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25-Year 7Twelve® Performance

7Twelve portfolio performance from 1999 to 2023 is shown below. Note that numbers in red indicate negative returns.

Year
(Negative returns shown in Red
Index-Based
7Twelve
Benchmark
Active
7Twelve Model
Passive ETF
7Twelve Model
Vanguard Balanced Index (VBIAX)
1999 16.84 16.63 16.82 13.61
2000 5.42 11.21 5.42 –2.03
2001 –2.09 2.98 –1.94 –2.98
2002 –0.56 2.18 –0.64 –9.45
2003 27.10 28.82 26.95 20.02
2004 17.96 19.79 17.80 9.37
2005 12.49 12.91 12.34 4.79
2006 15.26 15.98 14.96 11.06
2007 12.32 13.78 11.58 6.31
2008 –25.49 –28.14 –25.16 –22.12
2009 25.64 32.36 25.64 20.11
2010 14.41 14.52 14.41 13.29
2011 ‐0.77 ‐6.31 ‐1.00 4.29
2012 10.77 12.42 10.64 11.49
2013 10.46 11.33 9.65 18.10
2014 1.49 0.05 2.50 9.99
2015 –6.06 –6.96 –5.07 0.51
2016 11.51 9.19 10.14 8.77
2017 11.99 13.67 11.97 13.89
2018 –7.54 –7.64 –5.89 –2.86
2019 16.57 16.16 15.89 21.80
2020 5.27 13.82 5.78 16.40
2021 16.85 5.28 6.48 14.23
2022 –7.71 –18.60 –14.02 –16.90
2023 9.26 11.86 8.10 17.58
25-Year Annualized Return (%) 6.99 6.99 6.27 6.53
25-Year Growth of $10,000 $54,202 $54,193 $45,778 $48,641
25-Year Standard Deviation of Annual Returns (%) 11.72 13.56 11.68 11.44
Annual % Expense Ratio in January 2024 –– 0.55 0.34 0.07
Performance assumes equally weighting each sub-asset and annual rebalancing. Taxes and inflation were not taken into account.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

Average annualized return is a geometric mean, not an arithmetic mean.
   
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