Global tracker cosplay with a random emerging value side quest bolted on for no clear reason
Report created on May 2, 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 10.00%
Structurally this is a one-fund world tracker with a 10% “hold my beer” tilt into emerging markets value. It’s basically the investing equivalent of wearing a sensible suit and then throwing on neon shoes for drama. The 90% global all‑cap core is straightforward; the tiny EM factor satellite feels more like a hobby than a conviction. With only two funds, this thing is extremely simple, almost to the point of boredom. That’s not bad, but it does mean any weirdness in either ETF flows straight through the whole portfolio with nowhere to hide. When the core sneezes, the entire setup catches a cold.
Growth
Historically the portfolio has done its job with a decent amount of swagger. Turning €1,000 into €2,478 since late 2018 is not exactly failure. A 13.02% CAGR is strong in absolute terms, even if the US market sprinted ahead at 15.41% while this thing jogged. Versus the global market it actually edged ahead, but just barely — more lucky rounding error than masterplan. The -33% max drawdown in 2020 basically matched the benchmarks, so no special protection showed up when it hurt. And the fact that 90% of returns came from only 31 days is a reminder: missing a few big up days turns this from “nice” to “why did I bother.”
Projection
The Monte Carlo projections say this portfolio’s future could be anything from “meh” to “nice surprise.” Monte Carlo is just a fancy way of rolling the dice on thousands of possible return paths using past volatility as a guide. Median outcome of €2,721 after 15 years is solid but not spectacular, and the downside case of ending around where it started (€934 at the 5th percentile) shows that buying and hoping is not risk‑free just because it’s diversified. The fat upper tail up to €7,760 dangles big upside, but that’s the optimistic lottery ticket version. As usual, the simulator is using yesterday’s weather to guess tomorrow’s forecast.
Asset classes
- Stocks 100%
Asset-class “diversification” here is very easy to understand because it doesn’t exist: 100% stocks, 0% everything else. This is an all‑in equity ride dressed up with the word “balanced” somewhere in the risk label to make it sound calmer than it is. When stocks are partying, this looks intelligent; when stocks crash together, it just looks exposed. No bonds, no cash buffer, no real diversifiers means every market tantrum goes straight into the account value. It’s efficient in a blunt, maximalist way: either enjoy the equity risk premium, or don’t, but there’s no middle gear built into this structure.
Sectors
- Technology 28%
- Financials 17%
- Industrials 10%
- Consumer Discretionary 9%
- Health Care 8%
- Telecommunications 8%
- Energy 5%
- Consumer Staples 5%
- Basic Materials 5%
- Utilities 3%
- Real Estate 2%
Sector exposure screams “index addict with a tech crush.” Technology at 28% is the main character here, with everyone else playing supporting roles: financials, industrials, and cyclicals trail behind like backup dancers. There’s enough spread across sectors to avoid outright clownish concentration, but the top names list (NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, etc.) makes clear this portfolio lives and dies with the mega‑cap tech narrative. That’s great when AI and cloud are the story of the decade; less fun if leadership rotates to something unfashionable. The sector mix looks exactly like a modern global index: diversified on paper, but heavily dependent on a handful of growth‑driven engines staying hot.
Regions
- North America 60%
- Europe Developed 13%
- Asia Developed 10%
- Asia Emerging 8%
- Japan 5%
- Latin America 2%
- Africa/Middle East 1%
- Australasia 1%
- Europe Emerging 1%
Geographically it’s “world portfolio” in theory and “US plus some décor” in practice. North America at 60% dominates, with Europe Developed and Asia Developed tossed in as side dishes. Emerging markets barely crack double digits even after the deliberate EM value tilt, which tells you how tiny they still are in the global cap-weighting hierarchy. This isn’t wrong; it’s just heavily aligned with whatever happens to the largest and loudest market. If the US stumbles for a decade, this portfolio won’t be politely observing from afar — it’ll be right in the blast radius, with the rest of the world mostly there to make the pie chart look more colourful.
Market capitalization
- Mega-cap 50%
- Large-cap 35%
- Mid-cap 14%
Market cap exposure is exactly what you’d expect from a big vanilla global ETF: 50% mega‑cap, 35% large‑cap, and a token 14% mid‑cap presence. Small caps are basically the forgotten stepchild here. The portfolio is effectively a fan club for giant, already‑proven corporations, the kind whose CEOs are on magazine covers, not scrappy under‑the‑radar names. That brings stability and index‑like behaviour, but it also means most of the risk and return are tied to companies already priced by the entire planet. This is not a “hidden gem hunter” setup; it’s more like buying the corporate version of blue‑chip celebrity status and calling it a day.
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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23 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 2.39%
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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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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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 21.72%
The look‑through holdings are exactly the usual suspects: NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, TSMC, Amazon, Alphabet (twice), Broadcom, Meta, Tesla. It’s basically a greatest-hits playlist of global growth darlings. There’s overlap galore, but because everything is owned via broad indexes, the concentration is intentional by design: cap weighting means the biggest names eat the largest slice. With only ETF top‑10s available, true overlap is actually higher than shown, but the pattern is crystal clear already. This isn’t a portfolio carefully curating single‑stock bets; it’s a machine that funnels capital to whoever the market currently crowns as royalty, with no questions asked.
Risk contribution
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SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF
Weight: 90.00% 90.3% -
iShares Edge MSCI EM Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc) USD
Weight: 10.00% 9.7%
Risk contribution is refreshingly boring here: the 90% core ETF contributes about 90% of the risk, and the 10% EM value fund contributes about 10%. Risk contribution tells you which holdings actually move the portfolio’s needle, not just which look big in the pie chart. In this case, the math is brutally linear: the big fund drives almost everything, and the little one adds a mild accent, not drama. There are no sneaky positions punching above their weight, no tiny wildcards wrecking volatility. If the portfolio feels turbulent, it’s because the whole equity market is turbulent, not because one rogue position is setting the curtains on fire.
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.
Click on the colored dots to explore allocations.
On the efficient frontier this portfolio is annoyingly competent. The Sharpe ratio of 0.6 versus ~0.8 for the max‑Sharpe and min‑variance points looks modest, but the current mix is sitting right on or very near the frontier. The efficient frontier is the curve showing the best possible return for each level of risk using only these holdings. Being on it means the risk/return tradeoff is actually sensible with the tools at hand — reweighting could tweak things slightly, but there’s no massive free lunch sitting there. For a two‑fund, 100% equity setup, this is surprisingly well‑behaved. Accidentally clever or quietly intentional, it works.
Ongoing product costs
- iShares Edge MSCI EM Value Factor UCITS ETF USD (Acc) USD 0.40%
- SSgA SPDR ETFs Europe I Public Limited Company - SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF 0.45%
- Weighted costs total (per year) 0.44%
Costs land in the “mildly annoying but not criminal” zone. A total TER of 0.44% for two plain‑vanilla ETFs is hardly catastrophic, but it’s also not bargain‑bin cheap given how generic the strategy is. Paying nearly half a percent every year to own what is essentially the market plus a small EM twist is like paying a cover charge to enter your own living room. The good news: the drag isn’t big enough to destroy the decent historical performance. The bad news: for such a simple, largely passive setup, the fee level looks more “comfortably profitable for providers” than “aggressively lean for investors.”
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