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Fundamental Defensive

Actually Defensive Set for life. No gold bs.

Annual Rebalancing
EUR
Moderate Risk
10.6yr backtest

Performance Summary

Total Return+125.26%
Annualized Return+7.99%
Volatility+12.16%
Sharpe Ratio0.49
Max Drawdown+27.71%

Holdings

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Equity 100.0%
Holdings Details
Defensive ETF portfolio for life: 100% global equities in consumer staples, healthcare, and utilities for stable growth.
AssetTypeAllocationTER
XDWS.XETRA
Xtrackers MSCI World Consumer Staples UCITS ETF 1C • IE00BM67HN09
ETF
34.0%0.25%
HLTW.PA
Amundi MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETF EUR Acc • LU0533033238
ETF
33.0%0.3%
XDWU.XETRA
Xtrackers MSCI World Utilities UCITS ETF 1C • IE00BM67HQ30
ETF
33.0%0.25%
Total100.0%0.27%

Performance

Portfolio Value Over Time
Starting with €10,000 investment → now worth €22,526
Histogram of Monthly Returns
The portfolio had a positive return during 76 of the 128 months (59%)
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Best month: +8.4% • Worst month: -7.9% • Best year: 2019 (+25.6%) • Worst year: 2023 (-1.5%)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026+1.5%+7.7%-4.9%+0.5%-1.2%+5.3%-0.1%-1.4%-0.7%+6.7%--+13.4%
2025+4.2%+1.4%-3.4%-3.2%+0.5%-3.2%+2.2%-0.6%+0.3%+3.8%+4.2%-2.5%+3.3%
2024+2.3%+0.6%+3.5%-0.5%+2.1%+0.7%+3.0%+2.3%+0.7%-1.1%+3.8%-4.5%+13.3%
2023-2.2%-0.4%+1.5%+2.2%-2.5%+0.5%+0.9%-1.1%-2.4%-2.2%+2.3%+2.2%-1.5%
2022-4.0%-0.4%+5.2%+3.3%-3.0%-2.3%+6.8%-1.4%-4.7%+3.3%+1.1%-2.8%+0.4%
2021+0.2%-3.0%+8.4%+0.4%+0.1%+3.0%+3.0%+2.6%-3.3%+3.9%+0.5%+6.7%+24.2%
2020+2.7%-7.9%-4.9%+6.3%+0.9%-1.3%+0.4%+0.4%+0.8%-1.6%+4.2%-0.3%-1.2%
2019+4.6%+3.4%+3.6%-0.2%-1.2%+2.5%+2.9%+2.4%+2.4%-1.1%+2.7%+1.3%+25.6%
2018-1.8%-3.1%-0.4%+2.7%+2.1%+2.0%+3.1%+1.5%+0.6%-0.6%+2.8%-6.1%+2.5%
2017-1.6%+6.9%+0.4%-0.8%+1.1%-2.0%-2.3%+0.3%-0.0%+1.8%+0.2%-1.2%+2.6%
2016---0.3%-0.2%+3.9%+2.8%+1.7%-3.2%-0.3%-1.4%+0.0%+3.0%+5.9%
> +2%
0% to +2%
-2% to 0%
< -2%
Drawdown Analysis
Maximum drawdown: +27.71% • The longest drawdown period lasted for 1 year and 8 months and was between August 2022 and May 2024. It reached a trough of -14.1%.
When could this portfolio get you to financial independence?

Fundamental Defensive returned +7.99% a year over the 11 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.

Detailed Metrics

Returns
Total Return
+125.26%
Annualized Return
+7.99%
Avg Monthly Return
+0.68%
Risk
Volatility (Annual)
+12.16%
Max Drawdown
+27.71%
Positive Months
59%
Average Drawdown
-5.2%
Risk-Adjusted
Sharpe Ratio
0.49
Risk-free rate: 2.0%
Sortino Ratio
0.46
Downside risk adjusted
Return/Volatility
0.66
Calmar Ratio
0.29
Return/Max Drawdown
Ulcer Index
6.19
Drawdown depth & duration
Martin Ratio
0.01
Return/Ulcer Index
Backtest Configuration
Initial Investment
€10,000
Final Value
€22,526
Backtest Period
2016-03-22 to 2026-10-16
10.6 years
Rebalancing
annual
Base Currency
EUR