - Dec 2018)

Note: The time period was constrained by the available data for Commodities [Jan 2007 - May 2020].

Portfolio Allocations

Portfolio 1
Asset Class	Allocation
US Large Cap Value	10.00%
US Small Cap	9.00%
International ex-US Small Cap	10.00%
International ex-US Value	10.00%
Emerging Markets	17.00%
TIPS	30.00%
REIT	7.00%
Commodities	7.00%
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Portfolio 2
Asset Class	Allocation
US Stock Market	35.00%
Global ex-US Stock Market	35.00%
Intermediate Term Treasury	30.00%
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Portfolio Returns

Portfolio performance statistics
Portfolio	Initial Balance	Final Balance	CAGR	Stdev	Best Year	Worst Year	Max. Drawdown	Sharpe Ratio	Sortino Ratio	US Mkt Correlation
Portfolio 1	$10,000	$15,058	3.47%	12.64%	31.81%	-30.81%	-43.44%	0.27	0.37	0.91
Portfolio 2	$10,000	$17,699	4.87%	10.83%	22.39%	-24.40%	-37.29%	0.42	0.60	0.95

Notes on results:

Past performance is no guarantee of future results, which may vary. All use is subject to terms of service.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The value of the investments and the income derived from them may fluctuate over time.
All portfolio returns presented are hypothetical and backtested. Hypothetical returns do not reflect trading costs, transaction fees, or taxes.
The results are based on information from a variety of sources we consider reliable, but we do not represent that the information is accurate or complete.
The results do not constitute investment advice or recommendation, are provided solely for informational purposes, and are not an offer to buy or sell any securities.
The results are based on the total return of assets and assume that all received dividends and distributions are reinvested.
CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate
Stdev = Annualized standard deviation of monthly returns
Sharpe and Sortino ratios are calculated and annualized from monthly excess returns over risk free rate (3-month treasury bill)
Stock market correlation is based on the correlation of monthly returns
Drawdown analysis is calculated based on monthly returns excluding cashflows
The backtested results assume annual rebalancing of portfolio assets to match the specified allocation

Annual returns for the configured portfolios
Year	Inflation	Return		Balance		US Large Cap Value	US Small Cap	International ex-US Small Cap	International ex-US Value	Emerging Markets	TIPS	REIT	Commodities	US Stock Market	Global ex-US Stock Market	Intermediate Term Treasury
Year	Inflation	Portfolio 1	Portfolio 2	Portfolio 1	Portfolio 2	US Large Cap Value	US Small Cap	International ex-US Small Cap	International ex-US Value	Emerging Markets	TIPS	REIT	Commodities	US Stock Market	Global ex-US Stock Market	Intermediate Term Treasury
2007	4.08%	11.98%	10.35%	$11,198	$11,035	0.08%	1.16%	2.95%	4.23%	38.90%	11.59%	-16.46%	31.62%	5.49%	15.52%	9.98%
2008	0.09%	-30.81%	-24.40%	$7,749	$8,342	-35.97%	-36.07%	-41.68%	-41.67%	-52.81%	-2.85%	-37.05%	-45.75%	-37.04%	-44.10%	13.32%
2009	2.72%	31.81%	22.39%	$10,213	$10,210	19.58%	36.12%	47.52%	28.36%	75.98%	10.80%	29.58%	11.22%	28.70%	36.73%	-1.69%
2010	1.50%	14.47%	12.08%	$11,691	$11,443	14.27%	27.72%	25.60%	4.47%	18.86%	6.17%	28.30%	7.17%	17.09%	11.12%	7.35%
2011	2.96%	-2.22%	-1.82%	$11,432	$11,234	1.00%	-2.80%	-19.63%	-12.42%	-18.78%	13.23%	8.47%	-3.28%	0.96%	-14.56%	9.79%
2012	1.74%	13.47%	12.84%	$12,971	$12,677	15.00%	18.04%	20.73%	18.83%	18.64%	6.77%	17.53%	-0.58%	16.25%	18.14%	2.67%
2013	1.50%	6.99%	16.01%	$13,878	$14,707	32.87%	37.62%	16.60%	21.84%	-5.19%	-8.92%	2.31%	-1.83%	33.35%	15.04%	-3.09%
2014	0.76%	1.81%	4.16%	$14,129	$15,319	13.07%	7.37%	-5.06%	-6.80%	0.42%	3.83%	30.13%	-32.96%	12.43%	-4.24%	4.32%
2015	0.73%	-6.44%	-0.98%	$13,220	$15,169	-1.04%	-3.78%	-0.01%	-5.86%	-15.47%	-1.83%	2.22%	-34.06%	0.29%	-4.38%	1.50%
2016	2.07%	8.84%	6.37%	$14,389	$16,135	16.75%	18.17%	4.26%	5.05%	11.50%	4.52%	8.34%	10.12%	12.53%	4.65%	1.19%
2017	2.11%	15.08%	17.43%	$16,559	$18,948	16.99%	16.10%	30.60%	21.25%	31.15%	2.81%	4.83%	3.89%	21.05%	27.40%	1.58%
2018	1.91%	-9.06%	-6.59%	$15,058	$17,699	-5.55%	-9.43%	-18.47%	-14.66%	-14.71%	-1.49%	-6.11%	-13.88%	-5.26%	-14.44%	1.00%

Portfolio return and risk metrics
Metric	Portfolio 1	Portfolio 2
Arithmetic Mean (monthly)	0.35%	0.45%
Arithmetic Mean (annualized)	4.31%	5.49%
Geometric Mean (monthly)	0.28%	0.40%
Geometric Mean (annualized)	3.47%	4.87%
Volatility (monthly)	3.65%	3.13%
Volatility (annualized)	12.64%	10.83%
Downside Deviation (monthly)	2.63%	2.17%
Max. Drawdown	-43.44%	-37.29%
US Market Correlation	0.91	0.95
Beta^(*)	0.76	0.68
Alpha (annualized)	-1.86%	-0.10%
R²	81.95%	89.79%
Sharpe Ratio	0.27	0.42
Sortino Ratio	0.37	0.60
Treynor Ratio (%)	4.53	6.72
Calmar Ratio	0.38	0.55
Active Return	-3.64%	-2.24%
Tracking Error	6.51%	5.98%
Information Ratio	-0.56	-0.37
Skewness	-1.00	-0.74
Excess Kurtosis	4.97	2.20
Historical Value-at-Risk (5%)	-6.17%	-5.84%
Analytical Value-at-Risk (5%)	-5.65%	-4.69%
Conditional Value-at-Risk (5%)	-9.04%	-7.60%
Upside Capture Ratio (%)	64.66	64.60
Downside Capture Ratio (%)	76.07	68.27
Safe Withdrawal Rate	9.05%	9.53%
Perpetual Withdrawal Rate	1.57%	2.89%
Positive Periods	84 out of 144 (58.33%)	88 out of 144 (61.11%)
Gain/Loss Ratio	0.94	0.94
^* US stock market is used as the benchmark for calculations. Value-at-risk metrics are based on monthly values.

Drawdowns for Historical Market Stress Periods

Drawdowns for Historical Market Stress Periods
Stress Period	Start	End	Portfolio 1	Portfolio 2
Subprime Crisis	Nov 2007	Mar 2009	-43.44%	-37.29%

Drawdowns for Portfolio 1

Drawdowns for Portfolio 1
Rank	Start	End	Length	Recovery By	Recovery Time	Underwater Period	Drawdown
1	Nov 2007	Feb 2009	1 year 4 months	Jan 2011	1 year 11 months	3 years 3 months	-43.44%
2	Sep 2014	Feb 2016	1 year 6 months	Mar 2017	1 year 1 month	2 years 7 months	-15.04%
3	May 2011	Sep 2011	5 months	Nov 2012	1 year 2 months	1 year 7 months	-15.03%
4	Feb 2018	Dec 2018	11 months				-11.59%
5	May 2013	Jun 2013	2 months	Oct 2013	4 months	6 months	-5.49%
6	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	1 month	Feb 2014	1 month	2 months	-1.74%
7	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	1 month	Aug 2014	1 month	2 months	-1.24%
8	Feb 2013	Feb 2013	1 month	Mar 2013	1 month	2 months	-0.54%
9	Nov 2013	Nov 2013	1 month	Dec 2013	1 month	2 months	-0.32%
10	Jun 2007	Aug 2007	3 months	Sep 2007	1 month	4 months	-0.17%

Drawdowns for Portfolio 2

Drawdowns for Portfolio 2 (worst 10)
Rank	Start	End	Length	Recovery By	Recovery Time	Underwater Period	Drawdown
1	Nov 2007	Feb 2009	1 year 4 months	Dec 2010	1 year 10 months	3 years 2 months	-37.29%
2	May 2011	Sep 2011	5 months	Sep 2012	1 year	1 year 5 months	-12.93%
3	Feb 2018	Dec 2018	11 months				-9.62%
4	Jun 2015	Feb 2016	9 months	Jul 2016	5 months	1 year 2 months	-8.89%
5	May 2013	Jun 2013	2 months	Jul 2013	1 month	3 months	-2.89%
6	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	1 month	Feb 2015	5 months	6 months	-2.70%
7	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	1 month	Feb 2014	1 month	2 months	-2.26%
8	Aug 2013	Aug 2013	1 month	Sep 2013	1 month	2 months	-1.93%
9	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	1 month	Jan 2017	3 months	4 months	-1.61%
10	Jun 2007	Jul 2007	2 months	Sep 2007	2 months	4 months	-1.50%
Worst 10 drawdowns included above

Portfolio Assets

Performance statistics for portfolio components
Name	CAGR	Stdev	Best Year	Worst Year	Max. Drawdown	Sharpe Ratio	Sortino Ratio	US Mkt Correlation
US Large Cap Value	5.73%	15.00%	32.87%	-35.97%	-54.85%	0.39	0.55	0.97
US Small Cap	7.10%	18.92%	37.62%	-36.07%	-53.95%	0.42	0.59	0.96
International ex-US Small Cap	2.38%	18.96%	47.52%	-41.68%	-57.69%	0.18	0.25	0.86
International ex-US Value	-0.12%	19.05%	28.36%	-41.67%	-59.70%	0.05	0.07	0.87
Emerging Markets	2.38%	22.33%	75.98%	-52.81%	-62.70%	0.18	0.26	0.79
TIPS	3.53%	5.89%	13.23%	-8.92%	-12.50%	0.48	0.71	0.17
REIT	4.09%	24.01%	30.13%	-37.05%	-68.28%	0.26	0.36	0.74
Commodities	-8.38%	22.44%	31.62%	-45.75%	-82.38%	-0.31	-0.38	0.51
US Stock Market	7.11%	15.13%	33.35%	-37.04%	-50.89%	0.48	0.67	1.00
Global ex-US Stock Market	1.46%	18.26%	36.73%	-44.10%	-58.50%	0.13	0.18	0.88
Intermediate Term Treasury	3.88%	4.43%	13.32%	-3.09%	-4.48%	0.71	1.27	-0.26

Monthly Correlations

Correlations for the portfolio assets
Name	US Large Cap Value	US Small Cap	International ex-US Small Cap	International ex-US Value	Emerging Markets	TIPS	REIT	Commodities	US Stock Market	Global ex-US Stock Market	Intermediate Term Treasury	Portfolio 1	Portfolio 2
US Large Cap Value	1.00	0.92	0.82	0.87	0.75	0.13	0.74	0.48	0.97	0.86	-0.24	0.88	0.93
US Small Cap	0.92	1.00	0.83	0.81	0.74	0.14	0.77	0.47	0.96	0.83	-0.28	0.87	0.89
International ex-US Small Cap	0.82	0.83	1.00	0.93	0.90	0.29	0.66	0.59	0.86	0.97	-0.15	0.95	0.94
International ex-US Value	0.87	0.81	0.93	1.00	0.85	0.21	0.68	0.53	0.87	0.97	-0.17	0.92	0.95
Emerging Markets	0.75	0.74	0.90	0.85	1.00	0.35	0.59	0.58	0.79	0.93	-0.10	0.93	0.89
TIPS	0.13	0.14	0.29	0.21	0.35	1.00	0.30	0.24	0.17	0.30	0.67	0.41	0.31
REIT	0.74	0.77	0.66	0.68	0.59	0.30	1.00	0.25	0.74	0.67	0.01	0.75	0.72
Commodities	0.48	0.47	0.59	0.53	0.58	0.24	0.25	1.00	0.51	0.60	-0.22	0.64	0.55
US Stock Market	0.97	0.96	0.86	0.87	0.79	0.17	0.74	0.51	1.00	0.88	-0.26	0.91	0.95
Global ex-US Stock Market	0.86	0.83	0.97	0.97	0.93	0.30	0.67	0.60	0.88	1.00	-0.14	0.97	0.97
Intermediate Term Treasury	-0.24	-0.28	-0.15	-0.17	-0.10	0.67	0.01	-0.22	-0.26	-0.14	1.00	-0.08	-0.08

Portfolio Return Decomposition

Portfolio return decomposition
Name	Portfolio 1	Portfolio 2
US Large Cap Value	$1,046
US Small Cap	$1,077
International ex-US Small Cap	$536
International ex-US Value	$147
Emerging Markets	$1,103
TIPS	$1,351
REIT	$557
Commodities	-$758
US Stock Market		$4,529
Global ex-US Stock Market		$1,491
Intermediate Term Treasury		$1,679

Portfolio Risk Decomposition

Portfolio risk decomposition
Name	Portfolio 1	Portfolio 2
US Large Cap Value	10.19%
US Small Cap	11.50%
International ex-US Small Cap	13.97%
International ex-US Value	13.61%
Emerging Markets	27.43%
TIPS	5.68%
REIT	9.78%
Commodities	7.84%
US Stock Market		45.07%
Global ex-US Stock Market		55.88%
Intermediate Term Treasury		-0.95%

Annual Asset Returns

Rolling returns summary
Roll Period	Portfolio 1			Portfolio 2
Roll Period	Average	High	Low	Average	High	Low
1 year	4.66%	31.81%	-30.81%	5.65%	22.39%	-24.40%
3 years	4.92%	13.84%	0.63%	6.14%	10.89%	0.69%
5 years	4.83%	12.36%	1.65%	6.39%	12.01%	2.36%
7 years	5.04%	7.93%	3.38%	6.72%	8.92%	4.80%
10 years	4.86%	6.87%	3.71%	6.09%	7.81%	4.90%
Result statistics are based on annualized rolling returns over full calendar year periods