ESSAIS

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Optimize FIRE Projection
Annual Rebalancing
EUR
Moderate Risk
7.3yr backtest

Performance Summary

Total Return+163.69%
Annualized Return+14.26%
Volatility+14.62%
Sharpe Ratio0.84
Max Drawdown+30.92%

Holdings

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Equity 92.0%Precious Metals 8.0%
Holdings Details
Diversified European ETF portfolio with annual rebalancing, designed for long-term wealth building with minimal maintenance and cost-effective asset allocation.
AssetTypeAllocationTER
PSP5.PA
Amundi PEA S&P 500 UCITS ETF AccFR0011871128
ETF
56.0%0.12%
ETZ.PA
BNP Paribas Easy STOXX Europe 600 UCITS ETFFR0011550193
ETF
18.0%0.19%
EUNM.XETRA
iShares MSCI EM UCITS ETF (Acc)IE00B4L5YC18
ETF
18.0%0.18%
GOLD-EUR.PA
Amundi Physical Gold ETC (C)FR0013416716
ETF
8.0%0.12%
Total100.0%0.14%

Performance

Portfolio Value Over Time
Starting with 10,000 investment → now worth €26,368.63
Histogram of Monthly Returns
The portfolio had a positive return during 59 of the 89 months (66%)
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Best month: +9.0% • Worst month: -9.7% • Best year: 2021 (+28.6%) • Worst year: 2022 (-11.9%)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026+2.9%+2.1%-6.1%+8.3%+5.7%+0.5%-1.9%+2.6%+0.6%---+15.1%
2025+4.0%-1.4%-5.7%-3.5%+5.2%+0.8%+4.4%-0.3%+4.1%+4.5%-0.0%+0.6%+12.6%
2024+2.7%+3.5%+4.0%-0.8%+1.1%+4.8%+0.2%-0.4%+2.2%+1.2%+5.2%-0.2%+25.9%
2023+5.1%-0.3%+0.8%-0.0%+2.1%+2.9%+2.6%-0.9%-1.8%-2.5%+5.1%+3.0%+16.9%
2022-3.6%-2.0%+3.7%-1.6%-3.2%-5.3%+7.9%-1.5%-5.6%+2.7%+1.8%-5.1%-11.9%
2021+1.3%+2.0%+5.6%+1.8%+0.3%+3.8%+0.9%+2.9%-2.1%+4.7%+0.8%+3.6%+28.6%
2020+0.5%-7.4%-9.7%+9.0%+1.5%+2.5%+1.1%+4.5%-1.2%-1.8%+7.0%+2.1%+6.5%
2019-----0.8%+4.2%+3.4%-1.1%+2.5%+0.2%+3.6%+2.1%+14.6%
> +2%
0% to +2%
-2% to 0%
< -2%
Drawdown Analysis
Maximum drawdown: +30.92% • The longest drawdown period lasted for 1 year and 10 months and was between January 2022 and November 2023. It reached a trough of -14.0%.
When could this portfolio get you to financial independence?

ESSAIS returned +14.26% a year over the 7 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
+163.69%
Annualized Return
+14.26%
Avg Monthly Return
+1.15%
Risk
Volatility (Annual)
+14.62%
Max Drawdown
+30.92%
Positive Months
66%
Average Drawdown
-4.5%
Risk-Adjusted
Sharpe Ratio
0.84
Risk-free rate: 2.0%
Sortino Ratio
0.75
Downside risk adjusted
Return/Volatility
0.98
Calmar Ratio
0.46
Return/Max Drawdown
Ulcer Index
5.97
Drawdown depth & duration
Martin Ratio
0.02
Return/Ulcer Index
Backtest Configuration
Initial Investment
10,000
Final Value
26,368.63
Backtest Period
2019-05-28 to 2026-09-04
7.3 years
Rebalancing
annual
Base Currency
EUR