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Everyday Capital

Everyday Portfolio

At Everyday Capital Strategies, LLC the goal of our portfolio is to offer an equity investment strategy that is geared toward growth but demonstrates less volatility than the overall equity market.  The portfolio is uses an active trading approach, as opposed to passive buy and hold mutual fund or index funds that closely track the market's movements.
The goal is a straighter equity curve, without the peaks and valleys associated with much buy and hold investing. The Everyday Portfolio is typically invested in a broad array of ETF index funds tracking a large array of markets including foreign and domestic stocks, commodities, bonds, real estate, and currency. The portfolio consists of a cash proxy, 10 core assets and one "High Beta" Asset selected from a large subset of world markets. Read more about the strategy and the universe of potential holdings at http://www.everydaycapital.com/strategy.
Start with a portfolio of uncorrelated assets.  Identify assets in an uptrend and filter out assets in confirmed downtrends.  Rank the uptrending assets by volatility and total return.  Overweight leading assets and underweight underperforming assets.  Finally, assign a percentage weighting to each position so all assets contribute to volatility equally in the portfolio with more weighting given to leading assets.
Maximum percentage allocation to any one ETF holding is 24%, with an average allocation between 5% and 15% of the total portfolio.  For additional specifics please visit http://www.everydaycapital.com/historic-weightings.
The portfolio is rebalanced monthly at the close of the last business day of the month.
In extreme situations when all asset classes become correlated, the portfolio may reduce holdings as a emergency measure if the totally open volatility measurement is high.

Risk rating

2
3.6%

Best 30 days

-2.5%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • -1.1%
    30 day
  • -
    365 days
  • 0.8%
    Since Inception
    July 28, 2011
Monthly vs S&P500
Sparkbar Graph, Everyday Portfolio Investment Model Performance versus S&P500
-0.4%

Since Inception

  • $25,000 subscription min
  • margin account required
  • 0.8% fee

Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

28.7%
14.4%
12.4%
11.6%
10.4%
  • TIP
  • IEF
  • PCY
  • SPY
  • VNQ

Model commentary

  1. Adding equities, as this bull move does not appear to be over

    9 February 2012

    Our portfolio is continued to be positioned about 60% in bonds and 40% in equities.

  2. Looking to increase our equities exposure 9 January 2012
  3. Adding a Malaysia ETF for the end of the year 15 December 2011
  4. Staying in bonds and gold amid this high vola… 17 November 2011

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Performance detail

  • Manager
  • Dow Jones Moderate Conservative
  • S&P 500

Performance

Inception July 28, 2011
as of May 21, 2012 Manager Dow Jones Moderate Conservative S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days -1.1% -2.1% -4.5% -
Past 90 days -1.7% -2.1% -3.4% -
Since Inception 0.8% 0.8% 1.2% -
2012 (YTD) 0.5% 2.0% 4.6% -

Risk Metrics

Since Inception
as of May 21, 2012 Manager Dow Jones Moderate Conservative S&P 500
Best 30 days 3.6% 5.4% 13.6%
Worst 30 days -2.5% -4.8% -9.8%
Volatility 6.4% 7.9% 24.7%
Sharpe Ratio 0.13 0.10 0.05
Sortino Ratio 0.20 0.13 0.07
Maximum Drawdown -3.7% -6.0% -15.5%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -1.5% -1.8% -5.7%
vs. Dow Jones Moderate Conservative vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio 0.01 -0.02
Alpha 1.0% 1.0%
Beta 0.25 0.04
R-Squared 0.09 0.02

Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 10.1
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
04/30/12 VEA VANGUARD EUROPE PACIFIC ETF Yes Buy $33.22
04/30/12 SHY ISHARES BARCLAYS 1-3 YEAR TREA Yes Sell $84.46
04/30/12 EWW ISHARES MSCI MEXICO INVESTAB Yes Sell $61.82
04/30/12 SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Yes Buy $139.77
04/30/12 PCY POWERSHARES EM MAR SOV DE PT Yes Buy $28.49
04/30/12 VNQ Vanguard REIT ETF Yes Sell $65.47
04/30/12 VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF Yes Buy $42.53
04/30/12 TIP iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund Yes Buy $119.42
  • $25,000 subscription min
  • margin account required
  • 0.8% fee

Important Information

Important Information

1. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

2. Performance of the model manager's account is calculated by Covestor on a daily time-weighted basis, including cash, dividends and earnings distributions, and broker commissions. Manager returns include trades that fail Covestor's trading rules, do not reflect any Covestor suitability or risk score restrictions and are exclusive of Covestor fees. More

3. Average subscription returns ("Avg Sub" or "Avg Client") are calculated by Covestor and are composed of the average, daily, time weighted returns of all active subscriptions to the underlying model. These daily average returns are then linked together for the timeframe requested. In addition, these returns include cash, dividends and earnings distributions, brokerage commissions, Covestor advisory fees, and reflect individual client suitability and risk score restrictions. More

4. All graph data is as of the end of day for the referenced period, unless otherwise specified. The subscription minimum is the minimum subscription required to follow a particular model. The minimum amount is determined by Covestor, based on the characteristics of the underlying model. It should not be considered as specific investment advice for your investment situation.

5. Benchmark returns have been calculated by Covestor using a time-weighted calculation of daily index valuations and do not include cash, dividends and earnings distributions, or transaction costs. More

6. Leverage indicates the level of margin utilized and is calculated by dividing gross exposure by portfolio net liquidation value.

7. All Model Manager information including personal data, profiles, strategies, monthly investment reports, and historical results outside of Covestor has been provided by the Model Manager. Covestor makes no representation or warranty of its accuracy, completeness or relevance and it does not represent the opinions of Covestor. Transaction history is available upon request. Model classifications (Approach, Asset Class) are provided by Covestor, and are intended to serve as a general guide.

8. Top Replicable Holdings: These securities are currently held in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable Holdings" currently pass Covestor's trading rules, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription holdings may vary.

9. Latest Transactions: These transactions were executed in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable" () passed Covestor's trading rules and were eligible for replication at the time of execution, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription trade activity may vary.

10. S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index compiled by Standard & Poor´s Corp. Index returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Individuals cannot invest directly in an Index. S&P 500 index data: S&P 500 Copyright © 2012.

11. Dow Jones index data: CME Group Index Services, LLC 2012