Portfolio performance report Q1 2019
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Composition
The funds in my portfolio haven’t changed since last quarter. Also, there’s no need to rebalance yet.
| Type | ETF | Ticker | Allocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government bonds | Xtrackers Global Sovereign | XG7S | 18% |
| Developed | iShares Core MSCI World | IWDA | 49% |
| Small cap | iShares MSCI World Small Cap | IUSN | 14% |
| Emerging markets | Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets | XMME | 10% |
| REIT | Amundi ETF FTSE EPRA NAREIT Global | EPRA | 9% |
Growth of portfolio
Portfolio performance as of April 1st 2019.
Over the past 3 months, I invested a total of €1,621 into the portfolio. The growth has been pretty spectacular: the total return went from a €1,821 loss on January 1st to a €1,812 profit today.
Performance per asset
Performance per asset as of April 1st 2019.
In the chart above, you can see that pretty much every fund in the portfolio recovered over the last 3 months.
Conclusion
Naturally, the strong performance of the markets during since the beginning of the year have put my in a good mood. However, as we’ve seen in the last quarter of 2018, things can change very quickly. The important thing is not to affected emotionally by the fluctuations and to stay the course!
Let’s end with a quote that I heard recently.
“Physics has three laws that explain 99% of the phenomena, finance has 99 laws that explain only 3%.” — Andrew Lo
My interpretation is that in essence, finance is a social science and not a hard science like physics. The heavy use of mathematics and statistics in the field can sometimes hide this. However, in the end it’s still all about explaning human behavior!