Backtest Portfolio Asset Allocation

This online portfolio backtesting tool allows you to construct one or more portfolios based on the selected mutual funds, ETFs and stocks to analyze and backtest portfolio returns, risk characteristics, standard deviation, annual returns and rolling returns. The results include a visualization of the portfolio growth chart and rolling returns, CAGR, standard deviation, Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio, annual returns and inflation adjusted returns. A periodic contribution or withdrawal can also be specified together with the preferred portfolio rebalancing strategy. You can also analyze and compare asset class based lazy portfolios with a longer time horizon starting from 1972.

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Portfolio Analysis Results (Jan 2017 - Dec 2018)

Note: The time period was automatically adjusted based on the available data (Apr 2016 - Dec 2018) for the selected asset: Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF (VYMI)

Portfolio Allocations

Portfolio 1
Ticker	Name	Allocation
DVY	iShares Select Dividend ETF	42.00%
VYMI	Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF	18.00%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF	30.00%
PFF	iShares US Preferred Stock ETF	10.00%
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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	$10,578	2.85%	5.70%	13.18%	-6.53%	-7.88%	0.29	0.36	0.91

Notes on results:

Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns and data and other errors may exist. See Disclaimer and Terms of Use
The entered time period is automatically adjusted based on the available return data for the specified assets
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 (1-month treasury bill)
Stock market correlation is based on the correlation of monthly returns
Drawdowns are calculated based on monthly returns
The backtested results include annual rebalancing of portfolio assets to match the specified allocation
The results use total return and assume that all received dividends and distributions are reinvested. Taxes and transaction fees are not included
Portfolio cashflows and rebalancing for quarterly and annual periods are aligned with calendar periods.

Annual returns for the configured portfolios
Year	Inflation	Portfolio 1 Return	Portfolio 1 Balance	iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY)	Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF (VYMI)	iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF (LQD)	iShares US Preferred Stock ETF (PFF)
2017	2.11%	13.18%	$11,318	14.83%	22.34%	7.06%	8.10%
2018	1.91%	-6.53%	$10,578	-6.32%	-12.66%	-3.79%	-4.63%

Monthly returns for the configured portfolios
Year	Month	Portfolio 1 Return	Portfolio 1 Balance	iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY)	Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF (VYMI)	iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF (LQD)	iShares US Preferred Stock ETF (PFF)
2017	1	1.54%	$10,154	1.34%	3.87%	0.15%	2.39%
2017	2	1.92%	$10,349	2.82%	0.75%	1.32%	2.09%
2017	3	0.25%	$10,376	-0.52%	2.81%	-0.29%	0.50%
2017	4	0.94%	$10,473	0.44%	1.47%	1.19%	1.30%
2017	5	1.23%	$10,602	0.78%	2.47%	1.33%	0.55%
2017	6	0.68%	$10,674	0.79%	0.66%	0.48%	0.80%
2017	7	1.18%	$10,800	0.61%	3.36%	0.77%	0.66%
2017	8	-0.09%	$10,790	-0.78%	0.22%	0.68%	-0.06%
2017	9	1.42%	$10,944	2.53%	2.11%	-0.05%	-0.16%
2017	10	0.57%	$11,006	1.17%	0.33%	0.19%	-0.37%
2017	11	1.80%	$11,205	4.05%	0.41%	-0.12%	0.68%
2017	12	1.01%	$11,318	0.78%	1.96%	1.22%	-0.52%
2018	1	1.47%	$11,484	2.13%	5.88%	-1.23%	-1.18%
2018	2	-3.45%	$11,087	-4.25%	-5.48%	-2.24%	0.27%
2018	3	-0.04%	$11,082	-0.49%	-0.32%	0.56%	0.54%
2018	4	0.03%	$11,086	1.26%	0.24%	-1.57%	-0.70%
2018	5	0.21%	$11,109	1.39%	-3.33%	0.52%	0.81%
2018	6	0.09%	$11,119	0.90%	-1.89%	-0.49%	1.76%
2018	7	2.03%	$11,345	2.27%	3.70%	1.34%	0.19%
2018	8	0.05%	$11,351	1.05%	-3.13%	0.02%	1.41%
2018	9	-0.14%	$11,334	-0.38%	1.41%	-0.14%	-1.71%
2018	10	-3.65%	$10,921	-3.90%	-6.51%	-2.05%	-2.24%
2018	11	0.71%	$10,998	2.07%	0.89%	-0.36%	-2.23%
2018	12	-3.82%	$10,578	-7.98%	-4.15%	1.86%	-1.53%

Holdings Based Exposures for Portfolio 1

Holdings Based Exposures for Portfolio 1
Ticker	Name	Category	Duration	ER	Weight	Return Contribution	Risk Contribution
DVY	iShares Select Dividend ETF	Large Value		0.39%	42.00%	$322	61.10%
VYMI	Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF	Foreign Large Value		0.32%	18.00%	$144	27.80%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF	Corporate Bond	8.27	0.15%	30.00%	$83.12	7.65%
PFF	iShares US Preferred Stock ETF	Preferred Stock	4.65	0.46%	10.00%	$28.56	3.46%

Asset Allocation

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Fixed Income Credit Quality

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Portfolio return and risk metrics
Metric	Portfolio 1
Arithmetic Mean (monthly)	0.25%
Arithmetic Mean (annualized)	3.01%
Geometric Mean (monthly)	0.23%
Geometric Mean (annualized)	2.85%
Volatility (monthly)	1.65%
Volatility (annualized)	5.70%
Downside Deviation (monthly)	1.29%
Max. Drawdown	-7.88%
US Market Correlation	0.91
Beta^(*)	0.45
Alpha (annualized)	-0.38%
R²	82.15%
Sharpe Ratio	0.29
Sortino Ratio	0.36
Treynor Ratio (%)	3.79
Information Ratio	-0.66
Diversification Ratio	1.26
Skewness	-1.65
Excess Kurtosis	2.16
Historical Value-at-Risk (5%)	-3.78%
Analytical Value-at-Risk (5%)	-2.37%
Conditional Value-at-Risk (5%)	-3.82%
Upside Capture Ratio (%)	43.17
Downside Capture Ratio (%)	49.51
Sustainable Withdrawal Rate	53.02%
Positive Periods	18 out of 24 (75.00%)
Gain/Loss Ratio	0.51
^* US Stock Market is used as the benchmark for calculations. Value-at-risk metrics are based on monthly values.

Drawdowns for Portfolio 1

Drawdowns for Portfolio 1
Rank	Start	End	Length	Recovery By	Recovery Time	Underwater Period	Drawdown
1	Feb 2018	Dec 2018	11 months				-7.88%
2	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	1 month	Sep 2017	1 month	2 months	-0.09%

Portfolio Assets

Performance statistics for portfolio components
Ticker	Name	CAGR	Stdev	Best Year	Worst Year	Max. Drawdown	Sharpe Ratio	Sortino Ratio	US Mkt Correlation
DVY	iShares Select Dividend ETF	3.72%	8.88%	14.83%	-6.32%	-10.08%	0.31	0.38	0.93
VYMI	Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF	3.37%	10.59%	22.34%	-12.66%	-17.51%	0.24	0.33	0.67
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF	1.49%	3.74%	7.06%	-3.79%	-5.54%	0.07	0.09	0.14
PFF	iShares US Preferred Stock ETF	1.53%	4.41%	8.10%	-4.63%	-7.50%	0.07	0.10	0.42

Monthly Correlations

Correlations for the portfolio assets
Ticker	Name	DVY	VYMI	LQD	PFF	Portfolio 1
DVY	iShares Select Dividend ETF	-	0.62	0.09	0.37	0.92
VYMI	Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF	0.62	-	0.31	0.16	0.82
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF	0.09	0.31	-	0.31	0.38
PFF	iShares US Preferred Stock ETF	0.37	0.16	0.31	-	0.44

Portfolio Return Decomposition

Portfolio return decomposition
Ticker	Name	Portfolio 1
DVY	iShares Select Dividend ETF	$322
VYMI	Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF	$144
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF	$83.12
PFF	iShares US Preferred Stock ETF	$28.56

Portfolio Risk Decomposition

Portfolio risk decomposition
Ticker	Name	Portfolio 1
DVY	iShares Select Dividend ETF	61.10%
VYMI	Vanguard Intl Hi Div Yld Idx ETF	27.80%
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF	7.65%
PFF	iShares US Preferred Stock ETF	3.46%