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Larry Swedroe Portfolio

The high-tilt, low-equity 30/70 - concentrated small-cap value paired with safe Treasuries.

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Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF2004-02-29 → 2026-06-30click to change
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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).
Emerging Markets Backfill (estimated to 1989)1989-07-31 → 2026-06-30Estimated from 1989 to EEM's 2003 inception using emerging-market returns (Ken French), minus the fund's expense ratio, then chain-linked to the real EEM 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 EEM's 2003 inception, from emerging-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.
Total 100%
Data window Larry Swedroe Portfolio: 2004-02-29 → 2026-06-30 · start: VBR
Dashed = estimated before the fund existed (reconstructed from its tracked index): EMKTX from 1989-07-31 · IEFX from 1953-05-31 · INTLX from 1990-07-31

Portfolio growth

Larry Swedroe Portfolio
CAGR5.11%
Max Drawdown-20.17%
Volatility6.58%
Sharpe0.53
Final balance$30,595
Total return205.95%

Drawdown

Annual returns

Larry Swedroe Portfolio
Total Return205.95%
Sortino0.66
Best Year11.93%
Worst Year-15.68%
Positive Months66.91%
Annualized Return (mean)5.22%

Correlation

EMKTXIEFXINTLXVBR
EMKTX1.00-0.020.850.70
IEFX-0.021.00-0.01-0.13
INTLX0.85-0.011.000.81
VBR0.70-0.130.811.00