Data Source: from January 1986 to June 2022
Consolidated Returns as of 30 June 2022
Live Update: Jul 05 2022, 02:00PM Eastern Time
PORTFOLIO • LIVE PERFORMANCE (USD currency)
2.43%
1 Day
Jul 05 2022, 02:00PM Eastern Time
1.48%
Current Month
July 2022

The Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio is a Very High Risk portfolio and can be implemented with 5 ETFs.

It's exposed for 60% on the Stock Market and for 20% on Commodities.

In the last 30 Years, the Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio obtained a 7.24% compound annual return, with a 11.24% standard deviation.

Asset Allocation and ETFs

The Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio has the following asset allocation:

60% Stocks
20% Fixed Income
20% Commodities

The Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio can be implemented with the following ETFs:

Weight Ticker ETF Name Investment Themes
20.00 % VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Equity, U.S., Large Cap
20.00 % VEU Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Equity, Global ex-US, Large Cap
20.00 % VNQ Vanguard Real Estate Real Estate, U.S.
20.00 % BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Bond, U.S., All-Term
20.00 % GSG iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust Commodity, Broad Diversified
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 Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, let's assume we built the portfolio on January 1986.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming: July 2022 return is calculated on the hypothesis of a newly built portfolio, with the starting asset allocation.
MEBANE FABER IVY PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Consolidated returns as of 30 June 2022
Live Update: Jul 05 2022, 02:00PM Eastern Time
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  Chg (%) Return (%)
Return (%) as of Jun 30, 2022
  1 Day Time ET(*) Jul 2022 1M 6M 1Y 5Y(*) 10Y(*) 30Y(*)
Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio -2.43 -1.48 -6.66 -6.91 -1.04 7.06 5.66 7.24
US Inflation Adjusted return -6.66 -10.54 -8.01 3.33 3.12 4.65
Components
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market 		-0.84 01:59PM
Jul 05 2022 		0.21 -8.23 -21.32 -14.17 10.53 12.52 9.81
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US 		-2.68 01:59PM
Jul 05 2022 		-2.70 -7.68 -17.38 -18.51 2.89 5.19 5.29
VNQ
Vanguard Real Estate 		-1.65 01:59PM
Jul 05 2022 		0.12 -7.46 -20.54 -8.02 5.69 7.49 9.57
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market 		0.26 02:00PM
Jul 05 2022 		1.06 -1.66 -10.35 -10.42 0.84 1.40 4.63
GSG
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust 		-7.23 02:00PM
Jul 05 2022 		-6.10 -7.75 35.01 43.57 10.50 -2.72 1.69
(*) Returns over 1 year are annualized
(*) Eastern Time (ET - America/New York)

US Inflation is updated to May 2022. Waiting for updates, inflation of Jun 2022 is set to 0%. Current inflation (annualized) is 1Y: 7.57% , 5Y: 3.61% , 10Y: 2.46% , 30Y: 2.47%

Live update: World Markets and Indexes

Portfolio Dividends

In 2021, the Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio granted a 2.07% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio: Dividend Yield page.

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Historical Returns as of Jun 30, 2022

Historical returns and stats of Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio. Total Returns and Inflation Adjusted Returns are both mentioned.

MEBANE FABER IVY PORTFOLIO
Consolidated returns as of 30 June 2022
Data Source: from January 1986 to June 2022
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Period Return (%)
as of Jun 2022		 Return (%)
Infl.Adj.		 Standard
Deviation (%)		 Max
Drawdown (%)		 Months
Pos - Neg
1M
Jun 2022
-6.66
-6.66
-6.66
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
0 - 1
3M
-8.60
-9.78
-8.60
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
1 - 2
6M
-6.91
-10.54
-8.60
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
3 - 3
YTD
-6.91
-10.54
-8.60
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
3 - 3
1Y
-1.04
-8.01
11.80
-8.60
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
7 - 5
58% pos
3Y(*)
7.40
2.76
14.60
-21.77
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
25 - 11
69% pos
5Y(*)
7.06
3.33
12.87
-21.77
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
44 - 16
73% pos
10Y(*)
5.66
3.12
10.44
-21.77
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
79 - 41
66% pos
15Y(*)
4.05
1.71
13.67
-47.39
Jun 2008 - Feb 2009
114 - 66
63% pos
20Y(*)
6.69
4.14
12.47
-47.39
Jun 2008 - Feb 2009
159 - 81
66% pos
25Y(*)
6.37
3.86
11.94
-47.39
Jun 2008 - Feb 2009
192 - 108
64% pos
30Y(*)
7.24
4.65
11.24
-47.39
Jun 2008 - Feb 2009
238 - 122
66% pos
MAX(*)
01 Jan 1986
8.29
5.42
10.83
-47.39
Jun 2008 - Feb 2009
295 - 143
67% pos
(*) Returns over 1 year are annualized

Returns and stats are calculated assuming a yearly rebalancing of the components weight. How do returns change with different rebalancing strategies?

Capital Growth as of Jun 30, 2022

An investment of 1000$, since July 1992, now would be worth 8145.09$, with a total return of 714.51% (7.24% annualized).

The Inflation Adjusted Capital now would be 3915.02$, with a net total return of 291.50% (4.65% annualized).
An investment of 1000$, since January 1986, now would be worth 18286.97$, with a total return of 1728.70% (8.29% annualized).

The Inflation Adjusted Capital now would be 6869.99$, with a net total return of 587.00% (5.42% annualized).

Drawdowns

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Drawdown period
Recovery period
Total
Drawdown Start Bottom #Months End #Months #Months
-47.39% Jun 2008 Feb 2009 9 Jan 2013 47 56
-21.77% Jan 2020 Mar 2020 3 Dec 2020 9 12
-15.89% Jul 2014 Feb 2016 20 Jul 2017 17 37
-13.25% Apr 1998 Aug 1998 5 Apr 1999 8 13
-11.43% Feb 2001 Oct 2001 9 May 2003 19 28
-11.00% Oct 2018 Dec 2018 3 Apr 2019 4 7
-8.60% Apr 2022 Jun 2022 3 in progress 3
-6.49% Feb 1994 Nov 1994 10 May 1995 6 16
-6.08% Nov 2007 Jan 2008 3 Apr 2008 3 6
-5.89% Apr 2004 Apr 2004 1 Sep 2004 5 6
-5.04% Oct 1993 Nov 1993 2 Jan 1994 2 4
-4.27% Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 Jul 2018 5 6
-4.02% Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 Dec 2021 1 2
-3.82% May 2019 May 2019 1 Jun 2019 1 2
-3.80% May 2013 Jun 2013 2 Oct 2013 4 6
-3.60% Oct 2005 Oct 2005 1 Dec 2005 2 3
-3.23% Oct 1997 Nov 1997 2 Mar 1998 4 6
-2.94% Sep 2000 Oct 2000 2 Jan 2001 3 5
-2.75% Jun 2007 Jul 2007 2 Sep 2007 2 4
-2.64% Jul 1996 Jul 1996 1 Sep 1996 2 3
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Drawdown period
Recovery period
Total
Drawdown Start Bottom #Months End #Months #Months
-47.39% Jun 2008 Feb 2009 9 Jan 2013 47 56
-21.77% Jan 2020 Mar 2020 3 Dec 2020 9 12
-15.89% Jul 2014 Feb 2016 20 Jul 2017 17 37
-13.25% Apr 1998 Aug 1998 5 Apr 1999 8 13
-11.43% Feb 2001 Oct 2001 9 May 2003 19 28
-11.40% Sep 1987 Nov 1987 3 Jun 1988 7 10
-11.00% Oct 2018 Dec 2018 3 Apr 2019 4 7
-8.60% Apr 2022 Jun 2022 3 in progress 3
-7.21% Jan 1990 Apr 1990 4 Jan 1991 9 13
-6.49% Feb 1994 Nov 1994 10 May 1995 6 16
-6.08% Nov 2007 Jan 2008 3 Apr 2008 3 6
-5.89% Apr 2004 Apr 2004 1 Sep 2004 5 6
-5.04% Oct 1993 Nov 1993 2 Jan 1994 2 4
-4.27% Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 Jul 2018 5 6
-4.02% Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 Dec 2021 1 2
-3.82% May 2019 May 2019 1 Jun 2019 1 2
-3.80% May 2013 Jun 2013 2 Oct 2013 4 6
-3.60% Oct 2005 Oct 2005 1 Dec 2005 2 3
-3.31% Jun 1991 Jun 1991 1 Aug 1991 2 3
-3.23% Oct 1997 Nov 1997 2 Mar 1998 4 6

Rolling Returns ( more details)

Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio: annualized rolling and average returns

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Rolling
Period		 Return (*) Negative
Periods
Average (%) Best (%) Worst (%)
1 Year
 9.03 47.92
Mar 2009 - Feb 2010 		-42.92
Mar 2008 - Feb 2009 		17.56%
2 Years
 8.24 33.83
Mar 2009 - Feb 2011 		-22.66
Mar 2007 - Feb 2009 		12.77%
3 Years
 7.94 22.45
Mar 2009 - Feb 2012 		-11.80
Mar 2006 - Feb 2009 		8.93%
5 Years
 7.72 17.70
Nov 2002 - Oct 2007 		-2.73
Mar 2004 - Feb 2009 		1.32%
7 Years
 7.59 13.21
Feb 1986 - Jan 1993 		0.72
Apr 2013 - Mar 2020 		0.00%
10 Years
 7.70 12.08
Feb 1986 - Jan 1996 		2.23
Dec 2006 - Nov 2016 		0.00%
15 Years
 7.66 11.77
Feb 1986 - Jan 2001 		3.32
Apr 2005 - Mar 2020 		0.00%
20 Years
 7.79 11.43
Feb 1986 - Jan 2006 		4.71
Apr 2000 - Mar 2020 		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 Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio: Rolling Returns page.

Seasonality

Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio: in which months is it better to invest?

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
Win %		 0.50
59% 		0.59
68% 		1.13
73% 		1.73
81% 		0.56
65% 		0.35
62% 		1.02
69% 		0.37
67% 		0.25
64% 		-0.13
56% 		0.43
58% 		1.77
86%
Best
Year		 7.5
2019 		4.4
1991 		6.2
2016 		9.6
2009 		8.9
2009 		4.2
1986 		6.7
2010 		5.7
1986 		6.2
2010 		9.2
2011 		9.1
2020 		5.4
2010
Worst
Year		 -10.2
2009 		-9.1
2009 		-15.4
2020 		-5.9
2004 		-7.2
2010 		-6.7
2022 		-3.8
2008 		-8.9
1998 		-8.6
2011 		-21.0
2008 		-8.8
2008 		-5.5
2018
Statistics calculated for the period Jan 1986 - Jun 2022

Monthly/Yearly Returns

Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio monthly and yearly returns: how is the distribution of the returns recorded so far?

MONTHLY RETURNS HISTOGRAM
295 Positive Months (67%) - 143 Negative Months (33%)
Jan 1986 - Jun 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
 -6.91 -10.54 -1.4 0.1 3.3 -3.2 1.2 -6.7
2021
 +22.27 +14.17 0.8 3.6 1.4 5.0 1.4 2.0 1.5 0.7 -1.6 4.7 -4.0 5.1
2020
 +2.25 +0.96 -2.2 -5.5 -15.4 5.2 4.6 2.8 3.6 3.0 -2.3 -2.1 9.1 3.7
2019
 +21.16 +18.48 7.5 1.9 2.0 1.9 -3.8 4.0 0.2 -0.6 1.5 1.6 0.8 2.8
2018
 -7.88 -9.61 1.8 -4.3 0.8 1.2 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.3 -5.2 -0.6 -5.5
2017
 +12.20 +9.86 0.9 1.8 -0.7 0.4 0.7 0.5 2.2 0.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5
2016
 +7.80 +5.63 -3.8 -0.8 6.2 2.1 0.9 1.9 0.5 -0.3 0.8 -2.5 0.1 2.8
2015
 -7.10 -7.69 -0.4 2.3 -1.3 1.8 -0.5 -2.1 -1.2 -4.2 -1.7 4.1 -1.9 -1.9
2014
 +2.25 +1.58 -1.1 4.1 0.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 -1.8 1.6 -4.0 1.9 -0.6 -2.3
2013
 +9.20 +7.57 3.1 -0.7 1.8 1.7 -2.1 -1.8 3.5 -2.1 2.6 2.4 -0.5 1.1
2012
 +11.11 +9.19 4.3 2.9 0.7 0.2 -6.8 3.4 2.0 2.4 0.4 -1.2 0.8 1.8
2011
 +0.04 -2.93 1.9 2.8 0.4 4.0 -1.8 -2.5 0.3 -4.1 -8.6 9.2 -1.1 0.6
2010
 +14.19 +12.57 -4.3 3.3 4.7 2.4 -7.2 -2.3 6.7 -2.5 6.2 3.1 -1.0 5.4
2009
 +22.28 +18.94 -10.2 -9.1 5.4 9.6 8.9 -0.9 6.2 4.3 3.2 -1.3 4.0 2.3
2008
 -31.26 -31.25 -2.8 1.2 1.0 5.0 2.3 -2.7 -3.8 -1.8 -6.4 -21.0 -8.8 3.9
2007
 +8.59 +4.30 1.8 0.1 0.8 1.8 0.9 -1.5 -1.3 0.8 4.9 3.5 -3.3 -0.1
2006
 +15.77 +12.92 3.8 -0.9 1.8 1.7 -2.0 0.6 2.1 1.6 -0.1 3.8 3.7 -1.0
2005
 +11.34 +7.75 -2.3 3.2 -0.6 -0.4 1.6 1.8 3.3 1.7 2.0 -3.6 2.3 2.1
2004
 +17.00 +13.21 2.4 3.1 2.1 -5.9 2.3 0.6 -0.5 2.2 2.3 2.9 2.7 2.0
2003
 +28.11 +25.55 -0.3 1.4 -2.1 4.3 5.9 0.6 0.7 2.4 2.2 3.7 1.8 4.7
2002
 +3.82 +1.30 -1.6 1.3 5.5 -0.1 -0.6 -0.7 -3.6 2.2 -2.4 0.1 2.7 1.3
2001
 -8.45 -9.90 0.4 -3.9 -3.2 4.4 -0.4 -1.0 -0.7 -0.4 -6.2 -0.3 2.1 0.8
2000
 +12.26 +8.54 -0.5 2.3 2.5 -1.0 1.5 4.2 -1.0 4.3 -1.3 -1.7 0.6 2.1
1999
 +17.97 +14.89 0.4 -2.8 5.1 4.7 -2.3 2.8 -0.1 1.3 0.4 0.3 2.2 5.0
1998
 -0.93 -2.49 0.4 1.2 2.2 -0.7 -1.7 0.3 -2.8 -8.9 4.1 2.6 1.1 1.8
1997
 +8.87 +7.06 0.4 -1.1 -0.8 1.1 3.7 2.3 3.9 -2.5 5.0 -2.4 -0.9 0.2
1996
 +19.40 +15.49 0.9 1.1 1.8 2.4 0.5 1.3 -2.6 2.0 3.0 0.9 5.0 1.7
1995
 +18.09 +15.17 -1.0 0.8 2.1 2.0 1.8 0.5 2.6 0.4 1.7 -0.9 2.5 4.4
1994
 +0.77 -1.78 4.9 -1.2 -3.3 1.2 0.4 -0.1 1.5 0.1 -2.1 0.3 -3.3 2.7
1993
 +11.51 +8.46 2.1 2.5 4.8 0.5 0.5 -0.2 1.2 2.8 0.4 -0.4 -4.7 1.5
1992
 +4.09 +1.10 0.8 -1.1 -2.1 0.8 3.2 -1.3 1.2 1.0 0.7 -1.4 1.2 1.2
1991
 +17.33 +13.94 1.9 4.4 2.2 1.6 1.1 -3.3 3.4 0.6 2.0 1.2 -2.5 3.9
1990
 -1.70 -7.48 -3.4 -1.1 -1.1 -1.8 4.2 0.2 1.9 -1.8 1.3 0.1 -0.4 0.5
1989
 +20.35 +15.01 2.5 0.4 1.5 2.9 0.3 1.2 4.3 0.3 2.1 -1.5 1.6 3.2
1988
 +18.35 +13.35 3.9 3.2 1.8 1.3 -0.3 0.9 0.5 -2.0 1.3 2.7 1.6 2.2
1987
 +10.95 +6.34 7.4 1.1 4.2 2.2 0.9 1.6 1.7 1.7 -1.1 -9.8 -0.7 2.0
1986
 +22.86 +21.41 -0.2 4.0 6.0 2.5 -1.1 4.2 0.6 5.7 -3.0 -0.1 2.2 0.2

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
  • 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
  • GSG - iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust: simulated historical serie, up to December 2006

Portfolio efficiency

Is the Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio actually efficient, compared to other Lazy Portfolios?

Overall Ratings

The Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio is classified as Very High Risk.

Very High Risk
Bond weight:
Less than 25%
High Risk
Bond weight:
25% - 49.99%
Medium Risk
Bond weight:
50% - 74.99%
Low Risk
Bond weight:
At least 75%
Very High Risk
Portfolios		 All
Portfolios
25 Years Ann. Return
(Inflation Adjusted)		 +6.37%
(+3.86%)
Poor : 1 / 5
Average : 2.4 / 5
Standard Deviation
over 25 Years		 11.94%
Excellent : 5 / 5
Average : 2.9 / 5
Maximum Drawdown
over 25 Years		 -47.39%
Excellent : 4.4 / 5
Bad : 1.9 / 5
Easy to manage 5 ETFs
Average : 3 / 5
Average : 3 / 5
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