This portfolio backtesting tool allows you to construct one or more portfolios based on the selected mutual funds, ETFs, and stocks. You can analyze and backtest portfolio returns, risk characteristics, style exposures, and drawdowns. The results cover both returns and fund fundamentals based portfolio style analysis along with risk and return decomposition by each portfolio asset. 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.
Trailing return and volatility are as of last full calendar month ending December 2018
Notes on results:
IMPORTANT: The projections or other information generated by Portfolio Visualizer regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical in nature, do not reflect actual investment results and are not guarantees of future results. Results may vary with each use and over time.
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. All use is subject to terms of service.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
Asset allocation and diversification strategies do not guarantee a profit or protect against a loss.
Hypothetical returns do not reflect trading costs, transaction fees, commissions, or actual taxes due on investment returns.
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.
Portfolio model information represents a blended portfolio consisting of the model's underlying positions and assigned weights provided by the user and rebalanced at the specified schedule. The results were constructed using net of fee mutual fund performance. Portfolio Visualizer does not provide preferential treatment to any specific security or investment.
The results are based on the total return of assets and assume that all received dividends and distributions are reinvested.
Market capitalization refers to the total value of all a company's shares of stock. It is calculated by multiplying the price of a stock by its total number of outstanding shares. Large cap refers to a company with a market capitalization value of more than $10 billion, mid cap refers to a company with a market capitalization value between $2 and $10 billion, and small cap refers to a company with a market capitalization value below $2 billion. For funds and portfolios the equity market capitalization is calculated based on the long position of the equity holdings.
Credit quality measures the ability of a bond issuer to repay a bond's interest and principal in a timely manner. Ratings agencies research the financial health of each bond issuer and assign ratings to the bonds being offered. Lower-rated bonds generally offer higher yields to compensate investors for the additional risk. AAA is the highest possible rating that may be assigned to an issuer's bonds by any of the major credit rating agencies. Bonds rated AAA to AA are known as high-grade bonds, bonds rated A to BBB are known as medium-grade bonds, and bonds rated BB to C are known as non-investment grade bonds. An issuer will receive a rating of D if it is already in default on some of its debt. For funds and portfolios the fixed income credit quality break-down is calculated based on the long position of the fixed income holdings.
A fixed income maturity date refers to the specific date on which the investor's principal will be repaid. Duration measures a bond's or fixed income portfolio's price sensitivity to interest rate changes. If a bond has a duration of 5 years, and interest rates increase by 1%, the bond's price will decline by approximately 5%. Conversely, if a bond has a duration of 5 years and interest rates fall by 1%, the bond's price will increase by approximately 5%. A fixed income portfolio's duration is computed as the weighted average of individual bond durations held in the portfolio.
Compound annualized growth rate (CAGR) is the annualized geometric mean return of the portfolio. It is calculated from the portfolio start and end balance and is thus impacted by any cashflows.
The time-weighted rate of return (TWRR) is a measure of the compound rate of growth in a portfolio. This is calculated from the holding period returns (e.g. monthly returns), and TWRR will thus not be impacted by cashflows. If there are no external cashflows, TWRR will equal CAGR.
The money-weighted rate of return (MWRR) is the internal rate of return (IRR) taking into account cashflows. This is the discount rate at which the present value of cash inflows equals the present value of cash outflows.
Total return is the combined return in income and capital appreciation from investment in an asset. Yield measures the current cash income received from investment in an asset. Bonds provide yield in the form of interest payments and stocks through dividends.
Standard deviation (Stdev) is used to measure the dispersion of returns around the mean and is often used as a measure of risk. A higher standard deviation implies greater the dispersion of data points around the mean.
Sharpe Ratio is a measure of risk-adjusted performance of the portfolio, and it is calculated by dividing the mean monthly excess return of the portfolio over the risk-free rate by the standard deviation of excess return, and the displayed value is annualized.
Sortino Ratio is a measure of risk-adjusted return which is a modification of the Sharpe Ratio. While the latter is the ratio of average returns in excess of a risk-free rate divided by the standard deviation of those excess returns, the Sortino Ratio has the same denominator divided by the standard deviation of returns below the risk-free rate.
Treynor Ratio is a measure of risk-adjusted performance of the portfolio. It is similar to the Sharpe Ratio, but it uses portfolio beta (systematic risk) as the risk metric in the denominator.
Calmar Ratio is a measure of risk-adjusted performance of the portfolio. It is calculated as the annualized return over the past 36 months divided by the maximum drawdown over the past 36 months based on monthly returns.
Risk-free returns are calculated based on the Federal Reserve 3-Month Treasury Bill (secondary market) rates.
Downside deviation measures the downside volatility of the portfolio returns unlike standard deviation, which includes both upside and downside deviations. Downside deviation is calculated based on negative returns that hurt the portfolio performance.
Correlation measures to what degree the returns of the two assets move in relation to each other. Correlation coefficient is a numerical value between -1 and +1. If one variable goes up by a certain amount, the correlation coefficient indicates which way the other variable moves and by how much. Asset correlations are calculated based on monthly returns.
Skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution or returns from a normal Gaussian distribution shape about its mean. Negative skewness is associated with the left (typically negative returns) tail of the distribution extending further than the right tail; and positive skewness is associated with the right (typically positive returns) tail of the distribution extending further than the left tail.
Excess kurtosis is a measure of whether a data distribution is peaked or flat relative to a normal distribution. Distributions with high kurtosis tend to have a distinct peak near the mean, decline rather rapidly, and have heavy or fat tails.
A drawdown refers to the decline in value of a single investment or an investment portfolio from a relative peak value to a relative trough. A maximum drawdown (Max Drawdown) is the maximum observed loss from a peak to a trough of a portfolio before a new peak is attained. Drawdown values are calculated based on monthly returns.
Value at Risk (VaR) measures the scale of loss at a given confidence level. If the 5% VaR is -3% the portfolio return is expected to be greater than -3% 95% of the time and less than -3% 5% of the time. Value at Risk can be calculated directly based on historical returns based on a given percentile or analytically based on the mean and standard deviation of the returns.
Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) measures the scale of the expected loss once the specific Value at Risk (VaR) breakpoint has been breached, i.e., it calculates the average tail loss by taking a weighted average between the value at risk and losses exceeding the value at risk.
Beta is a measure of systematic risk and measures the volatility of a particular investment relative to the market or its benchmark. Alpha measures the active return of the investment compared to the market benchmark return. R-squared is the percentage of a portfolio's movements that can be explained by movements in the selected benchmark index.
Active return is the investment return minus the return of its benchmark. For periods longer than 12 months this is displayed as annualized value, i.e., annualized investment return minus annualized benchmark return.
Tracking error, also known as active risk, is the standard deviation of active return. This is displayed as annualized value based on the standard deviation of monthly active returns.
Information ratio is the active return divided by the tracking error. It measures whether the investment outperformed its benchmark consistently.
Gain/Loss ratio is a measure of downside risk, and it is calculated as the average positive return in up periods divided by the average negative return in down periods.
Upside Capture Ratio measures how well the fund performed relative to the benchmark when the market was up, and Downside Capture Ratio measures how well the fund performed relative to the benchmark when the market was down. An upside capture ratio greater than 100 would indicate that the fund outperformed its benchmark when the market was up, and a downside capture ratio below 100 would indicate that the fund lost less than its benchmark when the market was down. To calculate upside capture ratio a new series from the portfolio returns is constructed by dropping all time periods where the benchmark return is less than equal to zero. The up capture is then the quotient of the annualized return of the resulting manager series, divided by the annualized return of the resulting benchmark series. The downside capture ratio is calculated analogously.
All risk measures for the portfolio and portfolio assets are calculated based on monthly returns.
Gross expense ratio reflects the total annual operating expenses paid by each fund. Net expense ratio reflects what investors were charged after waivers, reductions, and reimbursements.
Price to earnings (P/E) ratio of a stock is calculated by dividing the current price of the stock by its trailing 12 months' earnings per share. For funds the price to earnings ratio is computed as the weighted average of fund holdings.
The results assume annual rebalancing of portfolio assets to match the specified allocation.
Annual returns for the configured portfolios
Year
Inflation
Vanguard 500 Index Investor Return
Vanguard 500 Index Investor Balance
Vanguard 500 Index Investor (VFINX)
1985
3.80%
31.23%
$13,123
31.23%
1986
1.10%
18.06%
$15,493
18.06%
1987
4.43%
4.71%
$16,222
4.71%
1988
4.42%
16.22%
$18,853
16.22%
1989
4.65%
31.36%
$24,766
31.36%
1990
6.11%
-3.32%
$23,943
-3.32%
1991
3.06%
30.22%
$31,179
30.22%
1992
2.90%
7.42%
$33,493
7.42%
1993
2.75%
9.89%
$36,807
9.89%
1994
2.67%
1.18%
$37,240
1.18%
1995
2.54%
37.45%
$51,184
37.45%
1996
3.32%
22.88%
$62,894
22.88%
1997
1.70%
33.19%
$83,768
33.19%
1998
1.61%
28.62%
$107,740
28.62%
1999
2.68%
21.07%
$130,439
21.07%
2000
3.39%
-9.06%
$118,627
-9.06%
2001
1.55%
-12.02%
$104,364
-12.02%
2002
2.38%
-22.15%
$81,252
-22.15%
2003
1.88%
28.50%
$104,411
28.50%
2004
3.26%
10.74%
$115,625
10.74%
2005
3.42%
4.77%
$121,145
4.77%
2006
2.54%
15.64%
$140,095
15.64%
2007
4.08%
5.39%
$147,641
5.39%
2008
0.09%
-37.02%
$92,983
-37.02%
2009
2.72%
26.49%
$117,610
26.49%
2010
1.50%
14.91%
$135,151
14.91%
2011
2.96%
1.97%
$137,808
1.97%
2012
1.74%
15.82%
$159,615
15.82%
2013
1.50%
32.18%
$210,972
32.18%
2014
0.76%
13.51%
$239,471
13.51%
2015
0.73%
1.25%
$242,461
1.25%
2016
2.07%
11.82%
$271,112
11.82%
2017
2.11%
21.67%
$329,856
21.67%
2018
1.91%
-4.52%
$314,933
-4.52%
Monthly returns for the configured portfolios
Year
Month
Vanguard 500 Index Investor Return
Vanguard 500 Index Investor Balance
Vanguard 500 Index Investor (VFINX)
1985
1
7.58%
$10,758
7.58%
1985
2
1.38%
$10,907
1.38%
1985
3
0.01%
$10,907
0.01%
1985
4
-0.28%
$10,876
-0.28%
1985
5
6.03%
$11,533
6.03%
1985
6
1.43%
$11,698
1.43%
1985
7
-0.22%
$11,672
-0.22%
1985
8
-0.67%
$11,594
-0.67%
1985
9
-3.14%
$11,229
-3.14%
1985
10
4.40%
$11,723
4.40%
1985
11
6.94%
$12,537
6.94%
1985
12
4.67%
$13,123
4.67%
1986
1
0.43%
$13,180
0.43%
1986
2
7.58%
$14,179
7.58%
1986
3
5.48%
$14,955
5.48%
1986
4
-1.35%
$14,754
-1.35%
1986
5
5.45%
$15,559
5.45%
1986
6
1.67%
$15,818
1.67%
1986
7
-5.74%
$14,909
-5.74%
1986
8
7.45%
$16,020
7.45%
1986
9
-8.31%
$14,690
-8.31%
1986
10
5.63%
$15,517
5.63%
1986
11
2.55%
$15,913
2.55%
1986
12
-2.64%
$15,493
-2.64%
1987
1
13.27%
$17,548
13.27%
1987
2
3.97%
$18,244
3.97%
1987
3
2.89%
$18,772
2.89%
1987
4
-1.03%
$18,580
-1.03%
1987
5
1.04%
$18,772
1.04%
1987
6
5.02%
$19,715
5.02%
1987
7
4.91%
$20,684
4.91%
1987
8
3.84%
$21,479
3.84%
1987
9
-2.29%
$20,988
-2.29%
1987
10
-21.73%
$16,428
-21.73%
1987
11
-8.19%
$15,083
-8.19%
1987
12
7.55%
$16,222
7.55%
1988
1
4.17%
$16,899
4.17%
1988
2
4.59%
$17,675
4.59%
1988
3
-3.04%
$17,137
-3.04%
1988
4
1.01%
$17,311
1.01%
1988
5
0.81%
$17,451
0.81%
1988
6
4.56%
$18,246
4.56%
1988
7
-0.37%
$18,179
-0.37%
1988
8
-3.40%
$17,561
-3.40%
1988
9
4.26%
$18,308
4.26%
1988
10
2.73%
$18,809
2.73%
1988
11
-1.40%
$18,545
-1.40%
1988
12
1.66%
$18,853
1.66%
1989
1
7.32%
$20,233
7.32%
1989
2
-2.47%
$19,734
-2.47%
1989
3
2.26%
$20,180
2.26%
1989
4
5.18%
$21,226
5.18%
1989
5
4.04%
$22,083
4.04%
1989
6
-0.59%
$21,953
-0.59%
1989
7
9.01%
$23,931
9.01%
1989
8
1.86%
$24,375
1.86%
1989
9
-0.40%
$24,277
-0.40%
1989
10
-2.34%
$23,709
-2.34%
1989
11
2.04%
$24,192
2.04%
1989
12
2.38%
$24,766
2.38%
1990
1
-6.72%
$23,103
-6.72%
1990
2
1.27%
$23,397
1.27%
1990
3
2.61%
$24,007
2.61%
1990
4
-2.50%
$23,407
-2.50%
1990
5
9.69%
$25,675
9.69%
1990
6
-0.66%
$25,506
-0.66%
1990
7
-0.35%
$25,416
-0.35%
1990
8
-9.03%
$23,121
-9.03%
1990
9
-4.89%
$21,990
-4.89%
1990
10
-0.41%
$21,900
-0.41%
1990
11
6.44%
$23,310
6.44%
1990
12
2.72%
$23,943
2.72%
1991
1
4.32%
$24,978
4.32%
1991
2
7.15%
$26,763
7.15%
1991
3
2.41%
$27,407
2.41%
1991
4
0.20%
$27,461
0.20%
1991
5
4.27%
$28,634
4.27%
1991
6
-4.56%
$27,329
-4.56%
1991
7
4.63%
$28,593
4.63%
1991
8
2.33%
$29,260
2.33%
1991
9
-1.67%
$28,772
-1.67%
1991
10
1.33%
$29,154
1.33%
1991
11
-4.01%
$27,985
-4.01%
1991
12
11.41%
$31,179
11.41%
1992
1
-1.88%
$30,592
-1.88%
1992
2
1.24%
$30,973
1.24%
1992
3
-1.93%
$30,376
-1.93%
1992
4
2.91%
$31,262
2.91%
1992
5
0.48%
$31,413
0.48%
1992
6
-1.49%
$30,945
-1.49%
1992
7
4.04%
$32,196
4.04%
1992
8
-2.07%
$31,530
-2.07%
1992
9
1.17%
$31,899
1.17%
1992
10
0.33%
$32,004
0.33%
1992
11
3.40%
$33,092
3.40%
1992
12
1.21%
$33,493
1.21%
1993
1
0.81%
$33,763
0.81%
1993
2
1.36%
$34,221
1.36%
1993
3
2.11%
$34,942
2.11%
1993
4
-2.42%
$34,095
-2.42%
1993
5
2.65%
$35,000
2.65%
1993
6
0.27%
$35,093
0.27%
1993
7
-0.42%
$34,945
-0.42%
1993
8
3.79%
$36,267
3.79%
1993
9
-0.79%
$35,979
-0.79%
1993
10
2.08%
$36,727
2.08%
1993
11
-1.00%
$36,361
-1.00%
1993
12
1.22%
$36,807
1.22%
1994
1
3.38%
$38,050
3.38%
1994
2
-2.71%
$37,017
-2.71%
1994
3
-4.39%
$35,392
-4.39%
1994
4
1.29%
$35,849
1.29%
1994
5
1.63%
$36,432
1.63%
1994
6
-2.47%
$35,533
-2.47%
1994
7
3.28%
$36,697
3.28%
1994
8
4.08%
$38,193
4.08%
1994
9
-2.45%
$37,258
-2.45%
1994
10
2.25%
$38,095
2.25%
1994
11
-3.65%
$36,703
-3.65%
1994
12
1.46%
$37,240
1.46%
1995
1
2.58%
$38,202
2.58%
1995
2
3.88%
$39,683
3.88%
1995
3
2.95%
$40,856
2.95%
1995
4
2.94%
$42,057
2.94%
1995
5
3.95%
$43,720
3.95%
1995
6
2.31%
$44,731
2.31%
1995
7
3.30%
$46,209
3.30%
1995
8
0.25%
$46,322
0.25%
1995
9
4.23%
$48,282
4.23%
1995
10
-0.36%
$48,107
-0.36%
1995
11
4.38%
$50,214
4.38%
1995
12
1.93%
$51,184
1.93%
1996
1
3.39%
$52,917
3.39%
1996
2
0.92%
$53,406
0.92%
1996
3
0.98%
$53,927
0.98%
1996
4
1.46%
$54,713
1.46%
1996
5
2.54%
$56,105
2.54%
1996
6
0.38%
$56,320
0.38%
1996
7
-4.42%
$53,830
-4.42%
1996
8
2.10%
$54,959
2.10%
1996
9
5.61%
$58,040
5.61%
1996
10
2.76%
$59,639
2.76%
1996
11
7.56%
$64,150
7.56%
1996
12
-1.96%
$62,894
-1.96%
1997
1
6.22%
$66,803
6.22%
1997
2
0.79%
$67,331
0.79%
1997
3
-4.14%
$64,546
-4.14%
1997
4
5.96%
$68,390
5.96%
1997
5
6.09%
$72,554
6.09%
1997
6
4.45%
$75,785
4.45%
1997
7
7.97%
$81,822
7.97%
1997
8
-5.61%
$77,233
-5.61%
1997
9
5.47%
$81,456
5.47%
1997
10
-3.35%
$78,727
-3.35%
1997
11
4.60%
$82,348
4.60%
1997
12
1.72%
$83,768
1.72%
1998
1
1.11%
$84,698
1.11%
1998
2
7.19%
$90,790
7.19%
1998
3
5.10%
$95,424
5.10%
1998
4
1.01%
$96,385
1.01%
1998
5
-1.74%
$94,705
-1.74%
1998
6
4.07%
$98,561
4.07%
1998
7
-1.05%
$97,522
-1.05%
1998
8
-14.47%
$83,407
-14.47%
1998
9
6.41%
$88,754
6.41%
1998
10
8.16%
$96,000
8.16%
1998
11
6.07%
$101,829
6.07%
1998
12
5.81%
$107,740
5.81%
1999
1
4.20%
$112,269
4.20%
1999
2
-3.12%
$108,761
-3.12%
1999
3
4.00%
$113,108
4.00%
1999
4
3.85%
$117,465
3.85%
1999
5
-2.39%
$114,659
-2.39%
1999
6
5.56%
$121,029
5.56%
1999
7
-3.13%
$117,241
-3.13%
1999
8
-0.50%
$116,659
-0.50%
1999
9
-2.74%
$113,463
-2.74%
1999
10
6.33%
$120,641
6.33%
1999
11
2.02%
$123,082
2.02%
1999
12
5.98%
$130,439
5.98%
2000
1
-5.03%
$123,876
-5.03%
2000
2
-1.91%
$121,514
-1.91%
2000
3
9.75%
$133,364
9.75%
2000
4
-3.00%
$129,365
-3.00%
2000
5
-2.04%
$126,728
-2.04%
2000
6
2.49%
$129,890
2.49%
2000
7
-1.50%
$127,944
-1.50%
2000
8
6.19%
$135,863
6.19%
2000
9
-5.29%
$128,677
-5.29%
2000
10
-0.43%
$128,124
-0.43%
2000
11
-7.89%
$118,021
-7.89%
2000
12
0.51%
$118,627
0.51%
2001
1
3.55%
$122,832
3.55%
2001
2
-9.14%
$111,608
-9.14%
2001
3
-6.36%
$104,514
-6.36%
2001
4
7.77%
$112,635
7.77%
2001
5
0.65%
$113,367
0.65%
2001
6
-2.45%
$110,595
-2.45%
2001
7
-1.00%
$109,489
-1.00%
2001
8
-6.27%
$102,620
-6.27%
2001
9
-8.09%
$94,317
-8.09%
2001
10
1.90%
$96,104
1.90%
2001
11
7.65%
$103,460
7.65%
2001
12
0.87%
$104,364
0.87%
2002
1
-1.47%
$102,826
-1.47%
2002
2
-1.94%
$100,836
-1.94%
2002
3
3.74%
$104,610
3.74%
2002
4
-6.07%
$98,255
-6.07%
2002
5
-0.75%
$97,514
-0.75%
2002
6
-7.13%
$90,557
-7.13%
2002
7
-7.72%
$83,567
-7.72%
2002
8
0.65%
$84,112
0.65%
2002
9
-10.87%
$74,965
-10.87%
2002
10
8.78%
$81,549
8.78%
2002
11
5.88%
$86,340
5.88%
2002
12
-5.89%
$81,252
-5.89%
2003
1
-2.62%
$79,120
-2.62%
2003
2
-1.52%
$77,918
-1.52%
2003
3
0.96%
$78,664
0.96%
2003
4
8.25%
$85,156
8.25%
2003
5
5.26%
$89,639
5.26%
2003
6
1.26%
$90,768
1.26%
2003
7
1.74%
$92,351
1.74%
2003
8
1.93%
$94,136
1.93%
2003
9
-1.07%
$93,127
-1.07%
2003
10
5.64%
$98,381
5.64%
2003
11
0.86%
$99,231
0.86%
2003
12
5.22%
$104,411
5.22%
2004
1
1.82%
$106,313
1.82%
2004
2
1.38%
$107,777
1.38%
2004
3
-1.51%
$106,146
-1.51%
2004
4
-1.58%
$104,472
-1.58%
2004
5
1.36%
$105,891
1.36%
2004
6
1.93%
$107,934
1.93%
2004
7
-3.31%
$104,360
-3.31%
2004
8
0.38%
$104,760
0.38%
2004
9
1.07%
$105,878
1.07%
2004
10
1.51%
$107,481
1.51%
2004
11
4.05%
$111,830
4.05%
2004
12
3.39%
$115,625
3.39%
2005
1
-2.45%
$112,787
-2.45%
2005
2
2.09%
$115,149
2.09%
2005
3
-1.76%
$113,122
-1.76%
2005
4
-1.91%
$110,959
-1.91%
2005
5
3.17%
$114,474
3.17%
2005
6
0.13%
$114,619
0.13%
2005
7
3.71%
$118,868
3.71%
2005
8
-0.91%
$117,782
-0.91%
2005
9
0.79%
$118,717
0.79%
2005
10
-1.68%
$116,725
-1.68%
2005
11
3.76%
$121,119
3.76%
2005
12
0.02%
$121,145
0.02%
2006
1
2.65%
$124,350
2.65%
2006
2
0.26%
$124,677
0.26%
2006
3
1.23%
$126,211
1.23%
2006
4
1.33%
$127,894
1.33%
2006
5
-2.90%
$124,190
-2.90%
2006
6
0.13%
$124,348
0.13%
2006
7
0.61%
$125,103
0.61%
2006
8
2.36%
$128,058
2.36%
2006
9
2.56%
$131,341
2.56%
2006
10
3.25%
$135,610
3.25%
2006
11
1.89%
$138,172
1.89%
2006
12
1.39%
$140,095
1.39%
2007
1
1.49%
$142,186
1.49%
2007
2
-1.97%
$139,387
-1.97%
2007
3
1.11%
$140,936
1.11%
2007
4
4.42%
$147,162
4.42%
2007
5
3.48%
$152,279
3.48%
2007
6
-1.68%
$149,727
-1.68%
2007
7
-3.08%
$145,108
-3.08%
2007
8
1.50%
$147,282
1.50%
2007
9
3.72%
$152,767
3.72%
2007
10
1.58%
$155,179
1.58%
2007
11
-4.19%
$148,682
-4.19%
2007
12
-0.70%
$147,641
-0.70%
2008
1
-6.02%
$138,760
-6.02%
2008
2
-3.25%
$134,248
-3.25%
2008
3
-0.44%
$133,657
-0.44%
2008
4
4.85%
$140,144
4.85%
2008
5
1.29%
$141,956
1.29%
2008
6
-8.44%
$129,977
-8.44%
2008
7
-0.83%
$128,896
-0.83%
2008
8
1.45%
$130,761
1.45%
2008
9
-8.91%
$119,115
-8.91%
2008
10
-16.79%
$99,113
-16.79%
2008
11
-7.17%
$92,002
-7.17%
2008
12
1.07%
$92,983
1.07%
2009
1
-8.41%
$85,161
-8.41%
2009
2
-10.66%
$76,085
-10.66%
2009
3
8.76%
$82,750
8.76%
2009
4
9.56%
$90,660
9.56%
2009
5
5.62%
$95,753
5.62%
2009
6
0.22%
$95,964
0.22%
2009
7
7.58%
$103,236
7.58%
2009
8
3.60%
$106,951
3.60%
2009
9
3.72%
$110,927
3.72%
2009
10
-1.87%
$108,855
-1.87%
2009
11
5.98%
$115,366
5.98%
2009
12
1.95%
$117,610
1.95%
2010
1
-3.60%
$113,372
-3.60%
2010
2
3.09%
$116,877
3.09%
2010
3
6.01%
$123,906
6.01%
2010
4
1.58%
$125,861
1.58%
2010
5
-8.01%
$115,786
-8.01%
2010
6
-5.24%
$109,719
-5.24%
2010
7
7.00%
$117,395
7.00%
2010
8
-4.53%
$112,077
-4.53%
2010
9
8.92%
$122,074
8.92%
2010
10
3.79%
$126,698
3.79%
2010
11
0.00%
$126,698
0.00%
2010
12
6.67%
$135,151
6.67%
2011
1
2.36%
$138,336
2.36%
2011
2
3.42%
$143,062
3.42%
2011
3
0.03%
$143,099
0.03%
2011
4
2.95%
$147,317
2.95%
2011
5
-1.15%
$145,630
-1.15%
2011
6
-1.67%
$143,194
-1.67%
2011
7
-2.05%
$140,264
-2.05%
2011
8
-5.45%
$132,624
-5.45%
2011
9
-7.04%
$123,284
-7.04%
2011
10
10.91%
$136,739
10.91%
2011
11
-0.23%
$136,419
-0.23%
2011
12
1.02%
$137,808
1.02%
2012
1
4.46%
$143,960
4.46%
2012
2
4.31%
$150,160
4.31%
2012
3
3.28%
$155,088
3.28%
2012
4
-0.64%
$154,096
-0.64%
2012
5
-6.02%
$144,823
-6.02%
2012
6
4.11%
$150,773
4.11%
2012
7
1.37%
$152,839
1.37%
2012
8
2.24%
$156,261
2.24%
2012
9
2.58%
$160,288
2.58%
2012
10
-1.86%
$157,307
-1.86%
2012
11
0.56%
$158,188
0.56%
2012
12
0.90%
$159,615
0.90%
2013
1
5.18%
$167,877
5.18%
2013
2
1.34%
$170,125
1.34%
2013
3
3.74%
$176,485
3.74%
2013
4
1.91%
$179,854
1.91%
2013
5
2.33%
$184,040
2.33%
2013
6
-1.35%
$181,554
-1.35%
2013
7
5.07%
$190,763
5.07%
2013
8
-2.91%
$185,208
-2.91%
2013
9
3.12%
$190,990
3.12%
2013
10
4.59%
$199,750
4.59%
2013
11
3.03%
$205,799
3.03%
2013
12
2.51%
$210,972
2.51%
2014
1
-3.47%
$203,653
-3.47%
2014
2
4.56%
$212,941
4.56%
2014
3
0.82%
$214,696
0.82%
2014
4
0.72%
$216,250
0.72%
2014
5
2.33%
$221,299
2.33%
2014
6
2.05%
$225,840
2.05%
2014
7
-1.39%
$222,706
-1.39%
2014
8
3.98%
$231,573
3.98%
2014
9
-1.41%
$228,302
-1.41%
2014
10
2.42%
$233,834
2.42%
2014
11
2.68%
$240,106
2.68%
2014
12
-0.26%
$239,471
-0.26%
2015
1
-3.02%
$232,245
-3.02%
2015
2
5.74%
$245,575
5.74%
2015
3
-1.59%
$241,662
-1.59%
2015
4
0.95%
$243,955
0.95%
2015
5
1.27%
$247,060
1.27%
2015
6
-1.93%
$242,284
-1.93%
2015
7
2.08%
$247,324
2.08%
2015
8
-6.05%
$232,369
-6.05%
2015
9
-2.48%
$226,596
-2.48%
2015
10
8.42%
$245,681
8.42%
2015
11
0.29%
$246,385
0.29%
2015
12
-1.59%
$242,461
-1.59%
2016
1
-4.98%
$230,394
-4.98%
2016
2
-0.15%
$230,060
-0.15%
2016
3
6.78%
$245,648
6.78%
2016
4
0.37%
$246,566
0.37%
2016
5
1.78%
$250,962
1.78%
2016
6
0.25%
$251,589
0.25%
2016
7
3.68%
$260,838
3.68%
2016
8
0.13%
$261,176
0.13%
2016
9
0.01%
$261,197
0.01%
2016
10
-1.83%
$256,409
-1.83%
2016
11
3.70%
$265,894
3.70%
2016
12
1.96%
$271,112
1.96%
2017
1
1.88%
$276,218
1.88%
2017
2
3.96%
$287,164
3.96%
2017
3
0.10%
$287,451
0.10%
2017
4
1.02%
$290,378
1.02%
2017
5
1.39%
$294,425
1.39%
2017
6
0.61%
$296,225
0.61%
2017
7
2.04%
$302,276
2.04%
2017
8
0.29%
$303,163
0.29%
2017
9
2.06%
$309,405
2.06%
2017
10
2.32%
$316,576
2.32%
2017
11
3.06%
$326,261
3.06%
2017
12
1.10%
$329,856
1.10%
2018
1
5.71%
$348,700
5.71%
2018
2
-3.69%
$335,817
-3.69%
2018
3
-2.56%
$327,235
-2.56%
2018
4
0.37%
$328,457
0.37%
2018
5
2.39%
$336,322
2.39%
2018
6
0.61%
$338,357
0.61%
2018
7
3.71%
$350,907
3.71%
2018
8
3.25%
$362,299
3.25%
2018
9
0.55%
$364,307
0.55%
2018
10
-6.85%
$339,356
-6.85%
2018
11
2.03%
$346,233
2.03%
2018
12
-9.04%
$314,933
-9.04%
Returns Based Style Analysis
Returns Based Style Analysis
Style Category
Vanguard 500 Index Investor
Large-cap Value
47.21%
Large-cap Growth
52.57%
Mid-cap Value
0.00%
Mid-cap Growth
0.00%
Small-cap Value
0.00%
Small-cap Growth
0.00%
Global ex-US Developed Markets
0.00%
Emerging Markets
0.00%
Corporate Bonds
0.00%
Long-Term Treasuries
0.00%
Intermediate-Term Treasuries
0.22%
Short-Term Treasuries
0.00%
R Squared
99.91%
Style analysis is based on monthly returns from April 2005 to December 2018 and uses total portfolio return with monthly rebalancing. Returns based style analysis aims to explain the portfolio returns based on asset class exposures, it does not identify the actual portfolio holdings.
Holdings Based Style Analysis for Vanguard 500 Index Investor
Holdings Based Style Analysis for Vanguard 500 Index Investor
Ticker
Name
Category
Weight
Yield
Expense Ratio
P/E
Contribution
SEC
TTM
Net
Gross
Return
Risk
VFINX
Vanguard 500 Index Investor
Large Blend
100.00%
1.53%
1.51%
0.14%
0.14%
19.49
$304,933
100.00%
Asset Allocation
Equity Market Capitalization
Equity Sectors
Fund fundamentals data as of 11/29/2022. (c) 2022 Morningstar. All Rights Reserved. The fund fundamentals information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.
Portfolio return and risk metrics
Metric
Vanguard 500 Index Investor
Arithmetic Mean (monthly)
0.94%
Arithmetic Mean (annualized)
11.91%
Geometric Mean (monthly)
0.85%
Geometric Mean (annualized)
10.68%
Standard Deviation (monthly)
4.28%
Standard Deviation (annualized)
14.82%
Downside Deviation (monthly)
2.84%
Maximum Drawdown
-50.97%
Stock Market Correlation
0.99
Beta(*)
0.98
Alpha (annualized)
0.40%
R2
97.82%
Sharpe Ratio
0.54
Sortino Ratio
0.77
Treynor Ratio (%)
8.12
Calmar Ratio
0.67
Active Return
0.20%
Tracking Error
2.21%
Information Ratio
0.09
Skewness
-0.81
Excess Kurtosis
2.59
Historical Value-at-Risk (5%)
-6.80%
Analytical Value-at-Risk (5%)
-6.09%
Conditional Value-at-Risk (5%)
-9.71%
Upside Capture Ratio (%)
98.13
Downside Capture Ratio (%)
96.45
Safe Withdrawal Rate
11.18%
Perpetual Withdrawal Rate
7.31%
Positive Periods
268 out of 408 (65.69%)
Gain/Loss Ratio
0.92
* 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
Vanguard 500 Index Investor
Black Monday Period
Sep 1987
Nov 1987
-29.78%
Asian Crisis
Jul 1997
Jan 1998
-5.61%
Russian Debt Default
Jul 1998
Oct 1998
-15.38%
Dotcom Crash
Mar 2000
Oct 2002
-44.82%
Subprime Crisis
Nov 2007
Mar 2009
-50.97%
Drawdowns for Vanguard 500 Index Investor
Drawdowns for Vanguard 500 Index Investor (worst 10)
Rank
Start
End
Length
Recovery By
Recovery Time
Underwater Period
Drawdown
1
Nov 2007
Feb 2009
1 year 4 months
Aug 2012
3 years 6 months
4 years 10 months
-50.97%
2
Sep 2000
Sep 2002
2 years 1 month
Nov 2006
4 years 2 months
6 years 3 months
-44.82%
3
Sep 1987
Nov 1987
3 months
May 1989
1 year 6 months
1 year 9 months
-29.78%
4
Jul 1998
Aug 1998
2 months
Nov 1998
3 months
5 months
-15.38%
5
Jun 1990
Oct 1990
5 months
Feb 1991
4 months
9 months
-14.70%
6
Oct 2018
Dec 2018
3 months
-13.55%
7
Aug 2015
Sep 2015
2 months
May 2016
8 months
10 months
-8.38%
8
Sep 1986
Sep 1986
1 month
Jan 1987
4 months
5 months
-8.31%
9
Feb 1994
Mar 1994
2 months
Aug 1994
5 months
7 months
-6.98%
10
Jan 2000
Feb 2000
2 months
Mar 2000
1 month
3 months
-6.84%
Worst 10 drawdowns included above
Portfolio Assets
Performance statistics for portfolio components
Ticker
Name
CAGR
Stdev
Best Year
Worst Year
Max Drawdown
Sharpe Ratio
Sortino Ratio
Market Correlation
VFINX
Vanguard 500 Index Investor
10.68%
14.82%
37.45%
-37.02%
-50.97%
0.54
0.77
0.99
Portfolio Asset Performance
Performance of portfolio assets
Name
Total Return
Annualized Return
Expense Ratio
3 Month
Year To Date
1 year
3 year
5 year
10 year
Net
Gross
Vanguard 500 Index Investor
-13.55%
-4.52%
-4.52%
9.11%
8.34%
12.97%
0.14%
0.14%
Trailing returns as of last calendar month ending December 2018