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 (18y 1m 7d)

Returns (annualized)

Portfolio -2.19%
Benchmark 12.05%

Risk (annualized)

Portfolio 13.01%
Benchmark 19.81%

Sharpe (annualized)

Portfolio -0.21
Benchmark 0.61

Excess Return (annualized)

-14.24%

Tracking Error (annualized)

24.28%

Information Ratio

-0.59
Statistic Portfolio Benchmark
Downside Volatility 13.13% 21.02%
Sortino Ratio -0.21 0.57
Calmar Ratio -0.05 0.23
Ulcer Index 9.01 14.91
Max Drawdown 55.27% 51.49%
VaR (99% Confidence) $-3,027 $-4,607
VaR (99.9% Confidence) $-4,021 $-6,120
Beta to Benchmark -0.04 N/A

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

Growth Charts

Historical Weights

Return Distribution

Excess Kurtosis

5.67

Skew

-0.18
Data Table
Factor Coefficients
Factor Portfolio Benchmark Excess
Credit Factor 0.3015 0.0444 0.2571
Duration Factor -0.4940 -0.0504 -0.4436
Market Factor -0.1519 0.9324 -1.0843

Adjusted R2

Portfolio 0.10
Benchmark 0.93

Intercept

Portfolio 0.00
Benchmark 0.00

Factor Attribution