Data Source: from January 2009 to October 2022 (~14 years)
Consolidated Returns as of 31 October 2022
Live Update: Nov 29 2022, 03:00PM Eastern Time
PORTFOLIO • LIVE PERFORMANCE (USD currency)
0.06%
1 Day
Nov 29 2022, 03:00PM Eastern Time
3.02%
Current Month
November 2022

The Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio is a High Risk portfolio and can be implemented with 6 ETFs.

It's exposed for 40% on the Stock Market and for 20% on Commodities.

In the last 10 Years, the Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio obtained a 16.85% compound annual return, with a 39.17% standard deviation.

Asset Allocation and ETFs

The Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio has the following asset allocation:

40% Stocks
40% Fixed Income
20% Commodities

The Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio can be implemented with the following ETFs:

Weight Ticker ETF Name Investment Themes
20.00 %
IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Equity, U.S., Small Cap, Value
20.00 %
VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Equity, U.S., Large Cap
20.00 %
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Bond, U.S., Short Term
20.00 %
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Bond, U.S., Long-Term
18.00 %
GLD SPDR Gold Trust Commodity, Gold
2.00 %
^BTC Bitcoin Commodities
Most of Lazy Portfolios are made of common components (asset classes), very simple and well defined. For a more complete view, find out the most common ETFs you can use to build your portfolio.

Portfolio and ETF Returns as of Oct 31, 2022

The Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming: November 2022 return is calculated on the hypothesis of a newly built portfolio, with the starting asset allocation.
GOLDEN BUTTERFLY WITH BITCOIN PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Consolidated returns as of 31 October 2022
Live Update: Nov 29 2022, 03:00PM Eastern Time
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  Chg (%) Return (%)
Return (%) as of Oct 31, 2022
  1 Day Time ET(*) Nov 2022 1M 6M 1Y 5Y 10Y MAX
(~14Y)
Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio -0.06 3.02 2.97 -8.53 -16.03 7.46 16.85 17.95
US Inflation Adjusted return 2.56 -11.26 -22.06 3.47 13.92 15.01
Components
IJS
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value 		0.45 02:57PM
Nov 29 2022 		1.68 14.40 -0.71 -7.38 6.48 11.01 13.63
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market 		-0.26 02:59PM
Nov 29 2022 		1.92 8.11 -5.43 -16.87 9.80 12.41 10.34
SHY
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond 		0.00 03:00PM
Nov 29 2022 		0.43 -0.13 -1.72 -4.91 0.41 0.45 5.33
TLT
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond 		-1.01 03:00PM
Nov 29 2022 		6.55 -5.97 -18.59 -33.64 -3.07 -0.14 7.16
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust 		0.59 02:59PM
Nov 29 2022 		7.23 -1.78 -14.13 -8.84 4.71 -0.93 7.23
^BTC
Bitcoin 		-0.07 02:58PM
Nov 29 2022 		-19.78 5.50 -45.92 -66.02 27.74 115.15 151.59
Returns over 1 year are annualized | Available data source: since Jan 2009
(*) Eastern Time (ET - America/New York)

US Inflation is updated to Oct 2022. Current inflation (annualized) is 1Y: 7.75% , 5Y: 3.85% , 10Y: 2.57%

Live update: World Markets and Indexes

Portfolio Metrics as of Oct 31, 2022

Metrics of Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio, updated as of 31 October 2022.

Portfolio metrics are calculated based on monthly returns, assuming:
GOLDEN BUTTERFLY WITH BITCOIN PORTFOLIO
Portfolio Metrics
Data Source: 1 January 2009 - 31 October 2022 (~14 years)
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Metrics as of Oct 31, 2022
1M 3M 6M 1Y 3Y 5Y 10Y MAX
(~14Y)
Portfolio
Return (%)		 2.97 -6.61 -8.53 -16.03 3.76 7.46 16.85 17.95
US Inflation (%) 0.41 0.59 3.08 7.75 5.01 3.85 2.57 2.55
Infl. Adjusted
Return (%)		 2.56 -7.15 -11.26 -22.06 -1.19 3.47 13.92 15.01
Returns / Inflation rates over 1 year are annualized.
RISK INDICATORS
Standard Deviation (%) 10.91 11.05 10.56 39.17 36.27
Sharpe Ratio -1.53 0.30 0.61 0.42 0.39
Sortino Ratio -2.14 0.41 0.87 1.43 1.08
MAXIMUM DRAWDOWN
Drawdown Depth (%) -18.74 -18.74 -18.74 -23.09 -39.02
Start (yyyy mm) 2022 01 2022 01 2022 01 2013 12 2011 07
Bottom (yyyy mm) 2022 09 2022 09 2022 09 2013 12 2011 11
Start to Bottom (# months) 9 9 9 1 5
Start to Recovery (# months) in progress
> 10
> 10
> 10
45
28
ROLLING PERIOD RETURNS - Annualized
Best Return (%) 201.14 69.74 41.04 24.27
Worst Return (%) -30.25 -3.48 3.82 14.86
% Positive Periods 87% 99% 100% 100%
MONTHS
Positive 1 1 2 4 22 38 78 108
Negative 0 2 4 8 14 22 42 58
% Positive 100% 33% 33% 33% 61% 63% 65% 65%
WITHDRAWAL RATES (WR)
Safe WR (%) 37.84 25.24 25.63 23.71
Perpetual WR (%) 0.00 3.35 12.22 13.05
Terms and Definitions
  • Annualized Portfolio Return: it's the annualized geometric mean return of the portfolio
  • Standard Deviation: it's a measure of the dispersion of returns around the mean
  • Sharpe Ratio: it's a measure of risk-adjusted performance of the portfolio. It's calculated by dividing the excess return of the portfolio over the risk-free rate by the portfolio standard deviation. The risk-free rate here considered is the 1-3 Mth T-Bill return.
  • Sortino Ratio: another measure of risk-adjusted performance of the portfolio. It's a modification of the Sharpe Ratio (same formula but the denominator is the portfolio downside standard deviation).
  • Maximum Drawdown: a drawdown refers to the decline in value from a relative peak value to a relative trough. A maximum drawdown is the maximum observed loss from a peak to a trough of a portfolio before a new peak is attained.
  • Rolling Returns: returns over a time frame (best, worst, % of positive returns).
  • Pos./Neg. Months: number of months with positive/negative return.
  • Safe Withdrawal Rate (SWR): it's the percentage of the original portfolio balance that can be withdrawn at the end of each year with inflation adjustment, without the portfolio running out of money (dollar amount withdrawal).
  • Perpetual Withdrawal Rate (PWR): it's the percentage of portfolio balance that can be withdrawn at the end of each year, while retaining the inflation adjusted portfolio balance (percentage withdrawal).

Portfolio Components Correlation

Correlation measures to what degree the returns of the two assets move in relation to each other.

Correlation coefficient is a numerical value between -1 and +1.

If one variable goes up by a certain amount, the correlation coefficient indicates which way the other variable moves and by how much.

Asset correlations are calculated based on monthly returns.
COMPONENTS MONTHLY CORRELATIONS
Monthly correlations as of 31 October 2022
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Asset IJS VTI SHY TLT GLD ^BTC
IJS
1.00
0.93
0.55
0.28
0.21
0.59
VTI
0.93
1.00
0.47
0.41
0.16
0.61
SHY
0.55
0.47
1.00
0.58
-0.14
0.13
TLT
0.28
0.41
0.58
1.00
0.19
0.16
GLD
0.21
0.16
-0.14
0.19
1.00
0.22
^BTC
0.59
0.61
0.13
0.16
0.22
1.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset IJS VTI SHY TLT GLD ^BTC
IJS
1.00
0.88
-0.15
-0.28
0.00
0.32
VTI
0.88
1.00
-0.03
-0.03
0.15
0.37
SHY
-0.15
-0.03
1.00
0.71
0.23
0.05
TLT
-0.28
-0.03
0.71
1.00
0.33
0.08
GLD
0.00
0.15
0.23
0.33
1.00
0.14
^BTC
0.32
0.37
0.05
0.08
0.14
1.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset IJS VTI SHY TLT GLD ^BTC
IJS
1.00
0.87
-0.19
-0.30
-0.07
0.15
VTI
0.87
1.00
-0.07
-0.09
0.04
0.18
SHY
-0.19
-0.07
1.00
0.68
0.29
0.03
TLT
-0.30
-0.09
0.68
1.00
0.37
-0.02
GLD
-0.07
0.04
0.29
0.37
1.00
-0.07
^BTC
0.15
0.18
0.03
-0.02
-0.07
1.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset IJS VTI SHY TLT GLD ^BTC
IJS
1.00
0.90
-0.17
-0.33
-0.03
0.11
VTI
0.90
1.00
-0.07
-0.21
0.07
0.15
SHY
-0.17
-0.07
1.00
0.62
0.29
0.09
TLT
-0.33
-0.21
0.62
1.00
0.20
-0.04
GLD
-0.03
0.07
0.29
0.20
1.00
0.00
^BTC
0.11
0.15
0.09
-0.04
0.00
1.00

Portfolio Dividends

In 2021, the Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio granted a 1.03% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio: Dividend Yield page.

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Capital Growth as of Oct 31, 2022

An investment of 1000$, since November 2012, now would be worth 4743.88$, with a total return of 374.39% (16.85% annualized).

The Inflation Adjusted Capital now would be 3682.20$, with a net total return of 268.22% (13.92% annualized).
An investment of 1000$, since January 2009, now would be worth 9815.66$, with a total return of 881.57% (17.95% annualized).

The Inflation Adjusted Capital now would be 6924.31$, with a net total return of 592.43% (15.01% annualized).

Drawdowns

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Drawdown period
Recovery period
Total
Drawdown Start Bottom #Months End #Months #Months
-23.09% Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 Aug 2017 44 45
-18.74% Jan 2022 Sep 2022 9 in progress 1 10
-7.97% May 2013 Jun 2013 2 Sep 2013 3 5
-7.91% Feb 2020 Mar 2020 2 Jun 2020 3 5
-7.04% Sep 2018 Dec 2018 4 Apr 2019 4 8
-2.56% Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 Oct 2021 1 2
-2.47% Feb 2018 Mar 2018 2 Aug 2018 5 7
-2.43% Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 Nov 2020 2 3
-0.82% Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 Dec 2021 1 2
-0.45% Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 Oct 2019 1 2
-0.29% Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 Jul 2021 1 2
-0.23% May 2019 May 2019 1 Jun 2019 1 2
-0.07% Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 Dec 2019 1 2
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Drawdown period
Recovery period
Total
Drawdown Start Bottom #Months End #Months #Months
-39.02% Jul 2011 Nov 2011 5 Oct 2013 23 28
-23.09% Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 Aug 2017 44 45
-18.74% Jan 2022 Sep 2022 9 in progress 1 10
-10.30% Jan 2009 Feb 2009 2 Jul 2009 5 7
-7.91% Feb 2020 Mar 2020 2 Jun 2020 3 5
-7.04% Sep 2018 Dec 2018 4 Apr 2019 4 8
-2.89% May 2010 Jun 2010 2 Sep 2010 3 5
-2.56% Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 Oct 2021 1 2
-2.47% Feb 2018 Mar 2018 2 Aug 2018 5 7
-2.43% Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 Nov 2020 2 3
-1.60% Oct 2009 Oct 2009 1 Nov 2009 1 2
-1.12% Dec 2009 Jan 2010 2 Feb 2010 1 3
-0.82% Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 Dec 2021 1 2
-0.45% Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 Oct 2019 1 2
-0.29% Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 Jul 2021 1 2
-0.23% May 2019 May 2019 1 Jun 2019 1 2
-0.07% Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 Dec 2019 1 2

Rolling Returns ( more details)

Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio: annualized rolling and average returns

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Rolling
Period		 Return (*) Negative
Periods
Average (%) Best (%) Worst (%)
1 Year
 23.85 201.14
Dec 2012 - Nov 2013 		-30.25
Jul 2011 - Jun 2012 		12.90%
2 Years
 22.69 91.13
Dec 2011 - Nov 2013 		-9.53
Dec 2013 - Nov 2015 		2.10%
3 Years
 21.60 69.74
Dec 2010 - Nov 2013 		-3.48
Dec 2013 - Nov 2016 		0.76%
5 Years
 22.04 41.04
Mar 2009 - Feb 2014 		3.82
Dec 2013 - Nov 2018 		0.00%
7 Years
 20.55 28.72
Mar 2009 - Feb 2016 		6.87
Dec 2013 - Nov 2020 		0.00%
10 Years
 21.23 24.27
Mar 2009 - Feb 2019 		14.86
Jul 2011 - Jun 2021 		0.00%
(*) Annualized rolling and average returns over full calendar month periods

If you need a deeper detail about rolling returns, please refer to the Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio: Rolling Returns page.

Seasonality

In which months is it better to invest in Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio?

Both the Average Return and the Gain Frequency (Win %) are useful to get an idea of what happened in the past.

For further information about the seasonality, check the Asset Class Seasonality page.
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Monthly Average Return (%) and Gain Frequency
Return (%) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average
Gain Frequency
0.73
80%
-0.14
60%
-0.78
40%
1.06
80%
0.63
60%
0.38
40%
2.14
100%
0.43
80%
-2.61
0%
0.88
80%
2.96
60%
2.06
80%
 Capital Growth on monthly avg returns
100
100.73
100.59
99.81
100.87
101.51
101.90
104.08
104.53
101.80
102.70
105.74
107.92
Best 4.7
2019 		1.5
2021 		1.8
2021 		6.6
2020 		1.7
2018 		5.8
2019 		5.3
2020 		2.0
2019 		-0.4
2019 		3.9
2021 		9.2
2017 		5.7
2020
Worst -3.6
2022 		-2.4
2018 		-5.9
2020 		-5.6
2022 		-0.8
2022 		-4.7
2022 		0.2
2019 		-3.3
2022 		-6.2
2022 		-4.0
2018 		-0.8
2021 		-2.4
2018
Monthly Seasonality over the period Nov 2017 - Oct 2022
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Monthly Average Return (%) and Gain Frequency
Return (%) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average
Gain Frequency
0.94
80%
0.92
70%
0.80
40%
1.33
80%
0.39
60%
0.21
50%
1.63
80%
1.00
70%
-1.57
30%
2.33
80%
13.57
70%
-1.07
70%
 Capital Growth on monthly avg returns
100
100.94
101.87
102.68
104.05
104.45
104.66
106.37
107.43
105.74
108.21
122.89
121.57
Best 4.7
2019 		3.4
2016 		10.2
2013 		6.6
2020 		1.9
2017 		5.8
2019 		5.3
2020 		4.7
2017 		1.7
2013 		11.6
2013 		118.5
2013 		5.7
2020
Worst -3.6
2022 		-2.4
2018 		-5.9
2020 		-5.6
2022 		-2.0
2013 		-6.1
2013 		-2.0
2014 		-3.3
2022 		-6.2
2022 		-4.0
2018 		-0.8
2021 		-23.1
2013
Monthly Seasonality over the period Nov 2012 - Oct 2022
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Monthly Average Return (%) and Gain Frequency
Return (%) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average
Gain Frequency
0.54
71%
0.85
64%
0.99
57%
2.90
86%
2.13
57%
2.30
50%
1.15
79%
-0.16
71%
-1.47
43%
1.38
64%
10.79
69%
0.19
69%
 Capital Growth on monthly avg returns
100
100.54
101.39
102.40
105.37
107.61
110.08
111.35
111.17
109.53
111.04
123.02
123.26
Best 4.9
2012 		5.2
2011 		10.2
2013 		20.0
2011 		27.4
2011 		29.3
2011 		5.3
2020 		4.7
2017 		4.1
2010 		11.6
2013 		118.5
2013 		8.5
2011
Worst -6.1
2009 		-4.5
2009 		-5.9
2020 		-5.6
2022 		-2.2
2012 		-6.1
2013 		-8.1
2011 		-17.0
2011 		-14.6
2011 		-5.7
2011 		-0.8
2021 		-23.1
2013
Monthly Seasonality over the period Jan 2009 - Oct 2022

Monthly/Yearly Returns

Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio data source starts from January 2009: let's focus on monthly and yearly returns.

We are providing two different views:
  • Histogram: it shows the distribution of the returns recorded so far
  • Plain Table: it shows the detailed monthly and yearly returns
MONTHLY RETURNS HISTOGRAM
Jan 2009 - Oct 2022
108 Positive Months (65%) - 58 Negative Months (35%)
MONTHLY RETURNS TABLE
Jan 2009 - Oct 2022
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Yearly Return(%)
Monthly Return(%)
Year Total Infl.Adj Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2022
 -16.33 -21.72 -3.6 0.9 -0.3 -5.6 -0.8 -4.7 3.6 -3.3 -6.2 3.0
2021
 +10.61 +3.34 0.2 1.5 1.8 2.3 0.9 -0.3 0.8 1.3 -2.6 3.9 -0.8 1.2
2020
 +19.54 +17.94 1.8 -2.2 -5.9 6.6 1.6 1.5 5.3 0.9 -2.4 0.1 5.8 5.7
2019
 +19.56 +16.89 4.7 1.5 0.5 1.9 -0.2 5.8 0.2 2.0 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 1.0
2018
 -5.42 -7.20 0.7 -2.4 0.0 0.2 1.7 -0.4 0.8 1.3 -1.4 -4.0 0.6 -2.4
2017
 +36.14 +33.32 1.2 2.5 -0.6 1.5 1.9 1.2 1.2 4.7 0.0 3.9 9.2 4.8
2016
 +13.14 +10.84 -0.3 3.4 2.8 1.6 -0.3 3.9 2.6 -0.9 0.2 -2.3 0.4 1.6
2015
 -2.76 -3.46 1.5 -0.2 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 -0.3 -2.1 -1.1 3.7 -0.5 -1.3
2014
 +8.01 +7.20 0.8 2.4 -0.4 0.0 1.1 2.3 -2.0 2.7 -3.5 2.0 1.3 1.2
2013
 +130.58 +127.17 2.4 1.8 10.2 6.0 -2.0 -6.1 4.2 3.5 1.7 11.6 118.5 -23.1
2012
 +12.33 +10.41 4.9 -0.1 0.2 0.3 -2.2 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.3 -1.8 1.2 0.4
2011
 +38.12 +34.15 0.1 5.2 0.3 20.0 27.4 29.3 -8.1 -17.0 -14.6 -5.7 -0.7 8.5
2010
 +22.92 +21.11 -0.7 2.2 2.3 3.6 -1.8 -1.1 1.4 0.4 4.1 5.1 0.6 5.1
2009
 +10.29 +7.36 -6.1 -4.5 3.1 3.4 2.6 -0.6 4.5 2.0 3.4 -1.6 4.8 -0.4

Portfolio efficiency

Compared to the Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin Portfolio, the following portfolios granted a higher return over 10 Years and a less severe drawdown at the same time.

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10 Years Stats (%)
% Allocation
Portfolio Return▾ Dev.Std Drawdown Stocks Bonds Comm
Stocks/Bonds 60/40 with Bitcoin
 +18.98 37.61 -22.56 59 39 2
Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin
 +16.86 38.29 -22.55 39 59 2
Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin
 +16.85 39.17 -23.09 40 40 20

The following portfolios share asset allocation strategy and/or similar asset weights.

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5 Years Stats (%)
% Allocation
Portfolio Return▾ Dev.Std Drawdown Stocks Bonds Comm
Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin
 +7.46 10.56 -18.74 40 40 20
Golden Butterfly
 +4.12 8.84 -17.79 40 40 20
Golden Butterfly 2x Leveraged
 +3.64 16.92 -34.50 40 40 20

Here's a list containing the Best Classic Portfolios, with the highest returns over 10 Years and High Risk categorization.

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10 Years Stats (%)
% Allocation
Portfolio Return▾ Dev.Std Drawdown Stocks Bonds Comm
Simple Path to Wealth
JL Collins 		+9.60 11.44 -22.24 75 25 0
Stocks/Bonds 60/40 Momentum
 +8.85 9.71 -24.21 60 40 0
Stocks/Bonds 60/40
 +7.87 9.46 -20.69 60 40 0
No Brainer Portfolio
Bill Bernstein 		+7.34 11.04 -19.76 75 25 0
Seven Value
Scott Burns 		+7.10 11.36 -20.44 71.5 28.5 0
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