Robo War Experiment (RWE) Update – August 2022

This is a performance update to my Robo War Experiment (RWE) posted here:
https://pwlcm.wordpress.com/2022/08/03/robo-war-experiment-rwe-update-july-2022/

Disclaimer: This post is just for educational sharing purposes. Please do your own due diligence on any products mentioned in this post.


Performance Update

Here is the August 2022 Performance Update:


From a strong rebound in July 2022, all 5 robo advisors and 3 benchmark indices turned red in August 2022.

Key Observations

  1. The 5 robo advisors’ losses in August 2022 range from -1.40% to -2.74%.
  2. All 5 robo advisors managed to suffer smaller losses than the 3 benchmark indices.
  3. The 3 original robo advisors clocked in similar YTD returns at about -13%.
  4. Endowus had the least XIRR loss since inception.
  5. Syfe remained having the lowest monthly drawdown since inception.

Endowus: https://endowus.com/invite?code=J6YV3
Syfe: https://www.syfe.com/invite/wealth/SRPTRJTFQ
StashAway: https://www.stashaway.sg/referrals/choonght43
MoneyOwl: https://moneyowl.com.sg/app/accounts/sign-up?referral_code=5FZY-58AG
SquirrelSave: https://app.squirrelsave.com.sg/Start/Referralcode?referralid=2996

Author: Tan Choong Hwee

My name is Tan Choong Hwee, a Singapore Citizen with education and career background in engineering. Over the years I have developed strong interests in personal wealth management and now working in Providend, a Wealth Advisory firm.

4 thoughts on “Robo War Experiment (RWE) Update – August 2022”

  1. Hello Tan,

    Thank you for sharing the performance updates and insights! As I am fairly new in my investing journey, I was wondering if you could share your calculations? I hope I can better understand my portfolio and educate myself, especially from experienced investors like you! Thank you!

    Like

    1. Hi Elaine,

      Thanks for showing interests in my blog post. You may want to read my first post on this Robo War series, in which I shared the formula used to calculate monthly/quarterly/YTD returns as well as the annualized internal rate of return.

      Like

Leave a comment

Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started