bonds l/s
When 10 year and 30 year differ by >0.7 basis points, perhaps its time for a long short.
Asset Allocation
Position | Category/Sector | Target Weight |
---|---|---|
BIL SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | Government Bonds | 400% |
BTAL AGFiQ US Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund | Long-Short | 100% |
DBSCX Doubleline Selective Credit Fund | Multisector Bonds | 100% |
GLD SPDR Gold Trust | Precious Metals, Gold | 125% |
HICOX Colorado Bond Shares A Tax Exempt Fund | Municipal Bonds | 100% |
OSTIX Osterweis Strategic Income Fund | High Yield Bonds | 125% |
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | Government Bonds | -1,000% |
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | Government Bonds | 50% |
UUP Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund | Currency | 100% |
Performance
Performance Chart
The chart shows the growth of an initial investment of $10,000 in bonds l/s, 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 Aug 4, 2014, corresponding to the inception date of DBSCX
Returns By Period
As of Apr 15, 2025, the bonds l/s returned 19.54% Year-To-Date and 24.49% of annualized return in the last 10 years.
YTD | 1M | 6M | 1Y | 5Y* | 10Y* | |
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^GSPC S&P 500 | -8.25% | -4.30% | -7.20% | 6.61% | 14.07% | 10.02% |
bonds l/s | 21.04% | 0.65% | 23.18% | 41.59% | 31.60% | 24.63% |
Portfolio components: | ||||||
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1.60% | -2.26% | -5.51% | 2.92% | -10.04% | -1.47% |
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1.76% | 0.57% | 2.09% | 5.89% | 1.04% | 1.37% |
BIL SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | 1.19% | 0.35% | 2.18% | 4.86% | 2.51% | 1.74% |
BTAL AGFiQ US Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund | 12.82% | 3.22% | 10.15% | 15.02% | -2.37% | 1.76% |
UUP Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund | -6.49% | -3.10% | -0.65% | -0.48% | 2.65% | 2.20% |
GLD SPDR Gold Trust | 22.98% | 8.19% | 21.09% | 34.77% | 13.03% | 9.95% |
OSTIX Osterweis Strategic Income Fund | -0.25% | -0.90% | 0.88% | 5.77% | 6.86% | 4.52% |
DBSCX Doubleline Selective Credit Fund | 1.62% | -0.53% | 2.12% | 9.01% | 5.12% | 4.01% |
HICOX Colorado Bond Shares A Tax Exempt Fund | -1.28% | -2.14% | -0.62% | 4.71% | 4.31% | 3.96% |
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of bonds l/s, 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 | 6.52% | 8.94% | 11.07% | -6.09% | 21.04% | ||||||||
2024 | 8.95% | 5.80% | 11.07% | 12.21% | 0.96% | 3.45% | 0.24% | 2.34% | 2.66% | 13.91% | -2.81% | -1.64% | 72.09% |
2023 | 6.00% | -0.45% | 0.40% | 5.54% | -0.38% | 0.90% | -2.42% | 2.98% | -2.17% | 9.47% | 1.75% | -4.98% | 16.94% |
2022 | 6.07% | 4.53% | 12.90% | 5.60% | -9.84% | 6.36% | -5.34% | 3.04% | 1.80% | -2.28% | 8.35% | 5.53% | 40.64% |
2021 | -2.30% | -19.25% | -0.18% | 3.94% | 7.24% | 0.62% | 6.40% | 0.61% | -2.73% | 5.12% | 4.19% | 9.77% | 10.57% |
2020 | 13.44% | -3.43% | -19.93% | 7.87% | 11.45% | 7.55% | 18.79% | -5.39% | -2.12% | -3.00% | -18.42% | 8.25% | 6.88% |
2019 | 1.89% | 0.29% | 1.72% | -1.37% | 7.41% | 3.83% | 7.07% | 18.09% | -4.94% | -2.03% | -4.90% | -1.31% | 26.36% |
2018 | 0.30% | -0.44% | 4.79% | 3.12% | 0.11% | 2.15% | -1.96% | -0.53% | 1.83% | 6.60% | -2.39% | 4.30% | 18.92% |
2017 | 3.57% | 7.86% | 1.64% | 3.46% | 5.44% | -4.11% | -0.26% | 8.72% | -5.55% | 3.79% | 0.90% | 5.35% | 34.22% |
2016 | 11.16% | 10.99% | -3.70% | 4.22% | -1.27% | 18.78% | 1.76% | -0.04% | -0.53% | 0.12% | -16.47% | 1.41% | 24.62% |
2015 | 19.52% | -10.13% | -0.52% | -8.19% | 2.42% | -7.62% | 1.32% | 5.04% | -0.70% | 0.74% | -4.71% | 0.42% | -5.43% |
2014 | 2.58% | -3.37% | -1.23% | 4.50% | 9.78% | 12.32% |
Expense Ratio
bonds l/s has a high expense ratio of 4.14%, indicating above-average management fees. 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 96, bonds l/s is among the top 4% 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.
Sharpe ratio | Sortino ratio | Omega ratio | Calmar ratio | Martin ratio | |
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TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 0.09 | 0.22 | 1.03 | 0.03 | 0.18 |
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 3.60 | 6.34 | 1.81 | 6.04 | 17.36 |
BIL SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | 20.65 | 252.22 | 146.62 | 446.68 | 4,100.29 |
BTAL AGFiQ US Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund | 0.91 | 1.47 | 1.17 | 0.69 | 2.87 |
UUP Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund | -0.04 | -0.01 | 1.00 | -0.04 | -0.12 |
GLD SPDR Gold Trust | 2.31 | 3.03 | 1.40 | 4.59 | 12.30 |
OSTIX Osterweis Strategic Income Fund | 2.90 | 3.91 | 1.81 | 2.44 | 15.02 |
DBSCX Doubleline Selective Credit Fund | 3.06 | 4.68 | 1.60 | 5.43 | 18.22 |
HICOX Colorado Bond Shares A Tax Exempt Fund | 1.27 | 1.67 | 1.31 | 1.38 | 7.58 |
Dividends
Dividend yield
bonds l/s provided a 8.68% dividend yield over the last twelve months.
TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |
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Portfolio | 8.68% | 10.19% | 22.95% | 12.62% | 11.90% | 6.04% | 7.09% | 9.52% | 13.70% | 15.46% | 17.07% | 11.33% |
Portfolio components: | ||||||||||||
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 4.29% | 4.30% | 3.38% | 2.67% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 2.27% | 2.63% | 2.43% | 2.60% | 2.61% | 2.67% |
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 3.95% | 3.92% | 2.99% | 1.30% | 0.24% | 0.94% | 2.12% | 1.72% | 0.98% | 0.71% | 0.54% | 0.36% |
BIL SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF | 4.77% | 5.03% | 4.92% | 1.35% | 0.00% | 0.30% | 2.05% | 1.66% | 0.68% | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
BTAL AGFiQ US Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund | 3.09% | 3.49% | 6.14% | 1.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.88% | 0.39% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
UUP Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund | 4.79% | 4.48% | 6.45% | 0.89% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.03% | 1.08% | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
GLD SPDR Gold 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% |
OSTIX Osterweis Strategic Income Fund | 5.51% | 5.25% | 5.71% | 4.71% | 4.03% | 3.85% | 4.74% | 4.66% | 4.58% | 5.24% | 5.98% | 5.15% |
DBSCX Doubleline Selective Credit Fund | 7.02% | 7.10% | 6.77% | 6.68% | 4.68% | 4.67% | 6.05% | 7.45% | 9.04% | 9.75% | 9.53% | 2.40% |
HICOX Colorado Bond Shares A Tax Exempt Fund | 5.17% | 5.44% | 4.97% | 4.43% | 3.84% | 4.00% | 4.07% | 4.03% | 4.69% | 4.73% | 4.13% | 4.79% |
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 bonds l/s. 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 bonds l/s was 42.74%, occurring on Mar 5, 2021. Recovery took 252 trading sessions.
The current bonds l/s drawdown is 7.41%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
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-42.74% | Aug 7, 2020 | 145 | Mar 5, 2021 | 252 | Mar 4, 2022 | 397 |
-33.55% | Feb 25, 2020 | 22 | Mar 25, 2020 | 82 | Jul 22, 2020 | 104 |
-24.62% | Jul 11, 2016 | 108 | Dec 9, 2016 | 121 | Jun 6, 2017 | 229 |
-24.1% | Feb 2, 2015 | 213 | Dec 3, 2015 | 66 | Mar 10, 2016 | 279 |
-15.99% | Sep 4, 2019 | 76 | Dec 19, 2019 | 39 | Feb 18, 2020 | 115 |
Volatility
Volatility Chart
The current bonds l/s volatility is 13.74%, 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
Asset Correlations Table
BIL | BTAL | OSTIX | UUP | HICOX | GLD | DBSCX | TLT | SHY | |
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BIL | 1.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.09 |
BTAL | 0.02 | 1.00 | -0.38 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.10 |
OSTIX | 0.02 | -0.38 | 1.00 | -0.16 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.15 | -0.02 | 0.01 |
UUP | 0.01 | 0.10 | -0.16 | 1.00 | -0.14 | -0.47 | -0.18 | -0.17 | -0.30 |
HICOX | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.14 | -0.14 | 1.00 | 0.17 | 0.35 | 0.41 | 0.35 |
GLD | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | -0.47 | 0.17 | 1.00 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.39 |
DBSCX | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.15 | -0.18 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 1.00 | 0.51 | 0.49 |
TLT | 0.01 | 0.17 | -0.02 | -0.17 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.51 | 1.00 | 0.61 |
SHY | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.01 | -0.30 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 1.00 |