Rahul Diddi Profile Picture Individual Investor

Diversified Target Yield Bond ETFs

The strategy of the model aims to provide a consistent 5-6% annual income by investing in a diversified portfolio of income generating ETFs and closed end funds across a wide range of fixed income asset classes. The model will target an average single A pool of bonds, including government bonds, corporate bonds, and other fixed income securities.
The investment approach uses macroeconomic and historical analysis, and uses fundamental, valuation and technical framework (FVT) for asset allocation to pick individual bond ETFs and closed- end funds.
Research methodology encompasses historical valuation, rich/cheap analysis, relative value analysis & scenario (monte-carlo) analysis.
Target ranges will be established for each bond asset class. Overweight/underweight decisions will be made on the basis of FVT framework as described earlier.
If the weighted average yield of the portfolio falls below 5%, suitable weightage changes to the bond ETF allocation and closed-end fund allocation will be initiated. As appropriate, bond ETFs and closed end funds will be added in the portfolio.
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Risk score

2
4.2%

Best 30 days

-5.9%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • -0.5%
    30 day
  • -0.3%
    90 day
  • 9.9%
    365 day
Monthly vs S&P500
rahul diddi - diversified target yield bond etfs
-4.3% 12 months
  • $5,000 subscription min
  • 0.5% fee

Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

13.4%
10.8%
9.5%
9.4%
9.4%

Model commentary

  1. Behind investors' current love affair with fixed income assets

    24 September 2012

    Investors poured $30 billion into taxable-bond funds and another $5.6 billion into municipal-bond funds in August.

  2. Investing in emerging markets with Covestor 11 September 2011
  3. Where's the money flowing into (and out of) ETFs? 29 June 2011
  4. New Russia portfolio from DCA: Long RSX, Lukoil, VimelCom and Gazprom 4 April 2011

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Performance detail

  • Manager
  • First Trust Taxable Fixed Income TR
  • S&P 500

Performance

Inception April 24, 2011
as of May 23, 2013 Manager First Trust Taxable Fixed Income TR S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days -0.5% 0.3% 4.5% -0.6%
Past 90 days -0.3% 2.4% 8.9% -0.6%
Past 365 days 9.9% 17.2% 25.1% 7.7%
Since Inception (Annualized) 7.4% 10.9% 10.6% -
2013 (YTD) 1.4% 6.9% 15.7% 1.0%
2012 12.7% 17.5% 13.4% -

Risk Metrics

Last 365 days
as of May 23, 2013 Manager First Trust Taxable Fixed Income TR S&P 500
Best 30 days 3.4% 5.4% 8.2%
Worst 30 days -2.5% -5.9% -7.0%
Volatility 4.0% 6.8% 12.7%
Sharpe Ratio 2.47 2.49 1.97
Sortino Ratio 3.59 2.55 2.85
Maximum Drawdown -3.0% -7.0% -7.7%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -0.9% -1.6% -2.9%
vs. First Trust Taxable Fixed Income TR vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio -1.48 -1.34
Alpha 3.0% 6.1%
Beta 0.41 0.15
R-Squared 0.50 0.23
  • $5,000 subscription min
  • 0.5% fee

Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 1.5
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
10/12/12 PCY POWERSHARES EM MAR SOV DE PT Yes Sell $31.23
10/03/12 TBT PROSHARES ULTRASHORT 20+Y TR Yes Buy $15.60
09/28/12 PGF PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio Yes Sell $18.43
09/13/12 TBT PROSHARES ULTRASHORT 20+Y TR Yes Buy $16.57
07/20/12 PFN PIMCO INCOME STRATEGY FUND II Yes Buy $10.87
07/12/12 PML PIMCO MUNICIPAL INCOME FD II Yes Sell $12.98
02/27/12 PCN PIMCO CORPORATE & INCOME STR Yes Buy $16.81
02/22/12 PCN PIMCO CORPORATE & INCOME STR Yes Buy $16.60


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9. 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.

10. 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.

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