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The Golden Butterfly Portfolio consists of the following asset allocation:
The backtesting period is limited by the inception date of Vanguard Small Capitalization Value Index Fund Investor Shares (VISVX): May 21, 1998.
A quick overview of the assets within the portfolio, its performance and main metrics.
The portfolio consists of 5 assets, which are all equally weighted.
| Name / Ticker | Type | Currency | Inception | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares VTSMX | Mutual Fund | USD | Apr 27, 1992 | 20% |
Vanguard Small Capitalization Value Index Fund Investor Shares VISVX | Mutual Fund | USD | May 21, 1998 | 20% |
Long Term Treasury LTTREASURY.X | Asset Class | USD | Dec 30, 1870 | 20% |
Short Term Treasury STTREASURY.X | Asset Class | USD | Dec 30, 1870 | 20% |
Gold GOLD.X | Asset Class | USD | Dec 30, 1791 | 20% |
The backtest spans over a period of 27 years. With an annual return of 7.27% for Golden Butterfly Portfolio, the cumulative return over that period amounts to 543%.
| Portfolio Score | Golden Butterfly Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Portfolio Score |
| Returns | Golden Butterfly Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Month-to-Date | 0.63% |
| Year-to-Date | 12.97% |
| 3M | 2.84% |
| 6M | 7.25% |
| Annualized Return (3Y) | 3.39% |
| Annualized Return (5Y) | 7.13% |
| Annualized Return (10Y) | 6.42% |
| Annualized Return (20Y) | 7.37% |
| Annualized Return (All, 26.5Y) | 7.27% |
| Risk | Golden Butterfly Portfolio |
|---|---|
| Annual Volatility | 8.33% |
| Max Drawdown | -20.01% |
| Sharpe Ratio | 0.89 |
| Sortino Ratio | 1.27 |
| Adjusted Sortino Ratio | 0.9 |
With a projected annual return (CAGR) of 7.27% and an initial investment of $10,000, Golden Butterfly Portfolio would have the following projected capital growth over the next 50 years.
| Year | Starting Capital | Ending Capital | Total Gain | Avg Monthly Gain | Cumulative Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | $10,727 | $727 | $61 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | $14,203 | $15,236 | $1,033 | $86 | 52.4% |
| 10 | $20,174 | $21,640 | $1,467 | $122 | 116% |
| 15 | $28,653 | $30,736 | $2,083 | $174 | 207% |
| 20 | $40,697 | $43,656 | $2,959 | $247 | 337% |
| 50 | $334,129 | $358,420 | $24,291 | $2,024 | 3,484% |
A detailed look at the returns of the portfolio.
| Portfolio | All (26.5Y) | 20Y | 10Y | 5Y | 3Y | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Butterfly Portfolio | 7.27% | 7.37% | 6.42% | 7.13% | 3.39% | 20.54% |
| Year | Golden Butterfly Portfolio |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.84% |
| 1999 | 4.13% |
| 2000 | 7.03% |
| 2001 | 3.37% |
| 2002 | 2.84% |
| 2003 | 17.88% |
| 2004 | 10.09% |
| 2005 | 8% |
| 2006 | 12.36% |
| 2007 | 9.34% |
| Portfolio | Positive Years | Negative Years | Positive Ratio | Best Return Years | Worst Return Years |
| Golden Butterfly Portfolio | 23 | 4 | 85.19% | 27 | 27 |
Let's analyze how much risk the portfoliohas.
A drawdown represents the period of decline an investor experiences between a portfolio's peak (new high) and its subsequent low, also known as the valley (before it begins to recover). The table below highlights the five largest drawdowns encountered by the portfolio.
| Drawdown period | Recovery period | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown | Start | Valley | # Months | End | # Months | # Months | Chart |
| -20.01% | 2008-05-21 | 2009-03-09 | 10 | 2009-09-15 | 6 | 16 | |
| -18.8% | 2021-11-10 | 2022-10-20 | 11 | 2024-03-27 | 17 | 29 | |
| -16.2% | 2020-02-24 | 2020-03-18 | 1 | 2020-07-14 | 4 | 5 | |
| -9% | 2002-05-06 | 2002-07-23 | 3 | 2003-05-09 | 10 | 12 | |
| -8.93% | 1998-07-17 | 1998-08-31 | 1 | 1998-12-31 | 4 | 5 | |
| -8.55% | 2015-01-23 | 2016-01-19 | 12 | 2016-04-13 | 3 | 15 | |
| -8.51% | 2018-01-29 | 2018-12-24 | 11 | 2019-02-19 | 2 | 13 | |
| -8.18% | 2006-05-11 | 2006-06-14 | 1 | 2006-11-06 | 5 | 6 | |
| -7.82% | 2001-05-22 | 2001-09-21 | 4 | 2002-01-07 | 4 | 8 | |
| -7.46% | 2004-04-02 | 2004-05-10 | 1 | 2004-10-01 | 5 | 6 | |
Golden Butterfly Portfolio took approximately 16 months on average to recover from major drawdowns of 20% or more. The largest drawdown reached -20.01% and the longest drawdown period lasted 29 months.