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FAANG Portfolio
Performance
Return for Risk
Dividends
Drawdowns
Volatility
Diversification

Asset Allocation


GOOG 20.00%AAPL 20.00%AMZN 20.00%NFLX 20.00%META 20.00%EquityEquity

S&P 500 Index

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Performance

Performance Chart

The chart shows the growth of an initial investment of $10,000 in FAANG Portfolio, comparing it to the performance of the S&P 500 index or another benchmark. All prices have been adjusted for splits and dividends. The portfolio is rebalanced Every 3 months.


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Returns By Period

As of Jun 26, 2026, the FAANG Portfolio returned -4.54% Year-To-Date and 26.57% of annualized return in the last 10 years.


Position1D1MYTD6M1Y3Y*5Y*10Y*
Benchmark
S&P 500 Index
-0.05%-2.21%7.43%6.12%19.75%18.87%11.43%13.70%
Portfolio
FAANG Portfolio
1.53%-12.86%-4.54%-5.08%9.02%27.78%16.04%26.57%
AAPL
Apple Inc
3.14%-8.71%4.58%3.99%41.74%15.23%16.94%29.55%
AMZN
Amazon.com, Inc
2.50%-14.41%0.81%0.07%7.17%21.67%6.47%20.72%
GOOG
Alphabet Inc
-2.19%-12.98%6.80%6.40%92.42%41.57%21.60%25.80%
META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
1.36%-13.30%-16.49%-16.89%-23.97%24.59%10.21%17.29%
NFLX
Netflix, Inc.
4.10%-15.50%-21.28%-21.87%-43.51%20.96%6.97%23.70%
*Multi-year figures are annualized to reflect compound growth (CAGR)

Monthly Returns

Based on dividend-adjusted daily data since Apr 3, 2014, FAANG Portfolio's average daily return is +0.11%, while the average monthly return is +2.19%. At this rate, an investment would double in approximately 2.7 years.

Historically, 65% of months were positive and 35% were negative. The best month was Apr 2020 with a return of +18.6%, while the worst month was Apr 2022 at -22.1%. The longest winning streak lasted 8 consecutive months, and the longest losing streak was 4 months.

On a daily basis, FAANG Portfolio closed higher 56% of trading days. The best single day was Apr 9, 2025 with a return of +12.0%, while the worst single day was Mar 16, 2020 at -10.9%.


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20260.90%-3.20%-4.82%14.35%2.19%-12.13%-4.54%
20257.56%-5.54%-9.28%2.42%7.47%7.72%1.53%4.05%4.23%2.97%2.06%-3.08%22.57%
20244.91%8.99%1.10%-3.21%8.73%7.51%-3.22%3.03%3.69%1.19%6.85%4.92%53.42%
202318.04%-1.36%13.46%3.59%12.44%7.00%4.88%-1.27%-6.28%1.80%10.47%4.23%87.27%
2022-10.78%-8.74%3.52%-22.05%-2.38%-10.36%15.96%-2.86%-8.64%-1.57%4.59%-7.88%-43.89%
2021-0.86%0.24%2.60%8.98%-2.58%6.23%2.33%6.49%-4.88%5.67%0.56%0.32%27.07%

Benchmark Metrics

FAANG Portfolio has an annualized alpha of 12.69%, beta of 1.18, and R2 of 0.61 versus S&P 500 Index. Calculated based on daily prices since April 03, 2014.

  • This portfolio captured 164.15% of S&P 500 Index gains and 100.94% of its losses - amplifying both gains and losses, but participating more in upside than downside.
  • This portfolio generated an annualized alpha of 12.69% versus S&P 500 Index - delivering returns beyond what market exposure alone would predict.

Alpha
12.69%
Beta
1.18
0.61
Upside Capture
164.15%
Downside Capture
100.94%

Expense Ratio

FAANG Portfolio has an expense ratio of 0.00%, meaning no management fees are charged. Below, you can find the expense ratios of the portfolio's funds side by side and easily compare their relative costs.


The portfolio doesn't include any funds that charge management fees.

Return for Risk

Risk / Return Rank

FAANG Portfolio ranks 10 for risk / return — in the bottom 10% of Portfolios on our site. This means you're taking on significantly more risk than the returns justify. Consider whether the potential upside is worth the volatility, or explore alternatives with better risk / return profiles.


FAANG Portfolio Risk / Return Rank: 1010
Overall Rank
FAANG Portfolio Sharpe Ratio Rank: 99
Sharpe Ratio Rank
FAANG Portfolio Sortino Ratio Rank: 99
Sortino Ratio Rank
FAANG Portfolio Omega Ratio Rank: 99
Omega Ratio Rank
FAANG Portfolio Calmar Ratio Rank: 1010
Calmar Ratio Rank
FAANG Portfolio Martin Ratio Rank: 1010
Martin Ratio Rank
The rank (0–100) shows how this investment's returns compare to the risk taken. Higher = better. Based on the past 12 months of data, combining Sharpe, Sortino, and other metrics used by quantitative funds and institutional investors.

Return / Risk — by metrics

The table below presents risk-adjusted performance metrics for FAANG Portfolio and compares them with S&P 500 Index.

Values are calculated on a 1-year rolling basis and updated daily. Risk-adjusted metrics are more stable over longer periods — use the period switch above to explore them.


PortfolioBenchmarkDifference
Sharpe ratioReturn per unit of total volatility

0.46

1.59

-1.13

Sortino ratioReturn per unit of downside risk

0.79

2.19

-1.40

Omega ratioGain probability vs. loss probability

1.09

1.29

-0.20

Calmar ratioReturn relative to maximum drawdown

0.63

2.18

-1.55

Martin ratioReturn relative to average drawdown

1.84

9.54

-7.71


How much return does each position deliver for the risk it carries? Higher values mean better reward for the risk taken.

PositionRisk / Return RankSharpe ratioSortino ratioOmega ratioCalmar ratioMartin ratio
AAPL
Apple Inc
85
1.782.481.333.047.33
AMZN
Amazon.com, Inc
49
0.230.541.070.330.75
GOOG
Alphabet Inc
95
3.194.421.534.4814.85
META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
14
-0.67-0.820.90-0.72-1.42
NFLX
Netflix, Inc.
4
-1.29-1.990.75-0.93-1.64

Sharpe Ratio

The Sharpe ratio helps investors understand how much return they're getting for the level of risk taken. A higher Sharpe ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance, meaning more reward for each unit of risk. Learn how to interpret the Sharpe ratio.

The current FAANG Portfolio Sharpe ratio is 0.46 as of Jun 26, 2026 (the value is recalculated daily), calculated over the past 12 months.

Compared to the broad market, where average Sharpe ratios range from 1.37 to 2.29, this portfolio's current Sharpe ratio places it in the bottom 25%. This suggests weaker risk-adjusted returns than most portfolios, possibly due to lower returns, higher volatility, or both. It may be worth reviewing the allocation. You can use the Portfolio Optimization tool to explore options for improving the Sharpe ratio.

The chart below shows the rolling Sharpe ratio of FAANG Portfolio compared to the selected benchmark. This view highlights how the investment's risk-adjusted performance has changed over time.


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Dividends

Dividend yield

FAANG Portfolio provided a 0.20% dividend yield over the last twelve months.


PositionTTM20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Portfolio0.20%0.19%0.21%0.10%0.14%0.10%0.12%0.21%0.36%0.29%0.39%0.39%
AAPL
Apple Inc
0.37%0.38%0.40%0.49%0.70%0.49%0.61%1.04%1.79%1.45%1.93%1.93%
AMZN
Amazon.com, Inc
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
GOOG
Alphabet Inc
0.25%0.26%0.32%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
0.38%0.32%0.34%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
NFLX
Netflix, Inc.
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%

Drawdowns

Drawdowns Chart

The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.


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Worst Drawdowns

The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the FAANG Portfolio. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.

The maximum drawdown for the FAANG Portfolio was 48.98%, occurring on Nov 3, 2022. Recovery took 281 trading sessions.

The current FAANG Portfolio drawdown is 14.34%.


Related event

Drawdown

Fall

Recovery

Underwater

Bear market2022
-48.98%Nov 2022
11mo 16d1y 1mo
2y 26dNov 2021 - Dec 2023
Rate-hike selloffLate 2018
-30.93%Dec 2018
3mo 25d4mo
7mo 25dAug 2018 - Apr 2019
COVID crash2020
-26.21%Mar 2020
25d1mo 22d
2mo 17dFeb 2020 - May 2020
2025 selloff2025
-25.07%Apr 2025
1mo 19d2mo 23d
4mo 12dFeb 2025 - Jun 2025
2016 bear market2016
-20.04%Feb 2016
2mo 3d5mo 29d
8mo 2dDec 2015 - Aug 2016

Volatility

Volatility Chart

The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.


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Diversification

AI Analysis


The gist

The portfolio is a concentrated bet on the large-cap U.S. internet and platform economy, with Apple (AAPL) as the one hardware-adjacent note in a largely software, ads, cloud, and streaming chorus. It is diversified in the narrow arithmetic sense, but the correlations say the portfolio mostly owns the same macro narrative five times.

The numbers

  • The diversification ratio is 1.56 over 1Y, then 1.39, 1.30, 1.27, and 1.28 over longer windows; that is modest to meaningful diversification, with the recent window looking better than the history.
  • The effective number of assets is 5.0 out of 5, so the weights are perfectly spread; concentration is not the problem, correlation is.
  • Pairwise correlations average 0.53, with META, Google (GOOG), and Amazon (AMZN) forming the tightest cluster; the portfolio behaves like a small basket of one trade.

The good

  • The equal weights avoid a single-name accident, which matters because the portfolio is otherwise already making a clear sector-and-factor statement.
  • Netflix (NFLX) sits a little apart from the GOOG/AMZN/META cluster, which gives the portfolio some internal texture.
  • To be fair, the 1Y diversification ratio is stronger than the longer-run numbers, so the positions have not all been moving in lockstep at once.

The bad

  • Three holdings, GOOG, AMZN, and META, sit in the same cluster, and all five names have high portfolio correlations, so the portfolio’s real risk is common factor exposure.
  • The portfolio is heavily exposed to advertising, platform monetization, and consumer internet sentiment, which are different businesses and also annoyingly similar when risk gets repriced.

The ugly

  • If ad budgets slow, cloud margins compress, or large-cap growth de-rates together, the correlation structure can tighten fast and the diversification ratio can look much smaller than it does in calm periods.

Next steps

  • Portfolios with this correlation profile are often paired with exposures whose earnings drivers sit outside digital advertising and consumer internet.
  • The cluster data suggests the portfolio is more coherent as a single thematic sleeve than as a broad market diversifier.
  • The recent 1Y improvement hints that short-window relationships can differ meaningfully from the long-run pattern.
AI-generated analysis. Not investment advice. Verify key facts independently.
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Diversification Metrics


Number of Effective Assets

The portfolio contains 5 assets, with an effective number of assets of 5.00, reflecting the diversification based on asset allocation. Your capital is spread almost evenly across your holdings, indicating a well-balanced allocation. Note that true diversification also depends on the correlations between assets — check the diversification ratio below.


Diversification Ratio
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
All Time
Diversification Ratio

1.57

1.39

1.30

1.27

1.28

The portfolio has a diversification ratio of 1.28, in line with the typical range across portfolios. There's room to improve by adding less correlated assets.

FAANG Portfolio correlation to the S&P 500 Index

FAANG Portfolio has a 0.69 correlation to S&P 500 Index over the trailing 12 months. This section compares each holding's correlation to the benchmark and to the portfolio.

Correlation
Correlation (1Y)
Calculated over the trailing 1-year period

0.69

Correlation (3Y)
Calculated over the trailing 3-year period

0.74

Correlation (5Y)
Calculated over the trailing 5-year period

0.80

Correlation (10Y)
Calculated over the trailing 10-year period

0.75

Correlation (All Time)
Calculated using the full available price history since Apr 3, 2014

0.74


Benchmark Correlations

Correlation vs. S&P 500 Index. GOOG has the highest benchmark correlation at 0.69, while NFLX has the lowest at 0.48.

NFLX
0.48
META
0.61
AMZN
0.64
AAPL
0.67
GOOG
0.69

Portfolio Correlations

Correlation vs. FAANG Portfolio. AMZN has the highest portfolio correlation at 0.82, while AAPL has the lowest at 0.70.

AAPL
0.70
NFLX
0.74
GOOG
0.79
META
0.79
AMZN
0.82

Asset Correlations Table

The table below displays the correlation coefficients between the individual components of the portfolio, the entire portfolio, and the chosen benchmark.

NFLXAAPLMETAGOOGAMZN
NFLX1.000.410.490.440.52
AAPL0.411.000.480.550.53
META0.490.481.000.630.61
GOOG0.440.550.631.000.65
AMZN0.520.530.610.651.00
The correlation results are calculated based on daily price changes starting from Apr 3, 2014
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