Asset Allocation
Performance
Performance Chart
The chart shows the growth of an initial investment of $10,000 in all asset classes, 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 May 30, 2007, corresponding to the inception date of BIL
Returns By Period
As of Apr 7, 2026, the all asset classes returned 2.07% Year-To-Date and 9.15% of annualized return in the last 10 years.
| 1D | 1M | YTD | 6M | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | 10Y* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benchmark S&P 500 Index | 0.44% | -1.90% | -3.41% | -1.91% | 30.31% | 17.22% | 10.14% | 12.44% |
Portfolio all asset classes | 0.18% | -1.26% | 2.07% | 3.19% | 21.40% | 12.80% | 7.63% | 9.15% |
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BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | -0.20% | -4.53% | -5.23% | -4.73% | -3.48% | 15.09% | 12.56% | 12.94% |
GLD SPDR Gold Shares | -0.41% | -9.69% | 7.91% | 17.36% | 52.89% | 31.87% | 21.31% | 13.70% |
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | 0.50% | 0.21% | 2.56% | 5.22% | 35.98% | 14.67% | 8.27% | 8.93% |
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | 0.35% | -0.84% | 0.47% | 0.17% | 31.77% | 13.62% | 3.99% | 7.88% |
QQQ Invesco QQQ ETF | 0.60% | -1.75% | -4.08% | -2.91% | 39.91% | 23.49% | 12.83% | 19.23% |
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | 0.40% | -3.34% | -8.70% | -8.53% | 33.07% | 21.74% | 12.04% | 16.80% |
SPY State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF | 0.47% | -1.73% | -3.11% | -1.33% | 31.90% | 18.72% | 11.65% | 14.26% |
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 0.14% | -2.38% | 3.20% | 1.76% | 11.58% | 7.38% | 3.02% | 4.91% |
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | -0.16% | -1.65% | 0.53% | -0.09% | -2.44% | -3.40% | -5.70% | -1.45% |
PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | 0.23% | -1.53% | -0.37% | -1.67% | 9.82% | 5.72% | 1.12% | 3.38% |
Monthly Returns
Based on dividend-adjusted daily data since May 31, 2007, all asset classes's average daily return is +0.03%, while the average monthly return is +0.65%. At this rate, your investment would double in approximately 8.9 years.
Historically, 64% of months were positive and 36% were negative. The best month was Apr 2009 with a return of +8.7%, while the worst month was Oct 2008 at -13.7%. The longest winning streak lasted 14 consecutive months, and the longest losing streak was 6 months.
On a daily basis, all asset classes closed higher 56% of trading days. The best single day was Oct 13, 2008 with a return of +8.0%, while the worst single day was Mar 12, 2020 at -6.8%.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.53% | 2.35% | -3.50% | 0.78% | 2.07% | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2.26% | 1.23% | -1.03% | -0.29% | 2.20% | 2.73% | 0.63% | 2.20% | 2.91% | 0.82% | 1.06% | -0.12% | 15.54% |
| 2024 | 0.20% | 2.23% | 2.63% | -3.00% | 3.26% | 1.24% | 2.39% | 2.17% | 2.07% | -1.46% | 2.44% | -2.69% | 11.80% |
| 2023 | 6.41% | -3.13% | 2.48% | 0.98% | -1.26% | 3.61% | 2.58% | -1.68% | -3.61% | -2.10% | 6.80% | 4.01% | 15.38% |
| 2022 | -2.99% | -0.80% | 1.91% | -5.98% | -0.13% | -5.84% | 5.25% | -3.80% | -7.26% | 2.51% | 6.39% | -3.20% | -14.05% |
| 2021 | -0.49% | 1.11% | 1.40% | 3.97% | 1.52% | 1.15% | 1.28% | 1.27% | -2.79% | 3.88% | -1.55% | 3.15% | 14.56% |
Benchmark Metrics
all asset classes has an annualized alpha of 2.45%, beta of 0.57, and R² of 0.88 versus S&P 500 Index. Calculated based on daily prices since May 31, 2007.
- This portfolio participates in less of S&P 500 Index's moves in both directions, but captures a larger share of gains (63.39%) than losses (62.13%) — typical of diversified or defensive assets.
- This portfolio generated an annualized alpha of 2.45% versus S&P 500 Index — delivering returns beyond what market exposure alone would predict.
- Beta of 0.57 indicates this portfolio moves significantly less than S&P 500 Index — a genuinely defensive profile with reduced participation in both market rallies and downturns.
- Alpha
- 2.45%
- Beta
- 0.57
- R²
- 0.88
- Upside Capture
- 63.39%
- Downside Capture
- 62.13%
Expense Ratio
all asset classes has an expense ratio of 0.23%, 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.
Top 10 holdings
Return for Risk
Risk / Return Rank
all asset classes ranks 71 for risk / return — better than 71% of portfolios on our site. You're getting solid returns for the risk taken. A good sign, especially for investors who want growth without excessive volatility.
Return / Risk — by metrics
| Portfolio | Benchmark | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sharpe ratioReturn per unit of total volatility | 2.23 | 1.84 | +0.39 |
Sortino ratioReturn per unit of downside risk | 3.54 | 2.97 | +0.56 |
Omega ratioGain probability vs. loss probability | 1.49 | 1.40 | +0.09 |
Calmar ratioReturn relative to maximum drawdown | 2.39 | 1.82 | +0.57 |
Martin ratioReturn relative to average drawdown | 11.12 | 7.76 | +3.36 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 21 | -0.21 | -0.17 | 0.98 | -0.76 | -1.30 |
GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 80 | 1.92 | 2.34 | 1.35 | 2.52 | 8.99 |
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | 82 | 2.23 | 3.30 | 1.43 | 2.13 | 8.23 |
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | 76 | 1.90 | 2.71 | 1.37 | 1.98 | 7.00 |
QQQ Invesco QQQ ETF | 79 | 1.91 | 2.97 | 1.40 | 2.02 | 7.51 |
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | 62 | 1.60 | 2.58 | 1.34 | 1.11 | 3.86 |
SPY State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF | 80 | 1.85 | 3.00 | 1.42 | 2.03 | 8.48 |
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 28 | 0.76 | 1.17 | 1.15 | 0.33 | 1.11 |
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 7 | -0.22 | -0.22 | 0.97 | -0.10 | -0.21 |
PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | 51 | 1.26 | 1.86 | 1.24 | 1.06 | 3.28 |
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Dividends
Dividend yield
all asset classes provided a 2.55% dividend yield over the last twelve months.
| TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 2.55% | 2.64% | 2.85% | 2.75% | 2.13% | 1.46% | 1.56% | 2.12% | 2.33% | 1.89% | 2.04% | 2.01% |
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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% |
GLD SPDR Gold Shares | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | 3.30% | 3.38% | 3.24% | 2.98% | 2.69% | 3.33% | 2.13% | 3.10% | 3.39% | 2.57% | 3.07% | 2.76% |
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF | 2.69% | 2.79% | 3.20% | 3.52% | 4.11% | 2.63% | 1.91% | 3.23% | 2.88% | 2.30% | 2.52% | 3.26% |
QQQ Invesco QQQ ETF | 0.48% | 0.45% | 0.56% | 0.62% | 0.80% | 0.43% | 0.55% | 0.74% | 0.91% | 0.84% | 1.06% | 0.99% |
IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF | 0.39% | 0.36% | 0.46% | 0.67% | 0.91% | 0.49% | 0.66% | 0.99% | 1.27% | 1.10% | 1.43% | 1.37% |
SPY State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF | 1.12% | 1.07% | 1.21% | 1.40% | 1.65% | 1.20% | 1.52% | 1.75% | 2.04% | 1.80% | 2.03% | 2.06% |
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF | 3.86% | 3.92% | 3.85% | 3.95% | 3.91% | 2.56% | 3.93% | 3.39% | 4.74% | 4.23% | 4.82% | 3.92% |
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 4.51% | 4.43% | 4.30% | 3.38% | 2.67% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 2.27% | 2.63% | 2.43% | 2.60% | 2.61% |
PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | 5.83% | 6.30% | 6.32% | 6.63% | 6.01% | 4.45% | 4.79% | 5.31% | 6.32% | 5.59% | 5.85% | 5.76% |
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 all asset classes. 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 all asset classes was 38.14%, occurring on Mar 9, 2009. Recovery took 274 trading sessions.
The current all asset classes drawdown is 2.74%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -38.14% | May 20, 2008 | 202 | Mar 9, 2009 | 274 | Apr 9, 2010 | 476 |
| -22.19% | Feb 20, 2020 | 20 | Mar 18, 2020 | 87 | Jul 22, 2020 | 107 |
| -19.33% | Dec 31, 2021 | 199 | Oct 14, 2022 | 325 | Feb 1, 2024 | 524 |
| -11.24% | Apr 29, 2015 | 184 | Jan 20, 2016 | 97 | Jun 8, 2016 | 281 |
| -10.61% | Jan 29, 2018 | 229 | Dec 24, 2018 | 56 | Mar 18, 2019 | 285 |
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 15.00, 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
| Benchmark | BIL | GLD | LQD | BND | DBC | TLT | PFF | BRK-B | VNQ | VWO | QQQ | EFA | IWF | MDY | SPY | Portfolio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark | 1.00 | -0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | -0.14 | 0.33 | -0.27 | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.74 | 0.90 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.90 |
| BIL | -0.02 | 1.00 | 0.01 | -0.01 | 0.02 | -0.00 | 0.02 | -0.03 | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.01 | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.02 | -0.02 |
| GLD | 0.05 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.13 | -0.02 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.28 |
| LQD | 0.06 | -0.01 | 0.23 | 1.00 | 0.81 | -0.02 | 0.73 | 0.30 | -0.01 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.26 |
| BND | -0.14 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.81 | 1.00 | -0.11 | 0.86 | 0.15 | -0.15 | 0.04 | -0.10 | -0.11 | -0.08 | -0.11 | -0.14 | -0.14 | 0.06 |
| DBC | 0.33 | -0.00 | 0.33 | -0.02 | -0.11 | 1.00 | -0.20 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.41 | 0.27 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.46 |
| TLT | -0.27 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.73 | 0.86 | -0.20 | 1.00 | 0.03 | -0.25 | -0.06 | -0.23 | -0.22 | -0.23 | -0.24 | -0.26 | -0.27 | -0.08 |
| PFF | 0.55 | -0.03 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 1.00 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.55 | 0.64 |
| BRK-B | 0.64 | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.01 | -0.15 | 0.22 | -0.25 | 0.36 | 1.00 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.62 |
| VNQ | 0.67 | -0.02 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.19 | -0.06 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 1.00 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.72 |
| VWO | 0.74 | -0.01 | 0.20 | 0.07 | -0.10 | 0.41 | -0.23 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 1.00 | 0.68 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.81 |
| QQQ | 0.90 | -0.02 | 0.04 | 0.08 | -0.11 | 0.27 | -0.22 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.68 | 1.00 | 0.72 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 0.89 | 0.82 |
| EFA | 0.82 | -0.02 | 0.18 | 0.10 | -0.08 | 0.39 | -0.23 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 1.00 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.86 |
| IWF | 0.95 | -0.02 | 0.05 | 0.08 | -0.11 | 0.29 | -0.24 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.71 | 0.95 | 0.77 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| MDY | 0.89 | -0.03 | 0.06 | 0.05 | -0.14 | 0.35 | -0.26 | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
| SPY | 0.99 | -0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | -0.14 | 0.33 | -0.27 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 0.90 |
| Portfolio | 0.90 | -0.02 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.06 | 0.46 | -0.08 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 1.00 |