iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns

Last Update: 30 September 2020

The iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio is exposed for 40.42% on the Stock Market.

It's a Medium Risk portfolio and it can be replicated with 6 ETFs.

In the last 10 years, the portfolio obtained a 6.43% compound annual return, with a 5.77% standard deviation.

In 2019, the portfolio granted a 2.76% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio: Dividend Yield page.

Asset Allocation and ETFs

The iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio has the following asset allocation:

        40.42% Stocks
      
        59.58% Fixed Income
      
        0% Commodities

The iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio can be replicated with the following ETFs:

Weight	Ticker	ETF Name	Investment Themes
22.09 %	VV	Vanguard Large-Cap	Equity, U.S., Large Cap
13.67 %	VEU	Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US	Equity, Global ex-US, Large Cap
4.15 %	IJR	iShares Core S&P Small-Cap	Equity, U.S., Small Cap
0.51 %	VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate	Real Estate, U.S.
50.82 %	BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market	Bond, U.S., All-Term
8.76 %	TIP	iShares TIPS Bond	Bond, U.S., All-Term

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

The iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

ISHARES LIFEPATH FUND PORTFOLIO RETURNS (%)

Last Update: 30 September 2020

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	1M	3M	6M	1Y	*3Y^()**	*5Y^()**	*10Y^()**
iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio	-1.33	+3.50	+13.34	+8.58	+6.41	+7.06	+6.43
*Components*
VV - Vanguard Large-Cap	-3.70	+9.84	+33.21	+16.94	+12.82	+14.40	+13.84
VEU - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US	-1.68	+6.69	+24.48	+3.78	+1.42	+6.45	+4.26
IJR - iShares Core S&P Small-Cap	-4.65	+3.28	+26.13	-8.20	-0.34	+7.22	+10.56
VNQ - Vanguard Real Estate	-2.68	+1.31	+15.01	-12.28	+2.33	+5.19	+8.48
BND - Vanguard Total Bond Market	-0.10	+0.40	+4.56	+7.06	+5.26	+4.17	+3.50
TIP - iShares TIPS Bond	-0.38	+2.85	+7.70	+9.73	+5.66	+4.47	+3.42

(*) annualized

Portfolio returns are calculated assuming:

a rebalancing of the components at the beginning of each year (i.e. at every January 1st)
the reinvestment of dividends

If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio: Dividend Yield page.

Historical Returns

iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio - Historical returns and stats.

ISHARES LIFEPATH FUND PORTFOLIO

Last Update: 30 September 2020

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Period	Returns Sep 2020	Standard Deviation *	Max Drawdown	Months Pos - Neg
1M	-1.33%		-1.33% Sep 2020 - Sep 2020	0 - 1
3M	+3.50%		-1.33% Sep 2020 - Sep 2020	2 - 1
6M	+13.34%		-1.33% Sep 2020 - Sep 2020	5 - 1
YTD	+4.55%		-8.33% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	6 - 3
1Y	+8.58%	9.77%	-8.33% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	9 - 3
3Y	+6.41% annualized	7.38%	-8.33% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	25 - 11
5Y	+7.06% annualized	6.26%	-8.33% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	43 - 17
10Y	+6.43% annualized	5.77%	-8.33% Feb 2020 - Mar 2020	83 - 37
MAX 01 Jan 2001	+5.94% annualized	6.52%	-21.24% Nov 2007 - Feb 2009	161 - 76

* Annualized St.Dev. of monthly returns

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Capital Growth

Time Range:

Drawdowns

Time Range:

Worst drawdowns since September 2010.

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	Drawdown period			Recovery period		Total
Drawdown	Start	Bottom	#Months	End	#Months	#Months
-8.33%	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	2	Jun 2020	3	5
-5.64%	May 2011	Sep 2011	5	Jan 2012	4	9
-5.26%	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	4	Mar 2019	3	7
-4.45%	May 2015	Sep 2015	5	May 2016	8	13
-2.99%	May 2013	Jun 2013	2	Sep 2013	3	5
-2.74%	May 2012	May 2012	1	Jul 2012	2	3
-2.73%	Feb 2018	Apr 2018	3	Aug 2018	4	7
-1.80%	Oct 2016	Nov 2016	2	Jan 2017	2	4
-1.78%	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	1	Nov 2014	2	3
-1.68%	May 2019	May 2019	1	Jun 2019	1	2
-1.33%	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	1	in progress	0	1
-0.89%	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	1	Aug 2014	1	2
-0.86%	Nov 2010	Nov 2010	1	Dec 2010	1	2
-0.69%	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	1	Feb 2014	1	2
-0.50%	Dec 2014	Dec 2014	1	Jan 2015	1	2
-0.41%	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	1	Nov 2012	1	2
-0.19%	Mar 2015	Mar 2015	1	Apr 2015	1	2
-0.02%	Aug 2016	Aug 2016	1	Sep 2016	1	2

Worst drawdowns since December 2000.

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	Drawdown period			Recovery period		Total
Drawdown	Start	Bottom	#Months	End	#Months	#Months
-21.24%	Nov 2007	Feb 2009	16	Dec 2009	10	26
-8.33%	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	2	Jun 2020	3	5
-7.14%	Feb 2001	Sep 2002	20	May 2003	8	28
-5.64%	May 2011	Sep 2011	5	Jan 2012	4	9
-5.26%	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	4	Mar 2019	3	7
-4.45%	May 2015	Sep 2015	5	May 2016	8	13
-3.83%	May 2010	Jun 2010	2	Sep 2010	3	5
-2.99%	May 2013	Jun 2013	2	Sep 2013	3	5
-2.78%	Apr 2004	Apr 2004	1	Sep 2004	5	6
-2.74%	May 2012	May 2012	1	Jul 2012	2	3
-2.73%	Feb 2018	Apr 2018	3	Aug 2018	4	7
-1.80%	Oct 2016	Nov 2016	2	Jan 2017	2	4
-1.78%	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	1	Nov 2014	2	3
-1.68%	May 2019	May 2019	1	Jun 2019	1	2
-1.54%	May 2006	May 2006	1	Aug 2006	3	4
-1.53%	Oct 2005	Oct 2005	1	Nov 2005	1	2
-1.33%	Sep 2020	Sep 2020	1	in progress	0	1
-1.24%	Mar 2005	Apr 2005	2	May 2005	1	3
-1.19%	Jun 2007	Jul 2007	2	Sep 2007	2	4
-0.94%	Jul 2003	Jul 2003	1	Aug 2003	1	2

Rolling Returns

iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio: annualized rolling and average returns

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	*Return ()**			Negative Periods
Rolling Period	Average	Best	Worst	Negative Periods
1 Year	+6.23%	+27.21% Mar 2009 - Feb 2010	-18.54% Mar 2008 - Feb 2009	16.37%
2 Years	+6.21%	+19.57% Mar 2009 - Feb 2011	-7.79% Mar 2007 - Feb 2009	7.94%
3 Years	+6.31%	+14.90% Mar 2009 - Feb 2012	-2.45% Mar 2006 - Feb 2009	1.49%
5 Years	+6.18%	+11.85% Mar 2009 - Feb 2014	+1.14% Mar 2004 - Feb 2009	0.00%
7 Years	+6.12%	+8.75% Mar 2009 - Feb 2016	+3.18% Mar 2002 - Feb 2009	0.00%
10 Years	+6.29%	+8.12% Mar 2009 - Feb 2019	+5.13% Dec 2006 - Nov 2016	0.00%
15 Years	+6.17%	+7.08% Feb 2003 - Jan 2018	+5.32% Feb 2001 - Jan 2016	0.00%

* Annualized rolling and average returns over full calendar month periods

Seasonality and Yearly/Monthly Returns

iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio Seasonality

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	Months
Return (%)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.8
Best	4.0 2019	2.2 2014	4.3 2009	5.6 2020	3.9 2009	3.4 2019	4.3 2009	2.0 2009	3.8 2010	4.4 2011	3.2 2009	5.1 2008
Worst	-5.2 2009	-4.5 2009	-6.3 2020	-2.8 2004	-3.1 2010	-3.1 2008	-3.0 2002	-2.9 2015	-4.2 2008	-9.2 2008	-0.9 2010	-2.3 2018
Gain Frequency	60	75	70	80	65	55	70	70	60	68	68	74

Detail of Monthly Returns

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		Months
Year	Return	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+4.55%	0.6	-2.1	-6.3	5.6	2.2	1.5	2.9	1.9	-1.3
2019	+16.20%	4.0	1.1	1.6	1.5	-1.7	3.4	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.2	1.4
2018	-3.49%	1.4	-2.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.9	-0.1	1.3	1.1	-0.3	-3.8	1.1	-2.3
2017	+11.24%	1.1	1.5	0.4	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9
2016	+6.11%	-1.5	0.3	3.5	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.0	0.0	0.4	-1.4	-0.4	1.1
2015	-0.37%	0.7	1.5	-0.2	0.6	-0.1	-1.5	0.9	-2.9	-0.9	2.9	-0.2	-1.1
2014	+6.00%	-0.7	2.2	0.1	0.7	1.5	1.0	-0.9	1.9	-1.8	1.3	1.0	-0.5
2013	+9.07%	1.4	0.5	1.2	1.6	-1.1	-1.9	2.5	-1.7	2.9	2.2	0.8	0.6
2012	+9.09%	2.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	-2.7	1.9	1.1	1.2	1.3	-0.4	0.6	0.6
2011	+3.66%	0.7	1.6	0.1	2.5	-0.1	-0.8	0.3	-1.8	-3.3	4.4	-0.4	0.6
2010	+10.07%	-0.9	1.1	2.5	1.2	-3.1	-0.8	3.5	-0.8	3.8	1.9	-0.9	2.3
2009	+15.04%	-5.2	-4.5	4.3	4.6	3.9	0.1	4.3	2.0	2.7	-1.1	3.2	0.3
2008	-12.05%	-1.7	-0.5	0.1	1.6	0.2	-3.1	-0.6	0.3	-4.2	-9.2	-0.1	5.1
2007	+7.94%	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.9	0.9	-0.7	-0.5	1.1	2.3	1.9	-0.7	-0.5
2006	+10.06%	1.8	0.1	0.4	0.8	-1.5	0.1	0.9	1.9	1.1	1.9	1.8	0.3
2005	+5.27%	-0.7	0.9	-1.1	-0.1	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.3	-1.5	1.7	1.4
2004	+9.19%	1.3	1.4	0.4	-2.8	0.5	1.3	-0.9	1.4	0.9	1.4	1.9	2.1
2003	+16.31%	-1.2	0.3	-0.2	3.8	3.7	0.6	-0.9	1.5	1.6	2.3	0.9	3.1
2002	-1.88%	-0.5	0.2	1.1	0.0	0.4	-2.0	-3.0	1.4	-2.5	1.6	1.9	-0.2
2001	-0.13%	2.2	-2.7	-2.1	2.6	0.3	-0.6	0.8	-1.0	-2.9	2.1	1.1	0.2

* Note:
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:

VV - Vanguard Large-Cap: simulated historical serie, up to December 2004

VEU - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US: simulated historical serie, up to December 2007

VNQ - Vanguard Real Estate: simulated historical serie, up to December 2004

BND - Vanguard Total Bond Market: simulated historical serie, up to December 2007

TIP - iShares TIPS Bond: simulated historical serie, up to December 2003