Data Source: from March 1987 to August 2022
Consolidated Returns as of 31 August 2022
Live Update: Sep 23 2022
PORTFOLIO • LIVE PERFORMANCE (USD currency)
2.29%
1 Day
Sep 23 2022
7.42%
Current Month
September 2022

The Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio is a Very High Risk portfolio and can be implemented with 6 ETFs.

It's exposed for 100% on the Stock Market.

In the last 30 Years, the Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio obtained a 8.60% compound annual return, with a 15.44% standard deviation.

Asset Allocation and ETFs

The Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio has the following asset allocation:

100% Stocks
0% Fixed Income
0% Commodities

The Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio can be implemented with the following ETFs:

Weight Ticker ETF Name Investment Themes
34.60 %
VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Equity, U.S., Large Cap
27.30 %
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE Equity, EAFE, Large Cap
15.00 %
EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Equity, Emerging Markets, Large Cap
9.20 %
VTV Vanguard Value Equity, U.S., Large Cap, Value
7.50 %
VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Equity, U.S., Mid Cap
6.40 %
IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Equity, U.S., Small Cap, Value
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 Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, let's assume we built the portfolio on March 1987.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming: September 2022 return is calculated on the hypothesis of a newly built portfolio, with the starting asset allocation.
BETTERMENT ROBO ADVISOR 100 PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Consolidated returns as of 31 August 2022
Live Update: Sep 23 2022
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  Chg (%) Return (%)
Return (%) as of Aug 31, 2022
  1 Day Time ET(*) Sep 2022 1M 6M 1Y 5Y(*) 10Y(*) 30Y(*)
Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio -2.29 -7.42 -3.86 -10.77 -14.75 6.29 8.87 8.60
US Inflation Adjusted return -3.82 -14.52 -21.25 2.37 6.17 5.94
Components
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market 		-1.72 Sep 23 2022 -6.81 -3.73 -9.58 -13.66 11.22 12.70 9.94
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE 		-3.19 Sep 23 2022 -8.01 -6.12 -13.83 -20.22 1.44 4.88 4.85
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets 		-2.47 Sep 23 2022 -8.75 -1.33 -14.89 -22.97 -0.38 2.12 6.05
VTV
Vanguard Value 		-1.79 Sep 23 2022 -5.37 -2.68 -5.15 -2.59 9.49 11.73 9.52
VOE
Vanguard Mid-Cap Value 		-1.75 Sep 23 2022 -6.86 -2.56 -5.73 -5.01 8.03 11.47 11.06
IJS
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value 		-2.49 Sep 23 2022 -8.64 -4.16 -8.85 -8.39 7.84 10.86 11.11
(*) Returns over 1 year are annualized
(*) Eastern Time (ET - America/New York)

US Inflation is updated to Aug 2022. Current inflation (annualized) is 1Y: 8.26% , 5Y: 3.82% , 10Y: 2.54% , 30Y: 2.51%

COMPONENTS MONTHLY CORRELATIONS
Monthly correlations as of 31 August 2022
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Asset VTI EFA EEM VTV VOE IJS
VTI
1.00
0.91
0.64
0.90
0.93
0.90
EFA
0.91
1.00
0.76
0.96
0.96
0.92
EEM
0.64
0.76
1.00
0.79
0.71
0.60
VTV
0.90
0.96
0.79
1.00
0.97
0.87
VOE
0.93
0.96
0.71
0.97
1.00
0.93
IJS
0.90
0.92
0.60
0.87
0.93
1.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset VTI EFA EEM VTV VOE IJS
VTI
1.00
0.91
0.74
0.94
0.93
0.87
EFA
0.91
1.00
0.81
0.92
0.91
0.85
EEM
0.74
0.81
1.00
0.74
0.76
0.74
VTV
0.94
0.92
0.74
1.00
0.97
0.89
VOE
0.93
0.91
0.76
0.97
1.00
0.93
IJS
0.87
0.85
0.74
0.89
0.93
1.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset VTI EFA EEM VTV VOE IJS
VTI
1.00
0.86
0.67
0.94
0.94
0.86
EFA
0.86
1.00
0.79
0.84
0.85
0.75
EEM
0.67
0.79
1.00
0.66
0.67
0.62
VTV
0.94
0.84
0.66
1.00
0.96
0.88
VOE
0.94
0.85
0.67
0.96
1.00
0.92
IJS
0.86
0.75
0.62
0.88
0.92
1.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset VTI EFA EEM VTV VOE IJS
VTI
1.00
0.81
0.73
0.94
0.89
0.86
EFA
0.81
1.00
0.78
0.80
0.77
0.72
EEM
0.73
0.78
1.00
0.70
0.68
0.66
VTV
0.94
0.80
0.70
1.00
0.94
0.85
VOE
0.89
0.77
0.68
0.94
1.00
0.90
IJS
0.86
0.72
0.66
0.85
0.90
1.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset VTI EFA EEM VTV VOE IJS
VTI
1.00
0.73
0.70
0.94
0.90
0.87
EFA
0.73
1.00
0.67
0.72
0.68
0.65
EEM
0.70
0.67
1.00
0.67
0.65
0.63
VTV
0.94
0.72
0.67
1.00
0.94
0.86
VOE
0.90
0.68
0.65
0.94
1.00
0.91
IJS
0.87
0.65
0.63
0.86
0.91
1.00
Live update: World Markets and Indexes

Portfolio Dividends

In 2021, the Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio granted a 2.34% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio: Dividend Yield page.

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Historical Returns as of Aug 31, 2022

Historical returns and stats of Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio. Total Returns and Inflation Adjusted Returns are both mentioned.

BETTERMENT ROBO ADVISOR 100 PORTFOLIO
Consolidated returns as of 31 August 2022
Data Source: from March 1987 to August 2022
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Period Return (%)
as of Aug 2022		 Return (%)
Infl.Adj.		 Standard
Deviation (%)		 Max
Drawdown (%)		 Months
Pos - Neg
1M
Aug 2022
-3.86
-3.82
-3.86
Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
0 - 1
3M
-6.25
-7.47
-8.12
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
1 - 2
6M
-10.77
-14.52
-13.70
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
3 - 3
YTD
-16.16
-21.08
-17.83
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
3 - 5
1Y
-14.75
-21.25
15.27
-17.83
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
5 - 7
42% pos
3Y(*)
7.50
2.48
18.18
-24.14
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
23 - 13
64% pos
5Y(*)
6.29
2.37
16.57
-24.14
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
39 - 21
65% pos
10Y(*)
8.87
6.17
13.67
-24.14
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
82 - 38
68% pos
15Y(*)
5.73
3.27
17.04
-54.55
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
113 - 67
63% pos
20Y(*)
8.76
6.10
15.97
-54.55
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
156 - 84
65% pos
25Y(*)
7.12
4.53
16.28
-54.55
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
188 - 112
63% pos
30Y(*)
8.60
5.94
15.44
-54.55
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
230 - 130
64% pos
MAX(*)
01 Mar 1987
8.95
6.00
15.74
-54.55
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
274 - 152
64% 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 Aug 31, 2022

An investment of 1000$, since September 1992, now would be worth 11871.36$, with a total return of 1087.14% (8.60% annualized).

The Inflation Adjusted Capital now would be 5647.67$, with a net total return of 464.77% (5.94% annualized).
An investment of 1000$, since March 1987, now would be worth 20989.77$, with a total return of 1998.98% (8.95% annualized).

The Inflation Adjusted Capital now would be 7909.14$, with a net total return of 690.91% (6.00% annualized).

Drawdowns

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Drawdown period
Recovery period
Total
Drawdown Start Bottom #Months End #Months #Months
-54.55% Nov 2007 Feb 2009 16 Jan 2013 47 63
-37.03% Apr 2000 Sep 2002 30 Oct 2004 25 55
-24.14% Jan 2020 Mar 2020 3 Nov 2020 8 11
-20.12% May 1998 Aug 1998 4 Mar 1999 7 11
-17.83% Jan 2022 Jun 2022 6 in progress 2 8
-14.58% Feb 2018 Dec 2018 11 Oct 2019 10 21
-13.71% Jun 2015 Feb 2016 9 Sep 2016 7 16
-8.30% Feb 1994 Mar 1994 2 May 1995 14 16
-6.42% Aug 1997 Oct 1997 3 Feb 1998 4 7
-5.24% Jun 1996 Jul 1996 2 Sep 1996 2 4
-5.06% Jan 2000 Jan 2000 1 Mar 2000 2 3
-5.00% Mar 2005 Apr 2005 2 Jul 2005 3 5
-4.63% May 2006 May 2006 1 Oct 2006 5 6
-4.57% Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 Feb 2014 1 2
-4.22% Nov 1993 Nov 1993 1 Dec 1993 1 2
-3.75% Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 Oct 2021 1 2
-3.70% Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 Feb 2015 5 6
-3.68% Jun 2007 Jul 2007 2 Sep 2007 2 4
-3.44% Oct 2005 Oct 2005 1 Nov 2005 1 2
-3.30% Jul 1999 Sep 1999 3 Oct 1999 1 4
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Drawdown period
Recovery period
Total
Drawdown Start Bottom #Months End #Months #Months
-54.55% Nov 2007 Feb 2009 16 Jan 2013 47 63
-37.03% Apr 2000 Sep 2002 30 Oct 2004 25 55
-25.33% Sep 1987 Nov 1987 3 Jan 1989 14 17
-24.14% Jan 2020 Mar 2020 3 Nov 2020 8 11
-20.93% Jan 1990 Sep 1990 9 Feb 1991 5 14
-20.12% May 1998 Aug 1998 4 Mar 1999 7 11
-17.83% Jan 2022 Jun 2022 6 in progress 2 8
-14.58% Feb 2018 Dec 2018 11 Oct 2019 10 21
-13.71% Jun 2015 Feb 2016 9 Sep 2016 7 16
-8.30% Feb 1994 Mar 1994 2 May 1995 14 16
-6.42% Aug 1997 Oct 1997 3 Feb 1998 4 7
-5.51% Jun 1991 Jun 1991 1 Aug 1991 2 3
-5.24% Jun 1996 Jul 1996 2 Sep 1996 2 4
-5.07% Nov 1991 Nov 1991 1 Dec 1991 1 2
-5.06% Jan 2000 Jan 2000 1 Mar 2000 2 3
-5.00% Mar 2005 Apr 2005 2 Jul 2005 3 5
-4.63% May 2006 May 2006 1 Oct 2006 5 6
-4.57% Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 Feb 2014 1 2
-4.49% Jun 1992 Jun 1992 1 Jan 1993 7 8
-4.22% Nov 1993 Nov 1993 1 Dec 1993 1 2

Rolling Returns ( more details)

Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio: annualized rolling and average returns

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Rolling
Period		 Return (*) Negative
Periods
Average (%) Best (%) Worst (%)
1 Year
 10.85 63.57
Mar 2009 - Feb 2010 		-46.95
Mar 2008 - Feb 2009 		24.58%
2 Years
 10.21 41.70
Mar 2009 - Feb 2011 		-27.26
Mar 2007 - Feb 2009 		13.65%
3 Years
 9.69 28.55
Apr 2003 - Mar 2006 		-15.10
Mar 2006 - Feb 2009 		12.02%
5 Years
 9.51 22.20
Oct 2002 - Sep 2007 		-3.82
Mar 2004 - Feb 2009 		6.27%
7 Years
 9.20 19.30
Oct 1990 - Sep 1997 		0.21
Mar 2002 - Feb 2009 		0.00%
10 Years
 8.96 16.43
Oct 1990 - Sep 2000 		0.73
Mar 1999 - Feb 2009 		0.00%
15 Years
 8.32 12.57
Oct 1990 - Sep 2005 		4.23
Mar 1994 - Feb 2009 		0.00%
20 Years
 8.38 12.89
Nov 1987 - Oct 2007 		4.83
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 Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio: Rolling Returns page.

Seasonality

Betterment Robo Advisor 100 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 %		 0.47
57% 		0.51
60% 		0.83
64% 		2.23
81% 		0.85
69% 		-0.11
56% 		1.43
61% 		-0.50
58% 		-0.29
57% 		0.62
63% 		1.25
69% 		2.59
77%
Best
Year		 8.5
2019 		9.3
1991 		9.6
2009 		12.8
2009 		9.3
1990 		6.7
2019 		9.4
2009 		5.2
2020 		9.8
2010 		11.8
2011 		12.6
2020 		13.0
1991
Worst
Year		 -10.5
2009 		-10.4
2009 		-15.6
2020 		-7.1
2022 		-8.9
2010 		-8.8
2008 		-9.6
2002 		-16.1
1998 		-10.9
2001 		-20.6
1987 		-7.9
2008 		-7.7
2018
Statistics calculated for the period Mar 1987 - Aug 2022

Monthly/Yearly Returns

Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio monthly and yearly returns: how is the distribution of the returns recorded so far?

MONTHLY RETURNS HISTOGRAM
274 Positive Months (64%) - 152 Negative Months (36%)
Mar 1987 - Aug 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
 -16.16 -21.08 -3.7 -2.5 1.3 -7.1 1.1 -8.1 6.1 -3.9
2021
 +18.02 +10.26 0.5 3.5 3.3 3.5 2.0 0.4 -0.3 2.2 -3.8 4.4 -2.9 4.2
2020
 +12.47 +10.96 -2.5 -7.8 -15.6 10.0 4.6 2.9 4.7 5.2 -2.6 -1.4 12.6 5.1
2019
 +25.35 +22.55 8.5 2.5 0.7 3.4 -6.5 6.7 -0.2 -2.7 2.7 2.6 2.4 3.5
2018
 -10.13 -11.81 5.2 -4.5 -1.0 0.3 0.5 -0.7 3.3 0.5 0.0 -7.7 2.0 -7.7
2017
 +23.37 +20.82 2.7 2.5 1.3 1.4 1.7 0.9 2.6 0.1 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.6
2016
 +11.17 +8.91 -5.6 -0.8 8.0 1.2 0.2 0.3 4.2 0.6 0.9 -2.0 2.3 1.9
2015
 -3.25 -3.95 -1.8 5.6 -1.1 2.2 0.1 -2.2 0.2 -6.6 -3.4 7.1 -0.1 -2.6
2014
 +4.80 +4.01 -4.6 4.9 1.0 0.5 1.9 2.1 -1.8 2.8 -3.7 2.0 1.2 -1.3
2013
 +25.26 +23.41 4.3 0.1 2.6 2.4 0.1 -2.1 5.1 -2.8 5.4 4.0 1.9 2.0
2012
 +17.46 +15.45 6.1 4.3 1.3 -1.3 -8.3 5.0 0.5 2.5 3.0 -0.6 1.4 3.2
2011
 -5.87 -8.57 1.1 3.2 0.6 3.5 -1.7 -1.6 -2.4 -7.4 -10.1 11.8 -1.0 -0.3
2010
 +15.28 +13.58 -4.3 2.4 6.8 0.9 -8.9 -4.4 8.7 -4.5 9.8 3.6 -1.4 7.6
2009
 +33.82 +30.27 -10.5 -10.4 9.6 12.8 9.0 -0.7 9.4 3.3 5.2 -3.1 5.5 2.7
2008
 -39.26 -39.32 -6.6 -1.7 -0.8 5.5 2.0 -8.8 -1.9 -0.8 -10.0 -19.8 -7.9 5.3
2007
 +8.88 +4.61 1.5 -1.3 2.2 3.7 3.6 -0.7 -3.0 0.7 5.1 3.9 -5.1 -1.6
2006
 +21.56 +18.55 6.0 -0.6 2.7 3.0 -4.6 0.1 0.4 2.2 1.1 4.2 3.2 2.5
2005
 +12.96 +9.23 -2.1 3.9 -3.0 -2.1 2.6 1.9 4.5 0.6 3.0 -3.4 4.1 2.6
2004
 +18.09 +14.37 2.1 2.3 -0.3 -3.9 1.4 2.6 -3.6 1.1 2.9 2.4 6.4 3.9
2003
 +38.64 +36.08 -2.8 -2.4 -0.7 9.1 6.8 2.3 2.9 3.5 0.2 6.9 2.0 6.1
2002
 -16.20 -18.14 -1.6 0.0 4.9 -1.3 -0.7 -5.8 -9.6 0.4 -10.4 5.9 6.3 -4.0
2001
 -10.62 -11.99 3.8 -7.4 -6.6 7.8 0.1 -2.3 -2.5 -3.8 -10.9 2.9 6.5 3.0
2000
 -8.25 -11.25 -5.1 1.5 4.9 -4.3 -2.7 2.8 -2.0 4.6 -3.6 -1.8 -6.7 4.7
1999
 +29.44 +26.06 1.1 -2.5 5.0 7.4 -2.4 5.2 -1.4 -0.7 -1.2 4.4 4.0 8.1
1998
 +11.29 +9.52 -0.2 7.6 4.3 0.6 -3.3 0.0 -1.7 -16.1 4.1 8.7 5.4 3.6
1997
 +15.46 +13.53 2.5 1.1 -3.0 2.1 6.8 4.3 4.9 -5.4 5.4 -6.1 1.3 1.6
1996
 +15.79 +12.07 3.0 0.7 1.6 2.7 1.2 -0.3 -4.9 2.5 3.6 0.5 5.3 -0.8
1995
 +21.40 +18.40 -1.5 1.1 3.0 3.2 2.6 1.1 4.3 -0.3 2.4 -2.2 3.5 2.5
1994
 -0.71 -3.30 5.6 -3.2 -5.2 2.5 0.7 -1.2 2.6 4.1 -2.6 1.8 -5.0 0.0
1993
 +31.23 +27.72 3.3 1.8 6.0 2.2 1.4 1.4 2.4 4.7 -1.0 3.3 -4.2 6.7
1992
 +2.17 -0.71 0.3 -0.5 -3.0 1.7 4.5 -4.5 2.5 -0.8 -0.8 -0.4 2.6 0.9
1991
 +38.61 +34.48 4.5 9.3 0.1 1.5 4.6 -5.5 4.0 3.3 1.5 3.5 -5.1 13.0
1990
 -12.28 -17.33 -6.0 -1.0 -1.8 -3.1 9.3 0.1 2.2 -11.7 -9.6 6.0 2.0 2.6
1989
 +33.54 +27.61 6.2 0.7 -0.5 4.4 2.8 -1.4 7.1 3.3 3.5 -3.7 2.8 4.6
1988
 +24.10 +18.85 6.9 5.4 0.0 1.5 -0.9 4.7 -0.3 -3.3 3.3 2.6 0.9 1.5
1987
 - - 1.1 2.2 -0.9 1.3 4.3 4.6 -1.9 -20.6 -4.1 4.2

Portofolio Returns, up to December 2006, 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
  • EFA - iShares MSCI EAFE: simulated historical serie, up to December 2001
  • EEM - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets: simulated historical serie, up to December 2003
  • VTV - Vanguard Value: simulated historical serie, up to December 2004
  • VOE - Vanguard Mid-Cap Value: simulated historical serie, up to December 2006
  • IJS - iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value: simulated historical serie, up to December 2000

Portfolio efficiency

Is the Betterment Robo Advisor 100 Portfolio actually efficient, compared to other Lazy Portfolios?

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30 Years Stats (%)
% Allocation
Portfolio Sep 2022 Return▾ Drawdown Stocks Bonds Comm
Technology
 -7.77 +13.69 -81.08 100 0 0
US Stocks
 -6.81 +9.94 -50.84 100 0 0
Warren Buffett Portfolio
Warren Buffett 		-6.07 +9.46 -45.52 90 10 0
Aggressive Global Income
 -5.78 +9.29 -52.63 80 20 0
Stocks/Bonds 80/20
 -6.10 +9.13 -41.09 80 20 0

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Sep 2022 return refers to period 01-23 September 2022.
Last update: Sep 23 2022.
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