Pinwheel Portfolio
The Pinwheel Portfolio is a lazy portfolio created by Tyler from PortfolioCharts.com. It uses all four equally-weighted core asset classes: U.S. stocks, international stocks, bonds, and real estate. Each asset class is then enhanced with a performance tilt to optimize performance and reduce volatility and risk.
Pinwheel PortfolioAsset Allocation
Pinwheel PortfolioPerformance
The chart shows the growth of $10,000 invested in Pinwheel Portfolio on Oct 23, 2012 and compares it to the S&P 500 index or another benchmark. It would be worth nearly $17,892 for a total return of roughly 78.92%. All prices are adjusted for splits and dividends. The portfolio is rebalanced Quarterly
Pinwheel PortfolioReturns
As of May 17, 2022, the Pinwheel Portfolio returned -11.17% Year-To-Date and 6.28% of annualized return in the last 10 years.
1M | YTD | 6M | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y | |
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Benchmark | -8.76% | -15.91% | -14.41% | -3.97% | 10.80% | 11.37% |
Pinwheel Portfolio | -6.57% | -11.17% | -11.46% | -6.66% | 6.36% | 6.28% |
Portfolio components: | ||||||
VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | -9.41% | -16.94% | -16.75% | -6.05% | 12.05% | 13.14% |
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF | -7.24% | -15.43% | -16.81% | -13.66% | 3.50% | 5.60% |
USRT iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | -12.03% | -15.39% | -10.16% | 4.76% | 7.28% | 7.72% |
SLYV SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF | -6.67% | -9.38% | -13.46% | -9.17% | 8.23% | 11.53% |
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | -8.71% | -16.86% | -20.27% | -20.17% | 2.43% | 2.51% |
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF | -0.07% | -7.08% | -6.99% | -7.52% | 0.99% | 1.18% |
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF | 0.05% | -2.62% | -2.78% | -3.22% | 0.95% | 0.77% |
IAU iShares Gold Trust | -7.37% | -0.29% | -2.23% | -1.05% | 7.95% | 0.37% |
Returns over 1 year are annualized |
Pinwheel PortfolioDividends
Pinwheel Portfolio granted a 2.09% dividend yield in the last twelve months, as of May 17, 2022.
Period | TTM | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
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Dividend yield | 2.09% | 1.84% | 1.85% | 2.40% | 2.87% | 2.56% | 2.43% | 2.90% | 3.07% | 2.24% | 1.99% | 1.84% | 2.07% |
Pinwheel PortfolioDrawdowns Chart
The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way.
Pinwheel PortfolioWorst Drawdowns
The table below shows the maximum drawdowns of the Pinwheel Portfolio. A maximum drawdown is an indicator of risk. It shows a reduction in portfolio value from its maximum due to a series of losing trades.
The maximum drawdown since January 2010 for the Pinwheel Portfolio is 23.65%, recorded on Mar 23, 2020. It took 97 trading sessions for the portfolio to recover.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
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-23.65% | Feb 21, 2020 | 22 | Mar 23, 2020 | 97 | Aug 10, 2020 | 119 |
-12.81% | Nov 16, 2021 | 123 | May 12, 2022 | — | — | — |
-11.53% | Apr 29, 2015 | 184 | Jan 20, 2016 | 108 | Jun 23, 2016 | 292 |
-11.2% | Jan 29, 2018 | 229 | Dec 24, 2018 | 66 | Apr 1, 2019 | 295 |
-7.8% | May 22, 2013 | 23 | Jun 24, 2013 | 60 | Sep 18, 2013 | 83 |
-5.51% | Sep 3, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 13 | Oct 12, 2020 | 27 |
-5.31% | Sep 8, 2014 | 26 | Oct 13, 2014 | 66 | Jan 16, 2015 | 92 |
-4.79% | Sep 8, 2016 | 42 | Nov 4, 2016 | 54 | Jan 25, 2017 | 96 |
-4.75% | Oct 13, 2020 | 12 | Oct 28, 2020 | 8 | Nov 9, 2020 | 20 |
-3.8% | Sep 7, 2021 | 18 | Sep 30, 2021 | 24 | Nov 3, 2021 | 42 |
Pinwheel PortfolioVolatility Chart
Current Pinwheel Portfolio volatility is 16.04%. The chart below shows the rolling 10-day volatility. Volatility is a statistical measure showing how big price swings are in either direction. The higher asset volatility, the riskier it is, because the price movements are less predictable.