Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy

TotalReturn:

'The total return on a portfolio of investments takes into account not only the capital appreciation on the portfolio, but also the income received on the portfolio. The income typically consists of interest, dividends, and securities lending fees. This contrasts with the price return, which takes into account only the capital gain on an investment.'

• The total return over 5 years of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy is 132.6%, which is smaller, thus worse compared to the benchmark GLD (169%) in the same period.
• During the last 3 years, the total return, or performance is 76.8%, which is lower, thus worse than the value of 134.8% from the benchmark.

CAGR:

'The compound annual growth rate isn't a true return rate, but rather a representational figure. It is essentially a number that describes the rate at which an investment would have grown if it had grown the same rate every year and the profits were reinvested at the end of each year. In reality, this sort of performance is unlikely. However, CAGR can be used to smooth returns so that they may be more easily understood when compared to alternative investments.'

• Compared with the benchmark GLD (22%) in the period of the last 5 years, the annual performance (CAGR) of 18.5% of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy is smaller, thus worse.
• Compared with GLD (33.2%) in the period of the last 3 years, the annual performance (CAGR) of 21.1% is smaller, thus worse.

Volatility:

'Volatility is a rate at which the price of a security increases or decreases for a given set of returns. Volatility is measured by calculating the standard deviation of the annualized returns over a given period of time. It shows the range to which the price of a security may increase or decrease. Volatility measures the risk of a security. It is used in option pricing formula to gauge the fluctuations in the returns of the underlying assets. Volatility indicates the pricing behavior of the security and helps estimate the fluctuations that may happen in a short period of time.'

• Compared with the benchmark GLD (17.7%) in the period of the last 5 years, the 30 days standard deviation of 12.7% of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy is lower, thus better.
• Compared with GLD (19.6%) in the period of the last 3 years, the 30 days standard deviation of 13.5% is lower, thus better.

DownVol:

'Risk measures typically quantify the downside risk, whereas the standard deviation (an example of a deviation risk measure) measures both the upside and downside risk. Specifically, downside risk in our definition is the semi-deviation, that is the standard deviation of all negative returns.'

• Compared with the benchmark GLD (12.4%) in the period of the last 5 years, the downside volatility of 8.9% of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy is lower, thus better.
• During the last 3 years, the downside risk is 9.6%, which is lower, thus better than the value of 13.8% from the benchmark.

Sharpe:

'The Sharpe ratio is the measure of risk-adjusted return of a financial portfolio. Sharpe ratio is a measure of excess portfolio return over the risk-free rate relative to its standard deviation. Normally, the 90-day Treasury bill rate is taken as the proxy for risk-free rate. A portfolio with a higher Sharpe ratio is considered superior relative to its peers. The measure was named after William F Sharpe, a Nobel laureate and professor of finance, emeritus at Stanford University.'

• The Sharpe Ratio over 5 years of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy is 1.26, which is larger, thus better compared to the benchmark GLD (1.1) in the same period.
• Compared with GLD (1.56) in the period of the last 3 years, the Sharpe Ratio of 1.37 is lower, thus worse.

Sortino:

'The Sortino ratio improves upon the Sharpe ratio by isolating downside volatility from total volatility by dividing excess return by the downside deviation. The Sortino ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that differentiates harmful volatility from total overall volatility by using the asset's standard deviation of negative asset returns, called downside deviation. The Sortino ratio takes the asset's return and subtracts the risk-free rate, and then divides that amount by the asset's downside deviation. The ratio was named after Frank A. Sortino.'

• Compared with the benchmark GLD (1.57) in the period of the last 5 years, the ratio of annual return and downside deviation of 1.79 of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy is greater, thus better.
• Looking at ratio of annual return and downside deviation in of 1.94 in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively smaller, thus worse in comparison to GLD (2.23).

Ulcer:

'The ulcer index is a stock market risk measure or technical analysis indicator devised by Peter Martin in 1987, and published by him and Byron McCann in their 1989 book The Investors Guide to Fidelity Funds. It's designed as a measure of volatility, but only volatility in the downward direction, i.e. the amount of drawdown or retracement occurring over a period. Other volatility measures like standard deviation treat up and down movement equally, but a trader doesn't mind upward movement, it's the downside that causes stress and stomach ulcers that the index's name suggests.'

• The Ulcer Index over 5 years of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy is 5.46 , which is lower, thus better compared to the benchmark GLD (7.21 ) in the same period.
• Looking at Downside risk index in of 4.49 in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively larger, thus worse in comparison to GLD (4.36 ).

MaxDD:

'Maximum drawdown measures the loss in any losing period during a fund’s investment record. It is defined as the percent retrenchment from a fund’s peak value to the fund’s valley value. The drawdown is in effect from the time the fund’s retrenchment begins until a new fund high is reached. The maximum drawdown encompasses both the period from the fund’s peak to the fund’s valley (length), and the time from the fund’s valley to a new fund high (recovery). It measures the largest percentage drawdown that has occurred in any fund’s data record.'

• Looking at the maximum reduction from previous high of -15.3 days in the last 5 years of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy, we see it is relatively higher, thus better in comparison to the benchmark GLD (-21 days)
• During the last 3 years, the maximum DrawDown is -12.3 days, which is greater, thus better than the value of -19.2 days from the benchmark.

MaxDuration:

'The Drawdown Duration is the length of any peak to peak period, or the time between new equity highs. The Max Drawdown Duration is the worst (the maximum/longest) amount of time an investment has seen between peaks (equity highs). Many assume Max DD Duration is the length of time between new highs during which the Max DD (magnitude) occurred. But that isn’t always the case. The Max DD duration is the longest time between peaks, period. So it could be the time when the program also had its biggest peak to valley loss (and usually is, because the program needs a long time to recover from the largest loss), but it doesn’t have to be'

• Looking at the maximum time in days below previous high water mark of 471 days in the last 5 years of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy, we see it is relatively larger, thus worse in comparison to the benchmark GLD (436 days)
• Looking at maximum days below previous high in of 234 days in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively larger, thus worse in comparison to GLD (145 days).

AveDuration:

'The Drawdown Duration is the length of any peak to peak period, or the time between new equity highs. The Avg Drawdown Duration is the average amount of time an investment has seen between peaks (equity highs), or in other terms the average of time under water of all drawdowns. So in contrast to the Maximum duration it does not measure only one drawdown event but calculates the average of all.'

• Compared with the benchmark GLD (108 days) in the period of the last 5 years, the average days under water of 112 days of Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy is greater, thus worse.
• During the last 3 years, the average time in days below previous high water mark is 55 days, which is greater, thus worse than the value of 30 days from the benchmark.