The David Swensen Lazy Portfolio is exposed for 70% on the Stock Market.
In the last 10 years, it obtained a 10.03% compound annual return, with a 9.42% standard deviation (*).
(*) Last Update: June 2019
The David Swensen Lazy Portfolio has the following asset allocation:
The David Swensen Lazy Portfolio can be replicated with the following ETFs:
| Weight | ETF: Ticker - Name | Investment Themes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30.00 % | VTI - Vanguard Total Stock Market |
Equity, U.S., Large Cap | |
| 20.00 % | VNQ - Vanguard Real Estate |
Real Estate, U.S. | |
| 15.00 % | VEU - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US |
Equity, Global ex-US, Large Cap | |
| 5.00 % | VWO - Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets |
Equity, Emerging Markets, Large Cap | |
| 15.00 % | IEI - iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond |
Bond, U.S., Intermediate-Term | |
| 15.00 % | TIP - iShares TIPS Bond |
Bond, U.S., All-Term |
Capital growth, returns, stats are calculated assuming a rebalancing of the portfolio at the beginning of each year (i.e. at each January 1st).
Last Update: June 2019.
Capital Growth and Historical Returns
An investment of 1000$, since January 2001, now would be worth 3761.86$, with a total return of 276.19% (7.42% annualized).
Portofolio Returns, up to December 2007, are simulated. They have been calculated using the historical series of equivalent ETFs / Assets, instead of the actual ETFs of the portfolio.
In particular, it has been used:
VTI - Vanguard Total Stock Market: simulated historical serie, up to December 2001
VNQ - Vanguard Real Estate: simulated historical serie, up to December 2004
VEU - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US: simulated historical serie, up to December 2007
VWO - Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets: simulated historical serie, up to December 2005
IEI - iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond: simulated historical serie, up to December 2007
TIP - iShares TIPS Bond: simulated historical serie, up to December 2003
| Range | Returns Jun 2019 |
Standard Deviation * |
Max Drawdown |
Months Pos - Neg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1M
|
+3.84%
|
0.00%
|
1 - 0 | |
|
YTD
|
+13.70%
|
-2.68%
May 2019 - May 2019
|
5 - 1 | |
|
1Y
|
+7.44%
|
11.38%
|
-8.16%
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
|
8 - 4 |
|
3Y
|
+7.47%
annualized
|
7.68%
|
-8.16%
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
|
28 - 8 |
|
5Y
|
+5.86%
annualized
|
8.00%
|
-8.16%
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
|
40 - 20 |
|
10Y
|
+10.03%
annualized
|
9.42%
|
-12.41%
May 2011 - Sep 2011
|
82 - 38 |
|
MAX
Dec 2000
|
+7.42%
annualized
|
10.85%
|
-40.91%
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
|
149 - 73 |
* Annualized St.Dev. of monthly returns
Drawdowns
Rolling Returns
David Swensen Lazy Portfolio: annualized rolling and average returns
| Return (*) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Period | Average | Best | Worst |
| 1 Year |
+8.39% |
+48.98% Mar 2009 - Feb 2010 |
-35.80% Mar 2008 - Feb 2009 |
| 2 Years |
+8.35% |
+34.16% Mar 2009 - Feb 2011 |
-19.74% Mar 2007 - Feb 2009 |
| 3 Years |
+8.35% |
+23.70% Mar 2009 - Feb 2012 |
-9.53% Mar 2006 - Feb 2009 |
| 5 Years |
+8.06% |
+17.99% Mar 2009 - Feb 2014 |
-1.28% Mar 2004 - Feb 2009 |
| 7 Years |
+7.62% |
+13.02% Mar 2009 - Feb 2016 |
+2.63% Mar 2002 - Feb 2009 |
| 10 Years |
+7.77% |
+11.78% Mar 2009 - Feb 2019 |
+5.40% Dec 2006 - Nov 2016 |
| 15 Years |
+8.09% |
+9.36% Feb 2003 - Jan 2018 |
+6.87% Feb 2001 - Jan 2016 |
* Annualized rolling and average returns over full calendar month periods
Yearly Returns - Monthly Returns Heatmap
| Months | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Return | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2019 |
+13.70% | 6.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | -2.7 | 3.8 | ||||||
| 2018 |
-5.64% | 1.7 | -3.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | -0.7 | -4.7 | 2.2 | -5.0 |
| 2017 |
+13.65% | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 2016 |
+7.80% | -3.0 | -0.2 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | -0.8 | 0.2 | -2.2 | -0.2 | 1.8 |
| 2015 |
-0.93% | 1.4 | 1.6 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -2.2 | 1.4 | -4.9 | -0.9 | 4.7 | -0.3 | -1.0 |
| 2014 |
+10.17% | -0.9 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -0.8 | 2.5 | -3.5 | 3.4 | 1.2 | -0.5 |
| 2013 |
+10.83% | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 | -2.0 | -2.3 | 3.0 | -3.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | -0.2 | 0.8 |
| 2012 |
+13.49% | 4.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | -4.7 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | -0.6 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
| 2011 |
+2.21% | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 3.6 | -0.4 | -1.4 | 0.1 | -4.3 | -7.0 | 8.6 | -1.2 | 0.9 |
| 2010 |
+15.51% | -2.9 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 2.4 | -5.3 | -2.6 | 6.1 | -1.7 | 5.8 | 3.3 | -1.4 | 4.1 |
| 2009 |
+25.22% | -8.5 | -8.8 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 5.7 | -1.0 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | -2.2 | 4.9 | 2.2 |
| 2008 |
-25.71% | -2.6 | -0.8 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | -5.9 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -5.4 | -16.8 | -6.5 | 5.9 |
| 2007 |
+5.79% | 2.5 | -0.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | -2.0 | -2.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | -3.3 | -1.5 |
| 2006 |
+17.74% | 4.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | -2.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
| 2005 |
+8.94% | -2.6 | 2.2 | -1.8 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.1 | -0.1 | 1.5 | -2.5 | 3.2 | 1.5 |
| 2004 |
+16.17% | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | -5.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | -1.3 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 2003 |
+26.85% | -1.9 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3.8 |
| 2002 |
-3.41% | -0.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -1.9 | -4.6 | 1.3 | -4.4 | 1.1 | 3.2 | -0.7 |
| 2001 |
-1.71% | 2.5 | -4.4 | -3.1 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -4.9 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 1.2 |