Last Update: 31 March 2021
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 6.57% compound annual return, with a 5.96% standard deviation.
In 2020, the portfolio granted a 2.15% 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:
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 |
Portfolio and ETF Returns
The iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.
| 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y | 3Y(*) | 5Y(*) | 10Y(*) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio | +0.68 | +0.67 | +7.34 | +21.66 | +8.37 | +7.76 | +6.57 |
| Components | |||||||
| VV - Vanguard Large-Cap | +3.99 | +5.79 | +19.31 | +58.93 | +17.36 | +16.72 | +13.98 |
| VEU - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US | +1.74 | +4.25 | +21.55 | +51.30 | +6.72 | +10.17 | +5.21 |
| IJR - iShares Core S&P Small-Cap | +3.53 | +18.39 | +55.35 | +95.95 | +13.76 | +15.63 | +12.96 |
| VNQ - Vanguard Real Estate | +5.15 | +8.79 | +18.88 | +36.73 | +11.00 | +6.13 | +8.91 |
| BND - Vanguard Total Bond Market | -1.27 | -3.64 | -2.86 | +1.56 | +4.67 | +3.08 | +3.32 |
| TIP - iShares TIPS Bond | -0.26 | -1.68 | -0.09 | +7.61 | +5.50 | +3.71 | +3.28 |
- 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.
| Period | Returns Mar 2021 |
Standard Deviation * |
Max Drawdown |
Months Pos - Neg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1M
|
+0.68%
|
0.00%
|
1 - 0 | |
|
3M
|
+0.67%
|
-0.29%
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
|
2 - 1 | |
|
6M
|
+7.34%
|
-1.10%
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
|
4 - 2 | |
|
YTD
|
+0.67%
|
-0.29%
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
|
2 - 1 | |
|
1Y
|
+21.66%
|
7.42%
|
-2.42%
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
|
9 - 3 |
|
3Y
|
+8.37%
annualized
|
7.81%
|
-8.33%
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
|
25 - 11 |
|
5Y
|
+7.76%
annualized
|
6.38%
|
-8.33%
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
|
44 - 16 |
|
10Y
|
+6.57%
annualized
|
5.96%
|
-8.33%
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
|
82 - 38 |
|
MAX
01 Jan 2001
|
+6.16%
annualized
|
6.56%
|
-21.24%
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
|
165 - 78 |
* Annualized St.Dev. of monthly returns
Best Medium Risk Porftolios, ordered by 10Y annualized return.
| Portfolio | 10Y Return ▾ | Stocks | Bonds | Comm. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couch Potato Scott Burns |
+8.75% | 50 | 50 | 0 | Compare | |
| Stocks/Bonds 40/60 |
+7.66% | 40 | 60 | 0 | Compare | |
| All Weather Portfolio Ray Dalio |
+7.15% | 30 | 55 | 15 | Compare | |
| Robo Advisor 50 Betterment |
+6.91% | 49.9 | 50.1 | 0 | Compare | |
| Edge Select Moderately Conservative Merrill Lynch |
+6.75% | 37 | 63 | 0 | Compare |
Capital Growth
Drawdowns
Rolling Returns ( more details)
iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio: annualized rolling and average returns
| Return (*) | Negative Periods |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Period | Average | Best | Worst | |
| 1 Year |
+6.39% |
+27.21% Mar 2009 - Feb 2010 |
-18.54% Mar 2008 - Feb 2009 |
15.95% |
| 2 Years |
+6.35% |
+19.57% Mar 2009 - Feb 2011 |
-7.79% Mar 2007 - Feb 2009 |
7.73% |
| 3 Years |
+6.34% |
+14.90% Mar 2009 - Feb 2012 |
-2.45% Mar 2006 - Feb 2009 |
1.44% |
| 5 Years |
+6.23% |
+11.85% Mar 2009 - Feb 2014 |
+1.14% Mar 2004 - Feb 2009 |
0.00% |
| 7 Years |
+6.13% |
+8.75% Mar 2009 - Feb 2016 |
+3.18% Mar 2002 - Feb 2009 |
0.00% |
| 10 Years |
+6.31% |
+8.12% Mar 2009 - Feb 2019 |
+5.13% Dec 2006 - Nov 2016 |
0.00% |
| 15 Years |
+6.18% |
+7.08% Feb 2003 - Jan 2018 |
+5.32% Feb 2001 - Jan 2016 |
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 iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio: Rolling Returns page.
Seasonality and Yearly/Monthly Returns
iShares Lifepath Fund Portfolio Seasonality
| Months | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return (%) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Average | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| 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 |
5.5 2020 |
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 |
57 | 76 | 71 | 80 | 65 | 55 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 |
Detail of Monthly Returns
| Months | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Return | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2021 |
+0.67% | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| 2020 |
+11.47% | 0.6 | -2.1 | -6.3 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.9 | -1.3 | -1.1 | 5.5 | 2.2 |
| 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