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Growth Cow

Test 80/20 with gold

Optimize FIRE Projection
Annual Rebalancing
EUR
Low Risk
4.7yr backtest

Performance Summary

Total Return+48.62%
Annualized Return+8.83%
Volatility+9.56%
Sharpe Ratio0.71
Max Drawdown+14.13%

Holdings

Asset Allocation

Asset Class

Equity 65.0%Bonds 25.0%Precious Metals 10.0%
Holdings Details
Growth Cow: 80/20 diversified portfolio with stocks and gold, annually rebalanced for EUR-based investors seeking balanced growth with inflation protection.
AssetTypeAllocationTER
EUNL.XETRA
iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF USD (Acc)IE00B4L5Y983
ETF
65.0%0.2%
EUNA.XETRA
iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF EUR Hedged (Acc)IE00BDBRDM35
ETF
25.0%0.1%
8PSG.STU
Invesco Physical Gold AIE00B579F325
ETF
10.0%0.12%
Total100.0%0.17%

Performance

Portfolio Value Over Time
Starting with 10,000 investment → now worth €14,861.69
Histogram of Monthly Returns
The portfolio had a positive return during 38 of the 58 months (66%)
Monthly Returns Heatmap
Best month: +7.1% • Worst month: -4.7% • Best year: 2024 (+20.7%) • Worst year: 2022 (-11.5%)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026+1.1%+2.1%-4.6%+5.0%+3.6%-0.0%-0.7%+2.1%+0.4%---+9.0%
2025+3.8%-1.2%-4.7%-2.2%+3.7%+0.4%+3.3%+0.1%+3.0%+3.5%+0.4%+0.5%+10.7%
2024+2.2%+2.3%+3.5%-1.4%+1.0%+3.6%+0.9%+0.1%+1.5%+1.2%+5.1%-1.0%+20.7%
2023+4.0%-0.4%+1.1%+0.2%+1.7%+2.0%+1.7%-0.5%-1.7%-1.8%+4.6%+3.5%+15.1%
2022-4.0%-0.8%+2.8%-2.1%-2.9%-4.4%+7.1%-2.1%-4.7%+2.5%+0.8%-3.8%-11.5%
2021-----------+0.3%+0.3%
> +2%
0% to +2%
-2% to 0%
< -2%
Drawdown Analysis
Maximum drawdown: +14.13% • The longest drawdown period lasted for 1 year and 11 months and was between January 2022 and December 2023. It reached a trough of -12.7%.
When could this portfolio get you to financial independence?

Growth Cow returned +8.83% a year over the 5 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
+48.62%
Annualized Return
+8.83%
Avg Monthly Return
+0.72%
Risk
Volatility (Annual)
+9.56%
Max Drawdown
+14.13%
Positive Months
66%
Average Drawdown
-4.0%
Risk-Adjusted
Sharpe Ratio
0.71
Risk-free rate: 2.0%
Sortino Ratio
0.67
Downside risk adjusted
Return/Volatility
0.92
Calmar Ratio
0.62
Return/Max Drawdown
Ulcer Index
4.90
Drawdown depth & duration
Martin Ratio
0.01
Return/Ulcer Index
Backtest Configuration
Initial Investment
10,000
Final Value
14,861.69
Backtest Period
2021-12-29 to 2026-09-04
4.7 years
Rebalancing
annual
Base Currency
EUR