World tracker with a couple of fancy factor sprinkles pretending to be original
Report created on Apr 23, 2026Risk profile
4/7
Diversification profile
4/5
Positions
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SP SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
SPYY - IE00B44Z5B48 90.00% -
5M iShares Edge MSCI EM Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc) USD
5MVL - IE00BG0SKF03 5.00% -
CE iShares Edge MSCI Europe Momentum Factor UCITS ETF EUR (Acc)
CEMR - IE00BQN1K786 5.00%
Structurally this “portfolio” is basically one giant world tracker with two tiny factor side quests. Ninety percent in a single ACWI ETF means the show is completely run by that one fund, while the 5% EM value and 5% Europe momentum positions are more cosmetic than transformational. It’s like ordering a huge Margherita pizza and then adding two olives and calling it “custom gourmet.” The result is functionally a plain global equity portfolio with a slightly nerdy twist, not some cleverly engineered masterpiece. Simple can be fine, but let’s not pretend three funds with one doing all the work is cutting-edge portfolio architecture.
Growth
Historically this thing has done well enough that complaining feels ungrateful, but let’s do it anyway. Turning €1,000 into €2,480 with a 13.09% CAGR is solid, but it still lagged the US market by 2.23% a year. That’s the price of not going all-in on America during a very America-friendly era. Versus the global market, it barely edged ahead by 0.25%, which is within rounding-error bragging rights. The -33% max drawdown was basically in line with everything else during 2020, so no special resilience on display. Past data is helpful, but it’s yesterday’s weather, not a forecast.
Projection
The Monte Carlo projection basically says, “Expect decent, but don’t get cocky.” Monte Carlo is just a fancy way of simulating many alternate futures, like rerunning the last few decades with the market dice rolled differently each time. Median outcome of €2,799 in 15 years is respectable, but that p5–p95 range of €997 to €7,480 screams uncertainty. In other words, there’s a non-trivial chance of going nowhere for 15 years and a smaller chance of looking like a genius. The average simulated 8.15% annual return is fine, but the spread reminds that equity-only portfolios live and die by volatility mood swings.
Asset classes
- Stocks 100%
Asset class “diversification” here is extremely honest: 100% stocks and absolutely nothing else. No ballast, no brakes, no plan B — just one big bet that owning businesses will work out over time. That’s not automatically bad, but it makes the “Balanced Investors” label look like optimistic marketing. A portfolio like this can feel amazing in bull markets and suddenly very educational during crashes. With no bonds, cash, or alternatives in sight, the portfolio’s emotional rollercoaster setting is permanently stuck on “full equity ride,” regardless of what the risk score tries to imply.
Sectors
- Technology 26%
- Financials 18%
- Industrials 11%
- Consumer Discretionary 9%
- Health Care 8%
- Telecommunications 8%
- Consumer Staples 5%
- Energy 5%
- Basic Materials 4%
- Utilities 3%
- Real Estate 2%
Sector-wise, this is a tech-tilted global salad with everything else sprinkled around to look diversified. Technology at 26% is clearly the main character, and the rest — financials, industrials, consumer stuff, healthcare — are supporting actors. Telecommunications sitting at 8% is a bit of a throwback, like still owning a flip phone in 2026. The mix isn’t outrageously skewed, but it does lean toward the usual modern-growth suspects, not some rugged, unglamorous, all-weather lineup. When the growth darlings sneeze, this portfolio is catching the cold, even if the smaller sector slices pretend to add balance.
Regions
- North America 60%
- Europe Developed 18%
- Asia Developed 7%
- Asia Emerging 6%
- Japan 5%
- Latin America 1%
- Australasia 1%
- Africa/Middle East 1%
Geographically, this is “global” in the way a US-focused index is global — 60% North America leads the parade. Europe gets a respectable 18%, and Asia plus Japan together show up as second-tier participants rather than equal partners. The factor add-ons try to push a bit into emerging markets and Europe, but at these tiny weights they’re more accent than structure. The 1%–ish crumbs in Latin America, Australasia, and Africa/Middle East are basically there for decoration. It’s not America-or-bust, but it’s definitely America-and-friends, with the rest of the world politely invited, not running the party.
Market capitalization
- Mega-cap 50%
- Large-cap 35%
- Mid-cap 14%
Market cap exposure is firmly parked in the land of corporate giants: 50% mega-cap and 35% large-cap. Mid-caps at 14% exist, but only as background noise. This is a big-company comfort blanket, not a broad exploration of the market’s full size spectrum. When the world’s largest firms do well, this portfolio looks great; when they stumble, there’s not much help coming from below. There’s no real small-cap spice in here, so the return pattern will track how the giants behave, for better or worse. It’s basically betting that the incumbents stay incumbents.
True holdings
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NV NVIDIA Corporation 4.24%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
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AA Apple Inc 3.73%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
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MS Microsoft Corporation 2.60%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
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AM Amazon.com Inc 1.99%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
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23 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 1.87%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
- iShares Edge MSCI EM Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc) USD
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GO Alphabet Inc Class A 1.66%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
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GO Alphabet Inc Class C 1.42%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
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AV Broadcom Inc 1.39%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
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ME Meta Platforms Inc. 1.25%
Part of fund(s):- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
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TS Tesla Inc 1.05%
Part of fund(s):- LS 1x Tesla Tracker ETP Securities GBP
- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
- Top 10 total 21.21%
The look-through holdings are a who’s-who of usual suspects: NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla — it’s the standard mega-cap celebrity lineup. That’s not shocking, but it means a huge chunk of risk is pinned to a handful of headline names that are also all crowded into the same global ETFs. Overlap is clearly significant, even though only top-10 data is shown, and that understates how much these names dominate under the hood. This isn’t some niche contrarian structure; it’s a mainstream popularity contest with a thin value and momentum garnish on the side.
Risk contribution
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SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
Weight: 90.00% 90.7% -
iShares Edge MSCI EM Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc) USD
Weight: 5.00% 4.7% -
iShares Edge MSCI Europe Momentum Factor UCITS ETF EUR (Acc)
Weight: 5.00% 4.6%
Risk contribution is hilariously straightforward: the 90% ACWI position contributes 90.67% of the total risk. The two 5% factor satellites add a combined ~9.3% of risk, which is almost exactly proportional to their weights. In other words, there’s no hidden wild-card lurking here — one fund utterly dictates how this portfolio feels day to day. That’s fine structurally, but it exposes the illusion of nuance. The whole thing lives or dies by that one global ETF; the satellites just tweak the accent slightly. This is not a symphony of uncorrelated instruments, it’s one loud speaker with two small EQ knobs.
Risk vs. return
This chart shows the Efficient Frontier, calculated using your current assets with different allocation combinations. It highlights the best balance between risk and return based on historical data. "Efficient" portfolios maximize returns for a given risk or minimize risk for a given return. Portfolios below the curve are less efficient. This is informational and not a recommendation to buy or sell any assets.
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On the efficient frontier side, grudging respect: this portfolio actually sits on or very near the frontier. The Sharpe ratio of 0.61 isn’t winning prizes against the optimized versions at 0.83–0.84, but those improvements come from reweighting the same ingredients, not buying new ones. The math says the current mix is pretty efficient for its risk level, just not perfectly tuned. That means this isn’t a disaster of random allocations — more like a sensible default setting that leaves a bit of performance potential on the table. Annoyingly competent, if a little unambitious given the tools available.
Ongoing product costs
- iShares Edge MSCI EM Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc) USD 0.40%
- iShares Edge MSCI Europe Momentum Factor UCITS ETF EUR (Acc) 0.25%
- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF 0.45%
- Weighted costs total (per year) 0.44%
Costs are where the portfolio quietly underperforms its own simplicity. A total TER of 0.44% for a glorified world tracker with two small factor toys is not outrageous, but it’s definitely not lean. It’s like paying craft beer prices for something that tastes very close to a mass-market lager. The factor funds at 0.40% and 0.25% are somewhat defensible, but the 0.45% on the giant ACWI chunk does the heavy fee lifting. Fees won’t kill the portfolio, but they do gently siphon off performance every year for a structure that isn’t exactly rocket science.
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