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100% Stock Portfolio

Jun 15, 2001 – Sep 24, 2026, Rebalanced annually

Backtest it
100% StocksS&P 500
Final balance$105,573$99,130
CAGR9.77%9.50%
Max drawdown−55.45%−55.19%
Sharpe ratio0.590.57

Allocation

  • VTIUS total stock market100%

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Growth of $10,000

  • 100% Stocks
  • S&P 500

Metrics

Return100% StocksS&P 500
Final balance$105,573$99,130
Total return955.73%891.30%
CAGR9.77%9.50%
Calendar years100% StocksS&P 500
Best year33.45%32.31%
Worst year−36.99%−36.80%
Positive years20 of 2420 of 24
Risk100% StocksS&P 500
Max drawdown−55.45%−55.19%
Longest drawdown4.4 years4.9 years
Volatility (annualized)19.04%18.95%
Risk-adjusted100% StocksS&P 500
Sharpe ratio0.590.57
Sortino ratio0.830.81
Calmar ratio0.180.17

Worst drawdowns

DeclinePeakBottomRecovered
−55.5%Oct 2007Mar 2009Mar 2012
−35.0%Feb 2020Mar 2020Aug 2020
−34.7%Jul 2001Oct 2002Jan 2004
−25.4%Jan 2022Oct 2022Dec 2023
−20.0%Sep 2018Dec 2018Apr 2019

Annual returns

Year100% StocksS&P 500
2001*−4.40%−5.52%
2002−20.48%−21.58%
2003+30.74%+28.18%
2004+12.78%+10.70%
2005+6.30%+4.83%
2006+15.70%+15.85%
2007+5.37%+5.15%
2008−36.99%−36.80%
2009+28.90%+26.35%
2010+17.43%+15.06%
2011+0.97%+1.89%
2012+16.45%+15.99%
2013+33.45%+32.31%
2014+12.55%+13.46%
2015+0.36%+1.23%
2016+12.82%+12.00%
2017+21.21%+21.71%
2018−5.23%−4.57%
2019+30.67%+31.22%
2020+21.08%+18.33%
2021+25.68%+28.73%
2022−19.52%−18.18%
2023+26.05%+26.18%
2024+23.81%+24.89%
2025+17.10%+17.72%
2026*+13.45%+13.38%

* Partial year

About the 100% Stock Portfolio

A 100% stock portfolio holds no bonds. This page uses VTI, a Vanguard fund of about 3,500 US companies, nearly the whole US stock market.

With nothing to cushion it, it takes the market's full drops, as in 2008 and 2022. Next to the 80/20, it grew more over these years and fell further in the bad ones. The S&P 500 line shows how closely the 500 largest companies track the whole market.

The 100% Stock Portfolio returned 9.8% a year from Jun 2001 to Sep 2026, against 9.5% for the S&P 500. Its biggest drop was 55.5%, against 55.2% for the S&P 500. It took 4.4 years to recover. It beat the S&P 500 in 11 of 24 full years.

Uses daily closing prices with dividends reinvested. Fund fees are included, but not taxes or trading costs. The backtest starts on Jun 15, 2001, the first day all one funds have prices. The S&P 500 is SPY.

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