Asset Allocation
Performance
Performance Chart
The chart shows the growth of an initial investment of CA$10,000 in optimized, 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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The earliest data available for this chart is Dec 1, 2022, corresponding to the inception date of BAM.TO
Returns By Period
| 1D | 1M | YTD | 6M | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benchmark S&P 500 Index | 0.44% | -2.24% | -2.46% | -2.17% | 20.45% | 18.24% | 12.68% | 12.98% |
Portfolio optimized | 0.07% | -1.97% | 2.55% | 7.03% | 38.95% | 22.72% | — | — |
| Portfolio components: | ||||||||
ABX.TO Barrick Gold Corporation | -1.11% | -9.10% | -2.11% | 24.09% | 117.69% | 35.15% | 21.32% | 14.95% |
BAM.TO Brookfield Asset Management Ltd | 1.03% | -2.58% | -13.04% | -21.83% | -3.39% | 17.02% | — | — |
CDZ.TO iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF | 0.74% | -0.83% | 7.22% | 4.54% | 22.32% | 14.56% | 10.39% | 9.47% |
CTC-A.TO Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd | 0.23% | -2.78% | 9.94% | 13.99% | 33.18% | 6.70% | 4.87% | 6.85% |
CRT-UN.TO CT Real Estate Investment Trust | 0.71% | -0.85% | 6.54% | 6.48% | 23.39% | 9.02% | 7.06% | 7.51% |
EQB.TO Equitable Group Inc. | 1.46% | -3.21% | 9.07% | 21.21% | 20.68% | 26.69% | 14.55% | 18.11% |
RCI-B.TO Rogers Communications Inc | -7.95% | -10.99% | -5.03% | 2.51% | 38.62% | -3.70% | -0.12% | 2.94% |
RSI.TO Rogers Sugar Inc. | -0.45% | 1.52% | 13.47% | 5.93% | 29.38% | 9.52% | 10.50% | 9.46% |
VA.TO Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index ETF | -1.29% | -2.77% | 10.40% | 12.07% | 43.04% | 18.01% | 8.97% | 9.70% |
VDY.TO Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF | 0.88% | 0.86% | 9.76% | 15.89% | 41.98% | 21.64% | 16.88% | 13.66% |
Monthly Returns
Based on dividend-adjusted daily data since Dec 2, 2022, optimized's average daily return is +0.08%, while the average monthly return is +1.64%. At this rate, your investment would double in approximately 3.6 years.
Historically, 61% of months were positive and 39% were negative. The best month was Nov 2023 with a return of +9.7%, while the worst month was May 2023 at -5.9%. The longest winning streak lasted 5 consecutive months, and the longest losing streak was 3 months.
On a daily basis, optimized closed higher 57% of trading days. The best single day was Apr 9, 2025 with a return of +5.7%, while the worst single day was Apr 4, 2025 at -5.0%.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.19% | 5.55% | -4.64% | 0.69% | 2.55% | ||||||||
| 2025 | 5.63% | -0.50% | -2.08% | -0.02% | 4.52% | 2.57% | 4.52% | 5.05% | 5.32% | -0.26% | 5.26% | 1.27% | 35.61% |
| 2024 | -0.93% | 0.42% | 4.52% | -2.78% | 3.17% | -1.71% | 8.60% | 0.09% | 5.60% | 3.02% | 3.21% | -4.04% | 20.04% |
| 2023 | 9.11% | -0.84% | -0.31% | 2.82% | -5.85% | 2.76% | 2.89% | -0.33% | -3.74% | -3.15% | 9.72% | 5.89% | 19.18% |
| 2022 | -4.78% | -4.78% |
Benchmark Metrics
optimized has an annualized alpha of 10.15%, beta of 0.61, and R² of 0.37 versus S&P 500 Index. Calculated based on daily prices since December 02, 2022.
- This portfolio participates in less of S&P 500 Index's moves in both directions, but captures a larger share of gains (86.44%) than losses (37.79%) — typical of diversified or defensive assets.
- Beta of 0.61 may look defensive, but with R² of 0.37 this portfolio is largely uncorrelated with S&P 500 Index — low beta reflects independence, not downside protection. See the Volatility section for a true picture of this portfolio's risk.
- R² of 0.37 means the benchmark explains less than half of this portfolio's behavior — treat beta with caution or consider switching to a more representative benchmark.
- Alpha
- 10.15%
- Beta
- 0.61
- R²
- 0.37
- Upside Capture
- 86.44%
- Downside Capture
- 37.79%
Expense Ratio
optimized has an expense ratio of 0.15%, which is considered low. Below, you can find the expense ratios of the portfolio's funds side by side and easily compare their relative costs.
Return for Risk
Risk / Return Rank
optimized ranks 86 for risk / return — in the top 86% of portfolios on our site. This means strong returns relative to risk — exactly what professional investors look for. Well-suited for investors who want to maximize return per unit of risk.
Return / Risk — by metrics
| Portfolio | Benchmark | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sharpe ratioReturn per unit of total volatility | 2.06 | 0.75 | +1.31 |
Sortino ratioReturn per unit of downside risk | 2.74 | 1.13 | +1.61 |
Omega ratioGain probability vs. loss probability | 1.39 | 1.18 | +0.21 |
Calmar ratioReturn relative to maximum drawdown | 3.03 | 1.15 | +1.88 |
Martin ratioReturn relative to average drawdown | 12.45 | 4.19 | +8.26 |
Data is calculated on a 1-year rolling basis and updated daily. The trend shows the change in the indicator over the past month. | |||
How much return does each position deliver for the risk it carries? Higher values mean better reward for the risk taken.
| Risk / Return Rank | Sharpe ratio | Sortino ratio | Omega ratio | Calmar ratio | Martin ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ABX.TO Barrick Gold Corporation | 91 | 2.65 | 2.86 | 1.41 | 3.90 | 13.85 |
BAM.TO Brookfield Asset Management Ltd | 25 | -0.37 | -0.31 | 0.96 | -0.32 | -0.71 |
CDZ.TO iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF | 85 | 1.94 | 2.43 | 1.42 | 2.47 | 12.14 |
CTC-A.TO Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd | 77 | 1.47 | 1.94 | 1.30 | 1.92 | 4.03 |
CRT-UN.TO CT Real Estate Investment Trust | 84 | 1.62 | 2.39 | 1.28 | 3.54 | 9.11 |
EQB.TO Equitable Group Inc. | 56 | 0.58 | 0.97 | 1.15 | 0.79 | 1.72 |
RCI-B.TO Rogers Communications Inc | 85 | 1.80 | 2.45 | 1.33 | 3.33 | 9.07 |
RSI.TO Rogers Sugar Inc. | 88 | 1.94 | 2.74 | 1.39 | 3.42 | 10.25 |
VA.TO Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index ETF | 84 | 1.81 | 2.38 | 1.36 | 3.00 | 11.11 |
VDY.TO Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF | 96 | 3.51 | 4.25 | 1.75 | 3.95 | 22.65 |
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Dividends
Dividend yield
optimized provided a 3.17% dividend yield over the last twelve months.
| TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 3.17% | 3.06% | 3.34% | 3.59% | 2.97% | 2.51% | 2.47% | 2.33% | 2.35% | 1.80% | 1.71% | 2.17% |
| Portfolio components: | ||||||||||||
ABX.TO Barrick Gold Corporation | 2.01% | 1.23% | 2.45% | 2.27% | 3.64% | 4.06% | 1.42% | 0.92% | 1.36% | 1.02% | 0.59% | 1.93% |
BAM.TO Brookfield Asset Management Ltd | 4.05% | 3.41% | 2.67% | 3.24% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
CDZ.TO iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF | 3.29% | 3.46% | 3.56% | 3.71% | 3.67% | 2.95% | 3.70% | 3.68% | 4.37% | 3.43% | 3.51% | 3.72% |
CTC-A.TO Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd | 3.77% | 4.08% | 4.63% | 4.90% | 4.13% | 2.59% | 2.72% | 2.97% | 2.52% | 1.59% | 1.65% | 1.78% |
CRT-UN.TO CT Real Estate Investment Trust | 5.52% | 5.77% | 6.40% | 6.04% | 5.48% | 4.76% | 5.09% | 4.70% | 6.37% | 4.82% | 4.57% | 5.09% |
EQB.TO Equitable Group Inc. | 1.99% | 2.08% | 1.85% | 1.72% | 2.13% | 1.07% | 1.47% | 1.18% | 1.83% | 1.33% | 1.39% | 1.48% |
RCI-B.TO Rogers Communications Inc | 4.10% | 3.86% | 4.53% | 3.22% | 3.16% | 3.32% | 5.06% | 3.10% | 2.74% | 3.00% | 3.71% | 4.02% |
RSI.TO Rogers Sugar Inc. | 5.41% | 6.05% | 6.13% | 6.69% | 6.33% | 6.05% | 6.42% | 7.32% | 6.62% | 5.70% | 5.29% | 8.49% |
VA.TO Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index ETF | 1.97% | 2.17% | 2.31% | 2.57% | 3.09% | 2.35% | 2.14% | 2.53% | 2.84% | 1.71% | 1.62% | 1.88% |
VDY.TO Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF | 3.19% | 3.59% | 4.40% | 4.64% | 4.42% | 3.58% | 4.59% | 4.25% | 4.43% | 3.82% | 3.25% | 4.11% |
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 optimized. 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 optimized was 13.52%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. Recovery took 26 trading sessions.
The current optimized drawdown is 4.68%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -13.52% | Feb 20, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 26 | May 15, 2025 | 60 |
| -9.89% | Feb 27, 2026 | 16 | Mar 20, 2026 | — | — | — |
| -8.78% | Sep 18, 2023 | 29 | Oct 27, 2023 | 23 | Nov 29, 2023 | 52 |
| -6.96% | Aug 1, 2024 | 4 | Aug 7, 2024 | 12 | Aug 23, 2024 | 16 |
| -6.93% | Dec 8, 2022 | 8 | Dec 19, 2022 | 15 | Jan 12, 2023 | 23 |
Volatility
Volatility Chart
The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.
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Diversification
Diversification Metrics
Number of Effective Assets
The portfolio contains 15 assets, with an effective number of assets of 9.06, reflecting the diversification based on asset allocation. This number of effective assets indicates a moderate level of diversification, where some assets may have a more significant influence on overall performance.
Asset Correlations Table
| Benchmark | XEG.TO | ABX.TO | RCI-B.TO | RSI.TO | CTC-A.TO | EQB.TO | CRT-UN.TO | BAM.TO | VA.TO | ZDI.TO | ZEB.TO | VIDY.TO | VIU.TO | VDY.TO | CDZ.TO | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark | 1.00 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.55 |
| XEG.TO | 0.15 | 1.00 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.58 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
| ABX.TO | 0.11 | 0.14 | 1.00 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.53 |
| RCI-B.TO | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 1.00 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.31 |
| RSI.TO | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 1.00 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.35 |
| CTC-A.TO | 0.28 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 1.00 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.42 |
| EQB.TO | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 1.00 | 0.30 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.47 |
| CRT-UN.TO | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.38 | 0.30 | 1.00 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.60 | 0.43 |
| BAM.TO | 0.52 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.28 | 1.00 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.80 |
| VA.TO | 0.54 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 1.00 | 0.68 | 0.47 | 0.70 | 0.79 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.60 |
| ZDI.TO | 0.49 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 1.00 | 0.55 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.65 |
| ZEB.TO | 0.49 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 1.00 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.85 | 0.73 | 0.70 |
| VIDY.TO | 0.49 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.45 | 0.70 | 0.86 | 0.57 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.67 |
| VIU.TO | 0.62 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.51 | 0.79 | 0.88 | 0.58 | 0.88 | 1.00 | 0.57 | 0.64 | 0.71 |
| VDY.TO | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.57 | 0.85 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 0.72 |
| CDZ.TO | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.78 |
| Portfolio | 0.55 | 0.33 | 0.53 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.80 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 1.00 |