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Long-Term Thematic Growth Stocks (3-5 Year Horizon) vs Monte Balanced Equities Fund with Thematic Overlay

At a glance

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These strategies report performance on different (Live, Composite). Live and composite results come from real accounts; out-of-sample, hypothetical and model results don't. Compare return and risk with care.

16.6%

20.1%Best

11.3%

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14.8%Best

16.0%

0.91

1.41Best

-15.2%

-12.3%Best

Fee

0.75%Best

1.00%

Minimum investment

$500

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Each source uses its own scale

3(1-5 (Interactive Advisors))

2.46(0-5 (Quantbase))

Inception

2015-07-16

2025-05-15

Holdings

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73%

Growth of $10,000

Each line starts at $10,000 on the first date all of them share, using the strategy's own published history. Bases are labelled and never mixed within a line.

Long-Term Thematic Growth Stocks (3-5 Year Horizon)Liveup 30.3%
Monte Balanced Equities Fund with Thematic OverlayCompositeup 41.8%
S&P 500 ETFup 28.5%

Every published figureShow 64 attributes

Each row is one exact variant (window and basis), so a value appears only where a source publishes it.

Returns

Annual return (Quantbase data field) (basis not stated)

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28.58%

Annualized return since inception (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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28.54%

Annualized return since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

11.26%

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Backtest end date (Quantbase data field)

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2025-05-15

Return since chart start (cumulative) (client composite)

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41.79%

Return since inception (annualized) (live account)

11.30%

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Return since inception (cumulative) (live account)

233.90%

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Return vs the source's benchmark, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

2.27%

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Return, last 30 days (live account)

9.20%

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Return, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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21.74%

Return, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

17.80%

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Return, last 365 days (live account)

16.60%

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Return, last 5 years (cumulative) (live account)

79.10%

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Return, last 90 days (live account)

14.60%

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Return, rolling 1 year (client composite)

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20.08%

Return, year to date (live account)

13.60%

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Classification

Asset classes / instruments

equities

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Composition (ETFs / Stocks / Mixed)

STOCKS

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ESG / responsible flag

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Smart beta flag

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Theme keywords (Interactive Advisors)

4 to 5 themes, Generational and demographic shifts

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Market-relative

Benchmark (methodology text)

Assigned by IA per portfolio (investable ETF; often S&P 500 ETF); shown optionally

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Correlation to SPY (full history) (client composite)

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0.72

Correlation to SPY (Quantbase data field) (basis not stated)

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0.72

Risk metrics

Beta vs the source's benchmark, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

0.67

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Daily volatility over the chart range (client composite)

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1.01%

Max drawdown over the chart range (client composite)

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-12.27%

Maximum drawdown since inception (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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-12.27%

Maximum drawdown since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

-32.66%

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Maximum drawdown, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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-12.27%

Maximum drawdown, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

-15.23%

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Maximum drawdown, last 365 days (live account)

-15.20%

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Monthly volatility over the chart range (client composite)

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5.07%

Sharpe ratio from daily returns over the chart range (client composite)

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1.41

Sharpe ratio since inception (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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1.19

Sharpe ratio since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

0.57

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Sharpe ratio, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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0.85

Sharpe ratio, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

0.91

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Sharpe ratio, last 365 days (live account)

0.91

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Sortino ratio, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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1.22

Sortino ratio, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

1.35

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Sortino ratio, last 365 days (live account)

1.43

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Value-at-risk 95% 1-week, last 365 days (live account)

-3.40%

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Volatility over the chart range, annualized from daily (×√252) (client composite)

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16.03%

Volatility since inception (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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18.96%

Volatility since inception (Lighthorse, daily, live)

16.81%

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Volatility, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, composite)

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20.55%

Volatility, last 365 days (Lighthorse, daily, live)

14.40%

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Volatility, last 365 days (live account)

14.80%

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Cost & access

Brokerage / custodian

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Alpaca

Management / advisory fee

0.75%

1.00%

Minimum investment

$500

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Suitability

Experience minimum: bonds

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Experience minimum: crypto

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Experience minimum: equity

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Experience minimum: leverage

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Experience minimum: options

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Construction

Last rebalance date

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2026-10-08

Rebalancing (methodology text)

Mirrors manager trades via co-trading; IA may make adjustment trades

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Disclosure

Metrics calculated through

2026-10-09

2026-10-05

Risk score

Qualitative risk score (Quantbase data field)

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Risk label (Interactive Advisors)

Growth plus

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Risk score 0-5 (Quantbase)

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2.46

Risk score 1-5 (Interactive Advisors)

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Compare investment strategies

At a glance

Growth of $10,000

What they say: stated rules

What they hold

Do the holdings back the rules?

Costs, access & sources

Compare investment strategies

At a glance

Growth of $10,000

What they say: stated rules

What they hold

Do the holdings back the rules?

Costs, access & sources