AI-EI-OH! | DJ Sandy Feat. Darksage & Deez | 17JUN2023
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About
A quarterly-rebalanced, multi-asset strategy mixing a Nasdaq income vehicle (JEPQ), gold/cash signals (GLD/BIL via a moving-average rule), a Nasdaq growth tilt (QQQ), long/medium-duration Treasuries (TLT/IEF), and a volatility-driven stock selector among SPY, DIA, IWM, and QQQ to target two then three top options. It aims to balance growth, income, and risk across stocks, bonds, and hedges through rule-based allocation.
What the strategy does, in plain language:
- It spreads money across a handful of core ideas: a Nasdaq-focused income strategy, gold or cash safety depending on momentum, a broad tech-like growth tilt, and a bond sleeve for cushion.
- It also uses a rotating set of stock ETFs (SPY, DIA, IWM, QQQ) chosen each quarter based on how volatile they have been recently. The less-volatile ones may be favored, but the exact selection is rule-based.
- The weightings show how much of the portfolio is aimed at each group; some blocks are fixed (20% or 10% chunks), others are conditional.
- The fixed blocks give you a backbone: 20% in JEPQ (growth/income vehicle), 20% in a gold/cash decision (GLD or BIL depending on a simple trend rule), 20% in QQQ (a Nasdaq growth tilt), and 20% split between long and intermediate US Treasuries (TLT/IEF) for diversification and interest-rate hedging.
- The two stock-selection blocks (each 10% per chosen ETF) dynamically pick among SPY, DIA, IWM, and QQQ based on recent volatility. The first block chooses 2 ETFs, the second block chooses 3 ETFs. The idea is to tilt toward the more stable or potentially favorable segments in any given quarter, while keeping a broad exposure to the four big U.S. stock baskets.
- Rebalance happens every quarter, bringing the portfolio back to the target mix and replacing under- or overperforming components as rules dictate.
- In short: you’re combining a hedge with a growth tilt and a volatility-aware stock list, all adjusted every 3 months. This is an illustrative example and not investment advice.
Out-of-sample, this strategy delivers stronger risk-adjusted results than the S&P 500: Sharpe ~1.72 vs ~1.32, annualized return ~21.17% vs ~21.07%, drawdown ~12.51% vs ~18.76%, beta ~0.69. More growth with less market risk via diversification and hedges.
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YTD
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.03 | 0.69 | 0.84 | 0.92 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64.77% | 13.85% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.84 | |
| 62.67% | 13.47% | 0.06% | 4.11% | 1.03 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$16,266.63Regulatory Fees
$0.63
Total Slippage
$3.97
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Jun 18, 2023
Trading Setting
Quarterly
Type
Stocks
Category
Multi-asset, long volatility, income generation, fixed income, growth beta, dynamic stock selection, quarterly rebalancing, etf-based
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 9 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
DIA
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Stocks
JEPQ
J.P. Morgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks
SPY
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Stocks
TLT
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks