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Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio

Faber's endowment-style five-way equal split across stocks, foreign stocks, bonds, real estate, and commodities.

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US Total Market Backfill (estimated to 1926)1926-07-31 → 2026-06-30Estimated from 1926 to VTI's 2001 inception using the US total-market return (Ken French Data Library), minus the fund's expense ratio, then chain-linked to the real VTI fund. The dashed part of the chart is estimated - an index proxy, not the fund's real record.
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backfill estimated before VTI's 2001 inception, from the US total-market return (Ken French Data Library).
Developed ex-US Backfill (estimated to 1990)1990-07-31 → 2026-06-30Estimated from 1990 to EFA's 2005 inception using developed ex-US market returns (Ken French), minus the fund's expense ratio, then chain-linked to the real EFA fund. The dashed part of the chart is estimated - an index proxy, not the fund's real record.
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backfill estimated before EFA's 2005 inception, from developed ex-US market returns (Ken French).
Intermediate Treasury Backfill (7-10yr, estimated to 1953)1953-05-31 → 2026-06-30Estimated from 1953 to IEF's 2002 inception using the 10-year Treasury yield (FRED), modeled as a constant-maturity bond, minus the fund's expense ratio, then chain-linked to the real IEF fund. The dashed part of the chart is estimated - an index proxy, not the fund's real record.
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backfill estimated before IEF's 2002 inception, from the 10-year Treasury yield (FRED), modeled as a constant-maturity bond.
US Real Estate Backfill (estimated to 1926)1926-07-31 → 2026-06-30Estimated from 1926 to VNQ's 2004 inception using US real-estate industry returns (Ken French), minus the fund's expense ratio, then chain-linked to the real VNQ fund. The dashed part of the chart is estimated - an index proxy, not the fund's real record.
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backfill estimated before VNQ's 2004 inception, from US real-estate industry returns (Ken French).
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund2006-03-31 → 2026-06-30click to change
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Total 100%
Data window Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio: 2006-03-31 → 2026-06-30 · start: DBC
Dashed = estimated before the fund existed (reconstructed from its tracked index): IEFX from 1953-05-31 · INTLX from 1990-07-31 · REITX from 1926-07-31 · USTOTX from 1926-07-31

Portfolio growth

Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio
CAGR6.36%
Max Drawdown-42.24%
Volatility12.03%
Sharpe0.44
Final balance$35,016
Total return250.16%

Drawdown

Annual returns

Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio
Total Return250.16%
Sortino0.53
Best Year24.17%
Worst Year-25.81%
Positive Months63.93%
Annualized Return (mean)6.92%

Correlation

DBCIEFXINTLXREITXUSTOTX
DBC1.00-0.270.510.290.45
IEFX-0.271.00-0.010.13-0.08
INTLX0.51-0.011.000.710.87
REITX0.290.130.711.000.75
USTOTX0.45-0.080.870.751.00