Quarterly Rebalancing
GBP
High Risk
Multi-currency
17.0yr backtest

Performance Summary

Total Return+965.10%
Annualized Return+14.96%
Volatility+22.34%
Sharpe Ratio0.58
Max Drawdown+37.70%

Holdings

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Equity 100.0%
Holdings Details
A 50/50 equity portfolio pairing US insurer W. R. Berkley with a European basic resources ETF for diversified finance and materials growth.
AssetTypeAllocationTER
WR1.F
W. R. Berkley Corporation • US0844231029
STOCK
50.0%0%
LBRE.XETRA
Amundi STOXX Europe 600 Basic Resources UCITS ETF Acc • LU1834983550
ETF
50.0%0.3%
Total100.0%0.15%

Performance

Portfolio Value Over Time
Starting with £10,000 investment → now worth £106,510.05
Histogram of Monthly Returns
The portfolio had a positive return during 123 of the 205 months (60%)
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Best month: +18.0% • Worst month: -15.2% • Best year: 2016 (+70.9%) • Worst year: 2015 (-12.3%)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026+2.7%+9.1%-7.0%+2.3%+3.0%+0.5%+1.7%+1.1%-2.4%+3.5%--+14.5%
2025+3.4%+1.4%+2.2%-3.5%+4.4%-1.3%+0.6%+2.8%+9.3%+1.2%+4.8%+1.3%+29.5%
2024+5.0%-1.4%+7.0%-1.9%+2.0%-2.4%-1.0%+0.5%+0.5%+1.1%+6.5%-5.8%+9.9%
2023+0.0%-4.5%-6.1%-6.9%-5.0%+2.8%+4.9%-2.5%+9.8%-0.4%+1.8%+3.6%-3.6%
2022+2.8%+7.7%+10.6%+3.0%+2.4%-8.7%-1.8%+5.5%+0.5%+4.5%+7.0%-1.8%+34.7%
2021-3.2%+9.1%+5.7%+4.3%-1.0%-1.8%+2.7%+0.3%-3.4%+3.8%+0.9%+6.7%+25.6%
2020+0.9%-7.8%-15.2%+4.3%+8.3%+0.6%+2.7%+1.1%+0.3%-3.5%+10.6%+7.1%+6.8%
2019+4.7%+4.8%+4.2%+5.3%-0.9%+7.2%+4.5%-2.9%+1.2%-5.0%+3.1%+1.4%+30.4%
2018-3.1%-0.8%-0.8%+5.6%+6.1%-3.5%+1.6%-0.9%+4.6%-6.8%+0.8%-1.9%+0.1%
2017+4.3%+2.6%-1.8%-4.3%+1.6%-1.9%+5.4%+1.7%-3.4%+5.1%-2.6%+8.9%+15.9%
2016-8.9%+13.9%+6.1%+6.8%-5.1%+13.0%+7.3%-0.2%+5.6%+6.4%+6.2%+6.2%+70.9%
2015-1.8%+4.1%-0.2%-0.9%-1.3%-2.3%+0.0%-4.8%-6.3%+7.6%-4.3%-2.2%-12.3%
2014-4.9%+4.6%-2.1%+3.9%+0.6%+1.4%+1.8%+2.9%-1.2%+1.2%+5.2%-0.7%+12.9%
2013+7.0%+2.5%-0.9%-3.6%-1.1%-6.8%+8.2%-1.4%-0.3%+5.3%-2.0%-1.6%+4.1%
2012+6.1%+1.9%-3.8%+1.3%-5.0%+2.3%-2.1%-0.0%+1.1%+4.8%-0.4%+4.1%+10.0%
2011-3.6%+2.5%+4.9%-1.4%+0.1%+1.2%-6.4%-6.6%-9.6%+18.0%-3.8%+1.6%-5.8%
2010-3.4%+8.7%+8.0%-1.6%-1.4%-6.8%+2.2%-1.3%+7.4%+2.5%-0.2%+10.9%+26.2%
2009----------2.6%+5.7%+4.5%+7.6%
> +2%
0% to +2%
-2% to 0%
< -2%
Drawdown Analysis
Maximum drawdown: +37.70% • The longest drawdown period lasted for 1 year and 9 months and was between April 2019 and January 2021. It reached a trough of -37.7%.
When could this portfolio get you to financial independence?

ir returned +14.96% a year over the 17 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
+965.10%
Annualized Return
+14.96%
Avg Monthly Return
+1.27%
Risk
Volatility (Annual)
+22.34%
Max Drawdown
+37.70%
Positive Months
60%
Average Drawdown
-7.0%
Risk-Adjusted
Sharpe Ratio
0.58
Risk-free rate: 2.0%
Sortino Ratio
0.59
Downside risk adjusted
Return/Volatility
0.67
Calmar Ratio
0.40
Return/Max Drawdown
Ulcer Index
8.89
Drawdown depth & duration
Martin Ratio
0.01
Return/Ulcer Index
Backtest Configuration
Initial Investment
£10,000
Final Value
£106,510.05
Backtest Period
2009-10-27 to 2026-10-16
17.0 years
Rebalancing
quarterly
Base Currency
GBP