Defensive
Asset Allocation
Performance
Performance Chart
The chart shows the growth of an initial investment of $10,000 in Defensive , 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.
The earliest data available for this chart is Mar 8, 2022, corresponding to the inception date of CTA
Returns By Period
YTD | 1M | 6M | 1Y | 5Y* | 10Y* | |
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^GSPC S&P 500 | -4.67% | 10.50% | -3.04% | 8.23% | 14.30% | 10.26% |
Defensive | 8.31% | 6.02% | 8.67% | 25.59% | N/A | N/A |
Portfolio components: | ||||||
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF | 1.45% | 0.32% | 2.16% | 4.85% | N/A | N/A |
VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 3.51% | 0.58% | 3.78% | 7.20% | 4.01% | 2.84% |
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | -5.64% | 2.45% | -10.40% | 1.72% | 13.00% | 10.24% |
COMT iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF | -2.69% | 2.54% | -2.05% | -4.65% | 13.89% | 2.26% |
GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust | 30.43% | 15.01% | 28.65% | 47.77% | 14.73% | N/A |
CTA Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF | -0.13% | -1.32% | 7.52% | 7.40% | N/A | N/A |
TAIL Cambria Tail Risk ETF | 12.65% | -8.51% | 12.69% | 9.61% | -9.63% | N/A |
QLEIX AQR Long-Short Equity Fund | 11.24% | 8.46% | 14.90% | 22.82% | 23.92% | 11.51% |
BRIIX Baron Real Estate Income Fund | -1.88% | 9.55% | -2.24% | 18.32% | 10.81% | N/A |
SCHY Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF | 16.08% | 14.21% | 11.10% | 15.17% | N/A | N/A |
FXF Invesco CurrencyShares® Swiss Franc Trust | 10.43% | 4.35% | 6.55% | 10.40% | 2.78% | 0.35% |
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. | 18.86% | 17.58% | 11.37% | 981.03% | 20.49% | N/A |
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A | -13.67% | 11.23% | -7.31% | -4.23% | 19.17% | 19.63% |
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | -12.43% | 17.86% | -10.21% | 23.80% | 29.38% | 24.82% |
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 13.03% | 4.48% | 9.26% | 26.15% | 24.29% | 13.24% |
FXE Invesco CurrencyShares® Euro Currency Trust | 10.35% | 4.34% | 6.70% | 7.65% | 1.39% | -0.05% |
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of Defensive , with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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2025 | 2.65% | 2.12% | 1.81% | 0.85% | 0.65% | 8.31% | |||||||
2024 | 0.25% | 1.67% | 2.99% | 0.16% | 6.49% | 2.15% | 3.12% | 3.21% | 0.54% | 0.10% | 1.33% | -0.72% | 23.26% |
2023 | 3.05% | -0.40% | -0.31% | 1.73% | -1.04% | 1.93% | 2.39% | -0.48% | -0.01% | -0.64% | 3.62% | 2.08% | 12.41% |
2022 | 1.02% | -1.24% | 1.72% | -4.39% | 1.05% | -0.73% | -5.35% | 2.88% | 4.04% | -0.56% | -1.93% |
Expense Ratio
Defensive has an expense ratio of 0.46%, placing it in the medium range. Below, you can find the expense ratios of the portfolio's funds side by side and easily compare their relative costs.
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
With an overall rank of 99, Defensive is among the top 1% of portfolios on our website when it comes to balancing risk and reward. Below is a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators
This table presents a comparison of risk-adjusted performance metrics for positions. Risk-adjusted metrics are performance indicators that assess an investment's returns in relation to its risk, enabling a more accurate comparison of different investment options.
Dividends
Dividend yield
Defensive provided a 3.30% dividend yield over the last twelve months.
TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
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Portfolio | 3.30% | 3.55% | 6.28% | 6.05% | 1.67% | 0.62% | 0.59% | 2.22% | 2.23% | 0.82% | 1.17% | 1.71% |
Portfolio components: | ||||||||||||
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF | 4.71% | 5.10% | 4.87% | 1.45% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 2.76% | 2.70% | 3.36% | 6.84% | 4.68% | 1.20% | 1.95% | 2.45% | 1.52% | 0.76% | 0.00% | 0.82% |
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF | 4.07% | 3.64% | 3.49% | 3.39% | 2.78% | 3.16% | 2.98% | 3.06% | 2.63% | 2.89% | 2.97% | 2.63% |
COMT iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF | 5.03% | 4.90% | 5.19% | 29.79% | 17.79% | 0.36% | 2.61% | 11.65% | 5.16% | 0.52% | 1.44% | 0.56% |
GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
CTA Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF | 4.72% | 4.80% | 7.78% | 6.58% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
TAIL Cambria Tail Risk ETF | 2.56% | 3.47% | 3.73% | 1.50% | 0.49% | 0.36% | 1.58% | 1.52% | 0.91% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
QLEIX AQR Long-Short Equity Fund | 6.40% | 7.12% | 20.79% | 14.15% | 0.00% | 1.57% | 0.00% | 6.03% | 9.11% | 3.01% | 4.98% | 8.00% |
BRIIX Baron Real Estate Income Fund | 1.40% | 1.41% | 1.94% | 2.00% | 1.42% | 0.77% | 1.12% | 2.97% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
SCHY Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF | 3.95% | 4.64% | 3.97% | 3.68% | 1.73% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
FXF Invesco CurrencyShares® Swiss Franc Trust | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, 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% |
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A | 0.49% | 0.32% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 1.42% | 1.18% | 1.78% | 2.48% | 1.56% | 1.58% | 3.49% | 3.55% | 2.32% | 2.61% | 2.54% | 1.79% |
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway 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% |
FXE Invesco CurrencyShares® Euro Currency Trust | 1.68% | 2.29% | 1.49% | 0.02% | 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.
Worst Drawdowns
The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the Defensive . 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 Defensive was 10.07%, occurring on Sep 27, 2022. Recovery took 173 trading sessions.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
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-10.07% | Mar 28, 2022 | 127 | Sep 27, 2022 | 173 | Jun 6, 2023 | 300 |
-4.84% | Apr 3, 2025 | 4 | Apr 8, 2025 | 11 | Apr 24, 2025 | 15 |
-2.84% | Sep 20, 2023 | 11 | Oct 4, 2023 | 30 | Nov 15, 2023 | 41 |
-2.12% | Aug 1, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 8 | Aug 15, 2024 | 11 |
-2.12% | Aug 20, 2024 | 13 | Sep 6, 2024 | 12 | Sep 24, 2024 | 25 |
Volatility
Volatility Chart
The current Defensive volatility is 3.15%, representing the average percentage change in the investments's value, either up or down over the past month. The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.
Diversification
Diversification Metrics
Number of Effective Assets
The portfolio contains 16 assets, with an effective number of assets of 11.14, reflecting the diversification based on asset allocation. This number of effective assets suggests that the portfolio's investments are spread across a variety of assets, indicating a well-diversified allocation. However, true diversification also depends on the correlations between assets.
Asset Correlations Table
^GSPC | SGOV | CTA | COMT | QLEIX | VTIP | GLDM | ASTS | FXF | FXE | TSM | GOOGL | TAIL | BRK-B | BRIIX | SCHD | SCHY | Portfolio | |
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^GSPC | 1.00 | 0.02 | -0.14 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.65 | 0.71 | -0.66 | 0.62 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.64 | 0.70 |
SGOV | 0.02 | 1.00 | -0.01 | -0.11 | -0.02 | 0.05 | 0.02 | -0.04 | 0.03 | -0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | -0.03 | 0.04 | -0.01 | 0.01 | -0.02 |
CTA | -0.14 | -0.01 | 1.00 | -0.03 | 0.00 | -0.34 | -0.12 | -0.02 | -0.28 | -0.25 | -0.11 | -0.10 | -0.15 | -0.09 | -0.20 | -0.17 | -0.22 | 0.01 |
COMT | 0.19 | -0.11 | -0.03 | 1.00 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.13 | -0.22 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.44 |
QLEIX | 0.33 | -0.02 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.07 | -0.03 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.16 | -0.39 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.49 |
VTIP | 0.17 | 0.05 | -0.34 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 0.43 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.27 |
GLDM | 0.14 | 0.02 | -0.12 | 0.29 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 1.00 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.38 | 0.46 |
ASTS | 0.42 | -0.04 | -0.02 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 1.00 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.31 | -0.31 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.55 |
FXF | 0.19 | 0.03 | -0.28 | 0.11 | -0.03 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.10 | 1.00 | 0.72 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.48 | 0.37 |
FXE | 0.29 | -0.01 | -0.25 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.41 | 0.15 | 0.72 | 1.00 | 0.24 | 0.20 | -0.04 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.59 | 0.47 |
TSM | 0.65 | 0.04 | -0.11 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 1.00 | 0.49 | -0.48 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.52 |
GOOGL | 0.71 | 0.05 | -0.10 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.49 | 1.00 | -0.49 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.48 |
TAIL | -0.66 | 0.05 | -0.15 | -0.22 | -0.39 | 0.28 | 0.13 | -0.31 | 0.12 | -0.04 | -0.48 | -0.49 | 1.00 | -0.48 | -0.36 | -0.50 | -0.34 | -0.45 |
BRK-B | 0.62 | -0.03 | -0.09 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.39 | -0.48 | 1.00 | 0.56 | 0.72 | 0.54 | 0.58 |
BRIIX | 0.71 | 0.04 | -0.20 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.40 | -0.36 | 0.56 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.64 | 0.59 |
SCHD | 0.76 | -0.01 | -0.17 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.40 | -0.50 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 0.68 | 0.66 |
SCHY | 0.64 | 0.01 | -0.22 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.59 | 0.43 | 0.39 | -0.34 | 0.54 | 0.64 | 0.68 | 1.00 | 0.73 |
Portfolio | 0.70 | -0.02 | 0.01 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.27 | 0.46 | 0.55 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.48 | -0.45 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 1.00 |