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Merrill Lynch Investor Choice IRA Strategic Asset Allocation - Equal Weight Moderate
Merrill Lynch Investor Choice IRA Strategic Asset Allocation - Equal Weight Moderate
live (public) 0.14% December 29
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Holdings (As of 09/29/2017)
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Asset | Fund in this portfolio | Price change* | Original Fund Description | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
Emerging Market Equity | PEMFX (PIONEER EMERGING MARKETS FUND PIONEER EMERGING MARKETS FUND: CLASS A) | 0.84% | Pioneer Emerging Markets Fund- Class A Shares | 12.81% |
Real Estate | PWREX (PIONEER REAL ESTATE SHARES PIONEER REAL ESTATE SHARES: CLASS A) | 0.04% | Pioneer Real Estate Shares Fund | 11.61% |
International Equity | TEPLX (TEMPLETON GROWTH FUND INC. CLASS A) | 0.56% | Templeton Growth Fund, Inc. | 14.57% |
General Bond | LBNDX (LORD ABBETT BOND DEBENTURE FUND INC CLASS A) | 0.12% | Lord Abbett Debenture Fund, Inc. | 21.45% |
General Bond | EVBLX (EATON VANCE FLOATING-RATE FUND EATON VANCE FLOATING-RATE FUND CLASS A) | 0.0% | Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Fund- Class A Shares | 17.63% |
US Equity | AGTHX (GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA CLASS A) | 0.47% | American Funds The Growth Fund of America- Class F | 5.94% |
US Equity | DGAGX (DREYFUS APPRECIATION FUND INC INVESTOR SHARES) | 0.05% | Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc. | 5.63% |
Commodities | PCRPX (PIMCO COMMODITYREALRETURN STRATEGY FUND CLASS P) | 0.46% | PIMCO CommodityRealReturn Strategy fund- Class A Shares | 10.36% |
* Day change on 09/29/2017.

Beta
Performance (As of 12/29/2017)
Since 12/31/2000
Name | YTD* Return |
1Yr AR** |
3Yr AR** |
5Yr AR** |
10Yr AR** |
15Yr AR** |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merrill Lynch Investor Choice IRA Strategic Asset Allocation - Equal Weight Moderate | 6.5% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
VFINX (Vanguard (S&P 500) Index) | 7.1% | 13.4% | 19.2% | 16.2% | 13.6% | 14.5% |
VBINX (Vanguard Balance (60% stocks/40% bonds) | 5.1% | 9.5% | 11.8% | 8.6% | 8.4% | 9.4% |
* YTD: Year to Date
** AR: Annualized Return
** portfolio AR is delayed
Last 1 Week* | 1 Yr | 3 Yr | 5 Yr | 10 Yr | 15 Yr | 15 Yr | 20 Yr | Since 01/02/2001 |
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |
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Annualized Return(%) | -0.2 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 10.5 | -8.7 | 14.4 | 30.4 | -28.4 | 7.7 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 15.3 | 23.8 | -1.7 | 3.7 |
Sharpe Ratio | NA | 2.14 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.32 | NA | NA | NA | 0.57 | 2.08 | 0.65 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.77 | 1.6 | -0.76 | 1.53 | 1.99 | -1.58 | 0.51 | 1.43 | 1.49 | 2.3 | 4.54 | -0.44 | 0.27 |
Draw Down(%) | NA | 2.4 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 39.3 | NA | NA | NA | 40.8 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 14.3 | 7.5 | 15.6 | 37.8 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 12.6 | 6.7 |
Standard Deviation(%) | NA | 4.3 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 10.7 | NA | NA | NA | 9.2 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 12.6 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 15.2 | 18.5 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
Treynor Ratio | NA | 0.21 | 0.95 | 0.41 | 0.09 | NA | NA | NA | 0.15 | 0.2 | 1.51 | 2.45 | 0.62 | 0.1 | 0.23 | -0.23 | 0.3 | 0.59 | -0.7 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 0.37 | 0.97 | -0.14 | 0.08 |
Alpha | NA | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | -0.03 | 0.02 | -0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | -0.06 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Beta | NA | 0.44 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.39 | NA | NA | NA | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.24 | 0.2 | 0.18 |
RSquared | NA | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.54 | NA | NA | NA | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.01 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.61 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.48 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.52 |
Sortino Ratio | NA | 3.18 | 1.36 | 1.24 | 0.45 | NA | NA | NA | 0.81 | 3.09 | 0.92 | 1.11 | 0.76 | 1.05 | 2.42 | -0.89 | 2.2 | 2.96 | -2.01 | 0.68 | 2.12 | 2.19 | 3.29 | 7.27 | -0.59 | 0.36 |
Yield(%) | N/A | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 5.55 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
Dividend Growth(%) | N/A | 22.9 | 7.8 | 5.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28.4 | -56.9 | 4.0 | 58.9 | 69.2 | -60.2 | 74.3 | 12.5 | -59.8 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 15.7 | 24.8 | 65.3 | -1.7 | -16.6 | N/A |
*: NOT annualized;YTD: Year to Date
**Inception: starting from 12/31/2000
Portfolio Description
This model portfolio uses Strategic Asset Allocation - Equal Weight
. The allocations are diversified by investing in the 6 major asset classes: US Equity, Foreign Equity, Fixed Income, Commodity, Emerging Market Equity, REITs
that are covered in Merrill Lynch Investor Choice IRA. It then selects one or two funds for each of the 6 major asset classes.
1.Risk allocation: the risk profile of this portfolio 40.
The total allocation of the fixed income assets should be at least 40%.
2.Asset weights: risk assets selected are equally weighted by
default.
3.Fund selection: about one or two top performing funds among 62 available funds in the plan are chosen for each asset selected. They are usually equally weighted within
the asset by default.
4.Rebalance frequency: the portfolio is reviewed by the strategy program monthly
and the above steps are repeated. Asset weights are rebalanced back to target allocation if it is necessary.
5.
Simulation: Performance data before this portfolio went public are obtained from historical simulation. They are hypothetical.