Two world trackers pretending to be diversification while secretly worshipping the same global index
Report created on Sep 14, 2026Risk profile
4/7
Diversification profile
4/5
Positions
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VW Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
VWRP - IE00BK5BQT80 75.00% -
VH Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF USD Accumulation GBP
VHYG - IE00BK5BR626 25.00%
This “balanced” portfolio is basically one global equity fund with a 25% side quest into “high dividend” that mostly reorders the same world. It looks like diversification but structurally it’s just global stocks with a mild income cosplay layered on top. With only two funds, the whole thing is brutally simple, but also a bit intellectually lazy: 100% equities, no ballast, no nuance. For a portfolio labelled “balanced,” it behaves far more like a straight equity engine with a small factor tweak. It’s clean and efficient, but the sophistication level is closer to “starter pack” than “carefully engineered mix.”
Growth
Historically, this thing has done perfectly fine on its own terms and still managed to trail both major benchmarks. £1,000 growing to £2,085 since 2019 is solid, but the US market would have left it behind, and even the global market did better. That 11.09% CAGR sounds nice until you notice the global benchmark at 12.28% doing more with the same risk ceiling. Max drawdown at around -25% is basically market-level pain, so there’s no special resilience prize either. This is a textbook example of “you took equity risk and mostly just got slightly diluted market returns.”
Projection
The Monte Carlo projection basically says, “Congrats, you bought a stock market rollercoaster, hope you like surprises.” Monte Carlo is just a fancy way of running thousands of what-if futures based on past behaviour, like simulating a thousand alternate timelines. Median outcome of £2,653 from £1,000 in 15 years is decent, but the possible range from roughly £959 to £8,234 is wide enough to drive a bus through. Around three-quarters of outcomes end positive, which is encouraging, but the downside tail reminds that this is still 100% equity—no safety net, just vibes and volatility.
Asset classes
- Stocks 100%
Asset class breakdown? It’s just “stocks, and then more stocks.” A diversification score of 4/5 with 100% in equities is generous; that’s like calling a burger “balanced” because it has both cheese and bacon. No bonds, no alternatives, no actual defensive sleeve—just full exposure to the global equity mood swings. That’s fine if the goal is pure growth, but the “balanced” label starts to look more like marketing than reality. When the market smiles, this structure rides along; when it sulks, there’s nowhere to hide, only the comfort of owning many different ways to lose money at the same time.
Sectors
- Technology 25%
- Financials 20%
- Industrials 11%
- Health Care 9%
- Consumer Discretionary 9%
- Telecommunications 7%
- Consumer Staples 6%
- Energy 5%
- Basic Materials 4%
- Utilities 3%
- Real Estate 2%
Sector spread looks tidy at first glance, but the tech-and-financials tag team is clearly running the show. With technology sitting at 25% and financials at 20%, nearly half the portfolio depends on two very cycle-sensitive areas, just in different outfits. The rest of the sectors get some participation trophies, but none are big enough to really counterbalance those leaders in a proper meltdown. This is index-style sector diversification: wide, but shallow, and still ultimately beholden to whatever the global equity fashion trend is. When growth and rates clash, this mix is right in the line of fire.
Regions
- North America 59%
- Europe Developed 17%
- Japan 7%
- Asia Developed 7%
- Asia Emerging 5%
- Australasia 2%
- Africa/Middle East 2%
- Latin America 1%
Geographically, this portfolio screams “global” but quietly whispers “mostly America.” About 59% in North America means nearly three-fifths of the risk and return story depends on one region’s corporate drama. Europe, Japan, and the rest get supporting roles and polite applause, but they’re not driving the bus. For a UK-based investor, there’s almost no home bias here, which is either admirably rational or emotionally brutal. The allocation is actually pretty close to global market-cap reality, but it still means that one economic zone’s mood swings set the tone, and everything else just adds background colour.
Market capitalization
- Mega-cap 45%
- Large-cap 37%
- Mid-cap 17%
The market cap mix is textbook “cap-weighted global index”: mega-caps at 45%, large-caps at 37%, and mid-caps thrown in at 17% like seasoning. There’s no deliberate tilt toward small or mid; it’s just whatever the big index says is important. That means the portfolio is basically a popularity contest, where the biggest companies get the most influence simply for being big, not necessarily for being smart bets. It’s structurally stable in a boring way, but it also means innovation and smaller growth stories barely move the needle. The giants drive, everyone else holds on and hopes.
True holdings
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NV NVIDIA Corporation 3.36%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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AA Apple Inc. 3.20%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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MS Microsoft Corporation 2.47%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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AM Amazon.com Inc 1.89%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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GO Alphabet Inc Class A 1.50%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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23 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 1.31%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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AV Broadcom Inc 1.30%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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GO Alphabet Inc Class C 1.20%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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JP JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.11%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF USD Accumulation GBP
- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
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ME Meta Platforms Inc. 0.88%
Part of fund(s):- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
- Top 10 total 18.22%
Look-through holdings show the usual suspects hogging the spotlight: NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet twice, and friends. It’s the standard global index celebrity list, just repackaged through two funds. Because only top-10 holdings are shown, overlap is probably even worse than it looks, meaning the same mega-caps are being worshipped in slightly different wrappers. Hidden concentration is the real story: diversification across funds, but not across underlying drivers. This portfolio doesn’t own “thousands of companies” in any meaningful sense; it owns one big global theme with a handful of star stocks quietly steering the whole ship.
Risk contribution
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Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation
Weight: 75.00% 76.3% -
Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield UCITS ETF USD Accumulation GBP
Weight: 25.00% 23.8%
Risk contribution is refreshingly boring: the main global ETF is 75% of the portfolio and contributes 76.25% of the risk—almost a one-to-one match. Risk contribution simply measures which holding is actually responsible for the portfolio’s ups and downs, not just how big it looks on paper. Here, no tiny wild-card position is secretly hijacking volatility; the big fund is doing exactly the expected heavy lifting. The dividend ETF at 25% pulling 23.75% of risk is the same story. It’s structurally tidy but also confirms the obvious: one core bet, one smaller flavour tilt, zero hidden drama.
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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The efficient frontier politely hints that the current mix is actually pretty well set up—for what it is. The portfolio’s Sharpe ratio of 0.54 is weaker than the optimal 0.79, but the analysis says it’s on or very near the frontier, meaning it’s using its two holdings reasonably efficiently. Sharpe is just “return per unit of pain,” so higher is better. The awkward bit: both the max-Sharpe and min-variance portfolios do better with only slightly different risk levels, using the same ingredients. So yes, this portfolio is competent, but it’s also leaving some risk-adjusted performance on the table.
Ongoing product costs
- Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF USD Accumulation 0.14%
- Weighted costs total (per year) 0.10%
Costs are the one area where this portfolio quietly flexes. A total TER around 0.10–0.14% is impressively low, meaning there’s no expensive middleman siphoning off returns for fun. It’s the financial equivalent of flying economy but somehow skipping the baggage fees. With fees this lean, there’s very little to roast other than noting that cost discipline is doing more heavy lifting than the attempt at “high dividend sophistication.” Essentially, the portfolio’s main edge isn’t clever structure or brilliant tilts—it’s simply that it doesn’t overpay anyone to be mediocre on its behalf.
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