Yield Curve Factor

Portfolio Specification

Policy

Rebalancing Interval Daily
Weights Algorithm Constant Weights

This portfolio is listed on the Community Portfolios page.

Portfolio Description

“Yield Curve” is a bond risk factor that captures the risk of speculating on a particular point of the yield curve.

The factor is proxied by going long a 20+ year duration Treasury basket and short a 7-10 year duration Treasury basket with the goal of neutralizing much of the duration exposure of the factor.

Policy Report

Backtest Report

From to (17y 11m)

Returns (annualized)

Portfolio -2.36%
Benchmark 11.66%

Risk (annualized)

Portfolio 13.04%
Benchmark 19.85%

Sharpe (annualized)

Portfolio -0.22
Benchmark 0.59

Excess Return (annualized)

-14.02%

Tracking Error (annualized)

24.30%

Information Ratio

-0.58
Statistic Portfolio Benchmark
Downside Volatility 13.16% 21.08%
Sortino Ratio -0.22 0.55
Calmar Ratio -0.05 0.23
Ulcer Index 9.02 14.90
Max Drawdown 55.27% 51.49%
VaR (99% Confidence) $-3,032 $-4,616
VaR (99.9% Confidence) $-4,028 $-6,132
Beta to Benchmark -0.03 N/A

Value at Risk (VaR) is calculated off a $10,000 portfolio value.

Growth Charts

Historical Weights

Return Distribution

Excess Kurtosis

5.69

Skew

-0.18
Data Table
Factor Coefficients
Factor Portfolio Benchmark Excess
Credit Factor 0.2976 0.0433 0.2543
Duration Factor -0.4914 -0.0471 -0.4443
Market Factor -0.1502 0.9340 -1.0842

Adjusted R2

Portfolio 0.10
Benchmark 0.93

Intercept

Portfolio 0.00
Benchmark 0.00

Factor Attribution