αc Multi-Asset Defensive

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The portfolio pursues a rather defensive strategy that seeks to achieve equity-like returns with lower volatility and drawdowns compared to traditional equity through active ETF selection, risk management and diversification. It is thus expected to produce higher risk-adjusted returns than market indexes.

We use a systematic approach to constructing the portfolio by ranking ETFs in the investment universe using a number of technical indicators and proprietary formulas. We then select one single asset according to certain calculations, and rebalance once a month.

The investment universe for the portfolio is comprised of multiple assets classes, ranging from large to mid-cap developing markets, emerging markets and fixed-income instruments.

2 November 2004  –  2 December 2024
Compare with
Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares (VHGEX)

Performance

Annualized Return
11.94%
αc Multi-Asset Defensive
7.91%
Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares
Sharpe Ratio
0.41
αc Multi-Asset Defensive
0.49
Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares
Maximum Drawdown
-64.39%
αc Multi-Asset Defensive
-63.67%
Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares

Metrics

Metric αc Multi-Asset Defensive Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares
Initial Balance $10,000 $10,000
Final Balance $96,456 $46,163
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date -0.01% 0.47%
Year-To-Date 2.01% 19.05%
3M -4.59% 4.97%
6M 1.12% 10.11%
Annual Return (3Y) -0.73% 1.81%
Annual Return (5Y) 5.66% 8.38%
Annual Return (All) 11.94% 7.91%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 48.13% 19.42%
Max Drawdown -64.39% -63.67%
Sharpe Ratio 0.41 0.49
Sortino Ratio 0.97 0.67
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.69 0.47

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on November 2004.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of December 2024.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 20 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
αc Multi-Asset Defensive 6.73 -0.73 5.66 5.85 11.47 11.94
Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares 25.46 1.81 8.38 8.37 7.54 7.91

Annual Returns

Year αc Multi-Asset Defensive Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares Won
2004 14.05% 10.76%
2005 32.33% 11.79%
2006 32.55% 23.6%
2007 16.04% 11.47%
2008 11.59% -46.64%
2009 44.17% 32.97%
2010 11.6% 16.04%
2011 2.83% -8.9%
2012 12.31% 19.51%
2013 8.37% 27.65%
2014 5.19% 4.31%
2015 -0.34% -0.26%
2016 9.87% 6.57%
2017 16.3% 27.8%
2018 4.23% -9.15%
2019 5.09% 28.73%
2020 22.31% 22.38%
2021 4.81% 2.62%
2022 -13.55% -22.72%
2023 11.49% 23.52%
2024 2.01% 19.05%

αc Multi-Asset Defensive had 19 positive years and 2 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 90%.

Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares had 16 positive years and 5 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 76%.

αc Multi-Asset Defensive had a better yearly return 57% of the time compared to Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
2004 - - - - - - - - - - 8.9% 4.8% 14.1%
2005 -0.5% 9.7% -7.9% 1.5% 2.5% 4% 7.7% 3.7% 7.1% 1.1% 0.4% 0.4% 32.3%
2006 9.7% -3.9% 2.2% 4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.7% 1.8% -0.9% 3.7% 6.1% 5.5% 32.6%
2007 0.1% -3.2% -3.2% 2% 5.1% 2.1% -1.4% 2.2% 10.6% 11.9% -7.7% -1.9% 16%
2008 3.4% 1.2% 1.3% -2.4% 0.1% -1.2% 0.8% 1.5% -0.1% 1.5% 1.1% 4% 11.6%
2009 -2.2% -5.2% 2.9% 7.7% 15.9% -2.3% 11% -1.3% 5.2% -3.6% 7.9% 3.3% 44.2%
2010 3.9% 0.5% 5.2% -0.2% -3.1% 2.9% 0.9% -4.9% 4.3% 1.9% -2.9% 3.2% 11.6%
2011 1% 1.3% 1.9% 1.3% -3.8% -2.8% -2.9% 1.4% 2.2% -1.3% 1.5% 3.1% 2.8%
2012 1.5% 2.9% -3.1% 0.3% 2.9% -0.4% 1.4% -1% 1.1% -1.8% 3.9% 4.4% 12.3%
2013 -0.7% -0.1% 3.7% 1.4% -1.9% 1.1% 0.2% -0.1% 0.2% 3.1% 2.1% -0.7% 8.4%
2014 1.9% 1.1% -0% -0.5% 2.3% 2.1% -1.3% 1.3% -2.4% -0.7% 1.3% 0.1% 5.2%
2015 4.3% -2.5% 0.2% -0.6% -0.4% 0% 0% -0.1% 1.6% -0.6% -0.6% -1.6% -0.3%
2016 3% 1.5% -0.1% 1.3% -0% 2.2% 1.3% 0.2% 2.5% -0.8% -1.7% 0.1% 9.9%
2017 -0.3% 0.1% -1.3% 1% 3.8% 1.1% 5.8% 2.4% -0% 2.6% -1% 1.3% 16.3%
2018 6.5% -2.4% 0.3% -0.2% 0.4% 0% -0.1% 0.4% -1.2% -2.1% 0.6% 2.4% 4.2%
2019 0.7% -1.1% 1.4% 4.1% -6.4% 1.8% 0.6% 1.8% -0.8% 0.5% -0.6% 3.3% 5.1%
2020 -6.7% 5.1% 3.7% 0.3% 2.8% 1.1% 6.8% 2.9% -3.5% 1% 4.9% 2.6% 22.3%
2021 2.4% 4.1% -0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 2.1% 1.5% -0.7% -4.8% 0.9% -0.1% -0.7% 4.8%
2022 -1.7% -0.4% -4.4% -0.9% 0.6% -0.6% 0.4% -4.4% -1.7% -0.1% 0.7% -1.8% -13.6%
2023 2.9% -4% 1.7% 2.1% -1.7% 4.9% 0.2% -1.1% -0.1% 0.3% 1.1% 4.9% 11.5%
2024 1.6% -0.3% -59.1% -4% 153.7% 3.9% 1.1% 1% 0.4% -6.2% 1.3% -0% 2%
Pos 70% 50% 55% 65% 65% 75% 80% 60% 50% 55% 66.7% 71.4% 90.5%
Avg 1.5% 0.2% -2.7% 0.9% 8.7% 1.1% 1.7% 0.3% 1% 0.6% 1.3% 1.7% 12.1%

Other Return Metrics

Metric αc Multi-Asset Defensive Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares
Cumulative Return 864.56% 361.63%
Enh Ann Return 11.72% 11.3%
Best Year 44.17% 32.97%
Worst Year -13.55% -46.64%
Best Month 153.65% 12.67%
Worst Month -59.09% -21.8%
Best Day 150.53% 11.49%
Worst Day -59.88% -10.98%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 90.48% 76.19%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 75.31% 70.37%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 63.64% 63.64%
Win Ratio (Daily) 53.88% 54.56%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
αc Multi-Asset Defensive 207.95 120.14 93.39 66.28 48.23 48.13
Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares 13.32 19.96 21.58 17.85 19.46 19.42

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
αc Multi-Asset Defensive 0.78 0.43 0.4 0.33 0.41 0.41
Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares 1.77 0.19 0.48 0.54 0.47 0.49

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolios/assets in question.

αc Multi-Asset Defensive

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
2021-07-27 2024-04-19 - 1224 -64.39%
2007-11-01 2007-11-26 2008-12-16 411 -15.35%
2011-04-27 2011-11-25 2012-02-03 282 -12.51%
2009-06-02 2009-06-22 2009-07-20 48 -11.66%
2005-03-08 2005-03-29 2005-06-17 101 -11.57%

The αc Multi-Asset Defensive took approximately 14 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 41 months.

Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
2007-11-01 2009-03-09 2013-10-18 2178 -63.67%
2021-11-17 2022-10-14 - 1111 -39.21%
2020-02-20 2020-03-23 2020-07-29 160 -33.23%
2018-01-29 2018-12-24 2019-07-01 518 -19.69%
2015-05-22 2016-02-11 2016-12-09 567 -18.77%

The Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares took approximately 30 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 73 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric αc Multi-Asset Defensive Vanguard Global Equity Fund Investor Shares
Sharpe Ratio 0.41 0.49
Sortino Ratio 0.97 0.67
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.69 0.47
Calmar Ratio 0.19 0.12
Omega Ratio 1.32 1.1
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.32 0.1
Ulcer Index 0.08 0.19
Kelly Criterion 12.96% 4.88%
Skew 32.57 -0.51
Kurtosis 1680.23 10.84
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