Quarterly Rebalancing
GBP
Moderate Risk
Multi-currency
14.8yr backtest

Performance Summary

Total Return+621.56%
Annualized Return+14.25%
Volatility+17.06%
Sharpe Ratio0.72
Max Drawdown+23.09%

Holdings

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Equity 70.0%Precious Metals 30.0%
Holdings Details
Diversified portfolio blending US insurance equity, European basic materials ETFs, and physical gold for balanced growth and inflation protection.
AssetTypeAllocationTER
WR1.F
W. R. Berkley Corporation • US0844231029
STOCK
40.0%0%
LBRE.XETRA
Amundi STOXX Europe 600 Basic Resources UCITS ETF Acc • LU1834983550
ETF
30.0%0.3%
SGLP.LSE
Invesco Physical Gold ETC • IE00B579F325
ETC
30.0%0.12%
Total100.0%0.13%

Performance

Portfolio Value Over Time
Starting with £10,000 investment → now worth £72,156.34
Histogram of Monthly Returns
The portfolio had a positive return during 116 of the 179 months (65%)
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Best month: +14.6% • Worst month: -9.3% • Best year: 2016 (+57.4%) • Worst year: 2015 (-7.9%)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026+5.1%+8.3%-7.8%+0.5%+1.4%-1.4%+0.7%+3.4%-3.4%+2.9%--+9.3%
2025+4.9%+1.3%+4.3%-1.5%+2.5%-1.5%+1.4%+2.4%+10.0%+2.1%+5.2%+0.2%+35.3%
2024+4.5%-0.5%+7.4%-1.1%+1.3%-1.1%+0.4%+1.0%+0.7%+4.0%+4.8%-4.6%+17.4%
2023+0.5%-4.0%-2.5%-5.3%-3.0%+0.2%+3.8%-1.4%+7.0%+2.4%+0.5%+2.5%+0.0%
2022+1.7%+7.1%+8.9%+3.6%+0.6%-4.8%-2.5%+4.8%+1.2%+2.0%+5.1%-0.6%+29.5%
2021-2.5%+3.7%+4.9%+3.8%+0.4%-2.5%+2.2%+0.5%-2.2%+2.8%+1.7%+5.0%+18.7%
2020+3.5%-4.2%-9.3%+4.6%+6.7%+0.7%+3.5%-0.1%+0.1%-2.5%+4.1%+4.9%+11.4%
2019+3.2%+3.3%+3.1%+3.8%+1.2%+7.4%+5.4%+0.7%-0.9%-4.5%+1.1%+0.5%+26.7%
2018-3.3%-0.1%-0.7%+4.3%+5.2%-3.5%+0.8%-0.4%+2.9%-3.0%+1.1%-0.1%+2.9%
2017+3.1%+3.6%-1.8%-3.5%+1.2%-2.1%+3.4%+2.6%-4.1%+3.1%-1.5%+6.6%+10.4%
2016-3.2%+12.7%+2.9%+5.0%-4.6%+14.6%+5.3%-0.5%+4.0%+5.1%+1.6%+5.1%+57.4%
2015+2.3%-0.0%+0.9%-2.3%-0.3%-2.5%-0.8%-1.6%-3.6%+4.9%-3.9%-0.9%-7.9%
2014-2.2%+4.6%-2.1%+2.8%-0.4%+2.1%+0.5%+3.3%-1.6%+0.7%+4.8%+0.2%+13.3%
2013+6.3%+1.7%+0.6%-5.9%-1.8%-8.0%+7.8%+0.2%-3.4%+3.9%-3.4%-3.3%-6.4%
2012+6.8%+0.9%-3.5%+0.3%-2.8%+1.8%-1.4%+0.4%+2.1%+2.5%+0.3%+0.9%+8.5%
2011-----------+1.2%+1.2%
> +2%
0% to +2%
-2% to 0%
< -2%
Drawdown Analysis
Maximum drawdown: +23.09% • The longest drawdown period lasted for 2 years and 11 months and was between March 2013 and March 2016. It reached a trough of -18.2%.
When could this portfolio get you to financial independence?

gir returned +14.25% a year over the 15 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
+621.56%
Annualized Return
+14.25%
Avg Monthly Return
+1.18%
Risk
Volatility (Annual)
+17.06%
Max Drawdown
+23.09%
Positive Months
65%
Average Drawdown
-5.6%
Risk-Adjusted
Sharpe Ratio
0.72
Risk-free rate: 2.0%
Sortino Ratio
0.74
Downside risk adjusted
Return/Volatility
0.84
Calmar Ratio
0.62
Return/Max Drawdown
Ulcer Index
6.86
Drawdown depth & duration
Martin Ratio
0.02
Return/Ulcer Index
Backtest Configuration
Initial Investment
£10,000
Final Value
£72,156.34
Backtest Period
2011-12-16 to 2026-10-16
14.8 years
Rebalancing
quarterly
Base Currency
GBP