Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on August 1979.
Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of December 2024.
Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 45 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.
Annualized Returns
Annual Return 1y
Annual Return 3y
Annual Return 5y
Annual Return 10y
Annual Return 20y
Annual Return
αc Flagship Fund
26.56
11.32
16.43
13.61
16.59
18.45
S&P 500 (US Large Cap)
27.86
10.73
14.74
12.99
10.32
11.27
Annual Returns
Year
αc Flagship Fund
S&P 500 (US Large Cap)
Won
1979
3.91%
3.91%
=
1980
25.21%
31.11%
1981
16.56%
-8.55%
1982
45.29%
19.25%
1983
38.9%
17.07%
1984
17.19%
3.67%
1985
32.08%
22.6%
1986
38.87%
9.3%
1987
17.97%
4.69%
1988
6.45%
16.27%
1989
32.53%
31.4%
1990
-4.37%
-3.35%
1991
13.44%
30.2%
1992
15.56%
8.21%
1993
20.81%
8.81%
1994
2.02%
0.4%
1995
39.77%
38.05%
1996
17.62%
22.5%
1997
48.22%
33.47%
1998
8.37%
28.69%
1999
39.3%
20.39%
2000
10.91%
-9.74%
2001
-6.78%
-11.76%
2002
4.32%
-21.58%
2003
36.14%
28.18%
2004
11.31%
10.7%
2005
14.31%
4.83%
2006
16.31%
15.85%
2007
8.66%
5.15%
2008
25%
-36.8%
2009
22.72%
26.35%
2010
18.45%
15.06%
2011
26.59%
1.89%
2012
16.81%
15.99%
2013
20.27%
32.31%
2014
27.45%
13.46%
2015
-1.04%
1.23%
2016
15.39%
12%
2017
17.36%
21.71%
2018
3.41%
-4.57%
2019
19.79%
31.22%
2020
21.67%
18.33%
2021
33.57%
28.73%
2022
-2%
-18.18%
2023
8.67%
26.18%
2024
24.68%
25.97%
αc Flagship Fund had 42 positive years and 4 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 91%.
S&P 500 (US Large Cap) had 38 positive years and 8 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 83%.
αc Flagship Fund had a better yearly return 71% of the time compared to S&P 500 (US Large Cap).
Monthly Returns
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
YTD
1979
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1.7%
1.4%
-3.3%
-0.3%
4.4%
3.9%
1980
8.4%
0.4%
-7.8%
-2.8%
4%
2.8%
3.7%
1.7%
3.2%
5.7%
8.6%
-3.9%
25.2%
1981
-1.4%
1.5%
7.2%
2.5%
1.9%
2.5%
0.3%
0.2%
-2.5%
1.4%
1.6%
0.7%
16.6%
1982
2.6%
3%
2.4%
3.9%
1.9%
0.6%
2.3%
7.1%
0.9%
12%
1.1%
0.7%
45.3%
1983
3.9%
2.5%
4.6%
8.4%
1.3%
4.4%
-0.6%
2%
2.5%
-0.9%
4.7%
0.9%
38.9%
1984
0.2%
-5%
5.2%
1.8%
-7.4%
3.2%
3.5%
5.8%
4.6%
-2.2%
2.2%
5.1%
17.2%
1985
8.6%
0.3%
-3.3%
0.7%
3.3%
1.8%
-0.5%
1.5%
0.7%
5.4%
5.6%
4.7%
32.1%
1986
1.5%
9%
9.8%
2.7%
-0.3%
4%
0.8%
8.7%
-4%
-1.7%
2.1%
1.8%
38.9%
1987
11.7%
3.3%
6.2%
5.8%
0.1%
-0.1%
2%
4.7%
-2.3%
-15%
1.8%
0.8%
18%
1988
2.7%
0.7%
-0%
1%
-1%
4.2%
3.1%
-4.1%
-4.1%
-0.2%
3.5%
0.9%
6.5%
1989
5%
0.3%
1.7%
7.1%
6%
-1.9%
7.5%
3.6%
-2.9%
-3.7%
2%
4.5%
32.5%
1990
-4.7%
-0.1%
-1.4%
0.8%
9.1%
-0.7%
-0.4%
-9%
0.8%
-0.3%
0.7%
1.6%
-4.4%
1991
-4%
7.3%
7.5%
1.6%
6.6%
-2.6%
2.2%
1%
-2.9%
-0.4%
-4.4%
1.9%
13.4%
1992
-1.8%
1.2%
-1.9%
2.9%
0.5%
-1.5%
4.1%
-2.1%
1.2%
1.2%
6.7%
4.5%
15.6%
1993
2.6%
1.2%
-1%
6.1%
3.7%
3.7%
0.5%
2.8%
-1.1%
5.4%
-5.6%
1.3%
20.8%
1994
6.4%
-2.9%
-4.4%
2.1%
0.2%
-0.3%
1.9%
3%
-2.7%
3.1%
-4%
0.3%
2%
1995
3%
4.1%
2.8%
3%
4%
2%
3.2%
0.5%
3.6%
-1.1%
6%
3.2%
39.8%
1996
4.4%
0.4%
2.5%
1.9%
-1.2%
-0.2%
-4.8%
-0.6%
3.7%
3.1%
7.5%
0.1%
17.6%
1997
8.5%
2.9%
-2.5%
6.4%
8.2%
6%
10.9%
-7.5%
2.9%
-2.1%
4.3%
3.7%
48.2%
1998
1.4%
6.9%
4.9%
-0.5%
-2%
4.3%
-2.2%
-12.2%
2.2%
-0.2%
0.1%
6.8%
8.4%
1999
3.5%
-0.8%
6.5%
5.4%
-1.7%
7.1%
-6.4%
1%
-1.8%
7.3%
6.4%
8.4%
39.3%
2000
-3.1%
1.1%
8.7%
1.2%
-3.9%
-0.7%
4%
10.3%
-4%
5.1%
-1.7%
-5.2%
10.9%
2001
-2.7%
1.6%
0.9%
-0.3%
5.3%
0.3%
-2.3%
-4%
1.5%
-2.1%
-3.2%
-1.7%
-6.8%
2002
3%
3.8%
-3.4%
-8.2%
2.4%
-0.7%
0.7%
5%
3.8%
-2.4%
0.3%
0.7%
4.3%
2003
5.4%
1.8%
-1.8%
0.4%
7.1%
0.4%
1.6%
2.3%
0.7%
5.9%
1.5%
6.3%
36.1%
2004
1.6%
1.7%
-0.7%
-2.1%
-1.6%
2.5%
-3.1%
0.7%
0.9%
2.1%
5.3%
3.8%
11.3%
2005
-2.3%
3.2%
-1.9%
-2.2%
4.2%
2.1%
3.6%
-1.8%
3.8%
-2.3%
5.6%
2%
14.3%
2006
1.7%
1.9%
0.3%
3.1%
-3.4%
-0%
0.6%
2.6%
1.2%
3.5%
2%
2%
16.3%
2007
1.2%
-0.5%
1.8%
4.4%
2.8%
-0.8%
-2.2%
-0.1%
4.7%
2.8%
-4.1%
-1.3%
8.7%
2008
2.9%
2.2%
-1.4%
-2.5%
0.5%
1.1%
-1.3%
0.8%
4%
9.9%
11.9%
-4.5%
25%
2009
5.1%
3.5%
-5.7%
-2.8%
3.6%
-0.4%
8.2%
4.1%
4.2%
-4.1%
4.1%
1.8%
22.7%
2010
-4.3%
6.1%
6.8%
2.8%
-1%
4%
-9.4%
9.2%
-4.1%
3.5%
-2.2%
7.4%
18.5%
2011
1.8%
4%
-1%
2.4%
-1.4%
-1.5%
-2%
11.8%
9.7%
-0.3%
6.2%
-4.6%
26.6%
2012
2.1%
2.3%
3.9%
0.4%
-2.9%
4.1%
3.7%
-0.2%
0%
-1.9%
1.3%
3.1%
16.8%
2013
4.7%
0.6%
2.1%
0.5%
0.8%
-3.6%
4.5%
-3%
3.2%
5.7%
2%
1.6%
20.3%
2014
-3%
4.6%
0.8%
0.7%
2.3%
1.4%
0.7%
5.5%
3.4%
2.8%
3.1%
2.6%
27.5%
2015
4.2%
6.2%
2.8%
-3.1%
1.6%
-4.6%
3.8%
-8.8%
0.4%
-0.9%
3.4%
-4.9%
-1%
2016
-5.3%
8.6%
-3.1%
1.1%
1.7%
0.4%
3.7%
0.1%
0%
-1.5%
6.7%
2.9%
15.4%
2017
-0.2%
5.5%
-0.8%
-1.2%
1.3%
0.6%
2.4%
0.1%
2.1%
2.1%
3.1%
1.2%
17.4%
2018
5.6%
-3.6%
-2.7%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
3%
3.9%
1.3%
-4.8%
0.3%
-0.6%
3.4%
2019
0.5%
-0.6%
5.8%
2.9%
-5.8%
4.2%
3.5%
-0.7%
3.3%
-0.2%
5.2%
0.6%
19.8%
2020
1.6%
-7.3%
1.1%
6.8%
-0.7%
-0.8%
5%
7%
-3.7%
-2.5%
10.9%
4%
21.7%
2021
-0.8%
2.5%
3.7%
5.3%
0.7%
2.2%
2.1%
3.5%
-2.6%
6.4%
1.7%
5%
33.6%
2022
-3.8%
0.8%
-0.6%
4.1%
-2.2%
2.7%
1.5%
1.4%
1.6%
-1.8%
-3.8%
-1.6%
-2%
2023
2.2%
-2.2%
3.2%
1.8%
-1%
6.8%
3.3%
-1.6%
-3.7%
-2.4%
-2.1%
4.7%
8.7%
2024
1.6%
5.2%
3%
-4.8%
4%
2.2%
0.2%
2.6%
1.3%
-0.9%
8.1%
0.4%
24.7%
Pos
71.1%
80%
57.8%
75.6%
64.4%
64.4%
73.3%
69.6%
69.6%
43.5%
78.3%
80.4%
91.3%
Avg
1.8%
2%
1.3%
1.6%
1.2%
1.4%
1.5%
1.3%
0.8%
0.8%
2.5%
1.7%
18.9%
Other Return Metrics
Metric
αc Flagship Fund
S&P 500 (US Large Cap)
Cumulative Return
216661.87%
12597.43%
Enh Ann Return
18.82%
12.94%
Best Year
48.22%
38.05%
Worst Year
-6.78%
-36.8%
Best Month
11.98%
13.27%
Worst Month
-15.02%
-21.73%
Best Day
92.07%
14.52%
Worst Day
-50.02%
-20.46%
Win Ratio (Yearly)
91.3%
82.61%
Win Ratio (Quarterly)
78.57%
71.98%
Win Ratio (Monthly)
68.99%
64.22%
Win Ratio (Daily)
59.62%
54.14%
Annual Volatility
Annual Volatility 1y
Annual Volatility 3y
Annual Volatility 5y
Annual Volatility 10y
Annual Volatility 20y
Annual Volatility
αc Flagship Fund
105.71
61.8
48.94
36.01
27.14
19.89
S&P 500 (US Large Cap)
12.43
17.5
20.98
17.61
19.03
17.98
Sharpe Ratio
Sharpe Ratio 1y
Sharpe Ratio 3y
Sharpe Ratio 5y
Sharpe Ratio 10y
Sharpe Ratio 20y
Sharpe Ratio
αc Flagship Fund
0.67
0.44
0.52
0.51
0.69
0.94
S&P 500 (US Large Cap)
2.04
0.67
0.76
0.78
0.61
0.68
3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio
The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.
Drawdown Periods
Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolios/assets in question.
αc Flagship Fund
Start
Valley
End
Days
Drawdown
2024-09-03
2024-09-06
2024-09-24
21
-51.27%
2015-04-16
2016-01-20
2017-02-14
670
-23.78%
2000-10-27
2002-04-29
2003-05-16
931
-19.83%
1987-08-26
1987-11-05
1989-04-19
602
-18.94%
2020-02-20
2020-03-18
2020-08-24
186
-18.47%
The αc Flagship Fund took approximately 16 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 31 months.
S&P 500 (US Large Cap)
Start
Valley
End
Days
Drawdown
2007-10-10
2009-03-09
2012-08-16
1772
-55.19%
2000-03-27
2002-10-09
2006-10-26
2404
-47.52%
2020-02-20
2020-03-23
2020-08-10
172
-33.72%
1987-08-26
1987-10-19
1989-05-19
632
-33.08%
1980-12-01
1982-08-12
1982-10-13
681
-25.2%
The S&P 500 (US Large Cap) took approximately 38 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 80 months.
Underwater plot
The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.