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Retirement 75/25

Built for decumulation over a planned 20-year retirement window, targeting a 6% nominal return. Provides a 4% annual income withdrawal while leaving 2% invested to offset inflation. Characteristics: underweight US, overweight Asia+Emerging Markets & Europe, EUR exposure 25-30%, Total Expense Ratio (TER) 0.20% per year, focus on physical fund replication.

Annual Rebalancing
EUR
Low Risk
3.6yr backtest

Performance Summary

Total Return+71.67%
Annualized Return+16.27%
Volatility+8.41%
Sharpe Ratio1.70
Max Drawdown+13.49%

Holdings

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Equity 75.0%Bonds 20.0%Precious Metals 5.0%
Holdings Details
Diversified ETF portfolio for retirement income: 75% global equities, 20% bonds, 5% gold, targeting 6% returns with 4% annual withdrawals.
AssetTypeAllocationTER
VGWD.XETRA
Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF Distributing • IE00B8GKDB10
ETF
25.0%0.29%
SPY5.XETRA
State Street SPDR S&P 500 UCITS ETF USD Unhedged (Dist) • IE00B6YX5C33
ETF
21.5%0.03%
IS3M.XETRA
iShares EUR Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF EUR (Dist) • IE00BCRY6557
ETF
10.0%0.09%
VDIV.XETRA
VanEck Morningstar Developed Markets Dividend Leaders UCITS ETF • NL0011683594
ETF
10.0%0.38%
IBC3.XETRA
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets IMI UCITS ETF • IE00BD45KH83
ETF
8.5%0.18%
XSX7.XETRA
Xtrackers Stoxx Europe 600 UCITS ETF 1D • LU2581375156
ETF
5.0%0.07%
EMBE.LSE
iShares J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond EUR Hedged UCITS • IE00B9M6RS56
ETF
5.0%0.5%
DXSA.XETRA
Xtrackers Euro Stoxx Quality Dividend UCITS ETF 1D • LU0292095535
ETF
5.0%0.3%
EUN5.XETRA
iShares Core EUR Corporate Bond UCITS ETF (Dist) • IE00B3F81R35
ETF
5.0%0.09%
SGLD.AS
Invesco Physical Gold ETC • IE00B579F325
ETC
5.0%0.12%
Total100.0%0.20%

Performance

Portfolio Value Over Time
Starting with €10,000 investment → now worth €17,166.89
Histogram of Monthly Returns
The portfolio had a positive return during 34 of the 44 months (77%)
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Best month: +4.5% • Worst month: -4.2% • Best year: 2024 (+18.5%) • Worst year: 2023 (+11.3%)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026+2.9%+3.4%-4.2%+4.5%+3.1%+0.9%+0.4%+1.6%-0.3%+1.1%--+13.9%
2025+4.2%+0.6%-3.1%-2.9%+3.7%+0.1%+3.0%+0.7%+2.3%+2.9%+1.1%+1.1%+14.3%
2024+1.6%+3.0%+3.8%-0.6%+1.0%+1.9%+1.6%-0.0%+1.8%+0.6%+3.7%-1.2%+18.5%
2023--+2.5%+0.6%+0.1%+2.6%+2.4%-1.1%-0.6%-2.8%+4.2%+3.2%+11.3%
> +2%
0% to +2%
-2% to 0%
< -2%
Drawdown Analysis
Maximum drawdown: +13.49% • The longest drawdown period lasted for 5 months and was between February 2025 and July 2025. It reached a trough of -13.5%.
When could this portfolio get you to financial independence?

Retirement 75/25 returned +16.27% a year over the 4 years above. Run those same monthly returns forward through 10,000 simulated paths, with your own savings and target retirement age, to see when they could reach your FIRE number.

Dividend Income

Summary
This portfolio contains 9 distributing ETFs (95.0% of total allocation)

Total Dividends Received

€1,323.66

137 payments

Dividend Yield

2.78%

(annualized)

Avg Per Payment

€9.66

per event

All dividends are automatically reinvested at the payment date. The portfolio value shown includes the compounding effect of dividend reinvestment.

Annual Breakdown
Dividend income per calendar year
YearDividends
2026€325.26
2025€380.94
2024€351.89
2023€265.59
Total€1,323.66

Detailed Metrics

Returns
Total Return
+71.67%
Annualized Return
+16.27%
Avg Monthly Return
+1.26%
Risk
Volatility (Annual)
+8.41%
Max Drawdown
+13.49%
Positive Months
77%
Average Drawdown
-1.4%
Risk-Adjusted
Sharpe Ratio
1.70
Risk-free rate: 2.0%
Sortino Ratio
1.56
Downside risk adjusted
Return/Volatility
1.93
Calmar Ratio
1.21
Return/Max Drawdown
Ulcer Index
1.99
Drawdown depth & duration
Martin Ratio
0.07
Return/Ulcer Index
Backtest Configuration
Initial Investment
€10,000
Final Value
€17,166.89
Backtest Period
2023-03-17 to 2026-10-16
3.6 years
Rebalancing
annual
Base Currency
EUR