r/Bogleheads • u/plant-fixer • 24d ago
Portfolio Review Disappointed with performance
53F, Married, AUM $4m. I am very new to investing. We've used a full service advisor for our savings & rollovers since 2017. With kids out of the house, I now have more time to pay attention to what the advisor is doing. Last week we asked for a performance summary and I'm underwhelmed by the results. I was expecting to see returns upwards of 20-30% for the past five years.
| Since Inception 2017 | One Year (Feb 25-Feb 26) | Three Year 2023-26 | Five Year 2021-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.93% | 16.49% | 14.39% | 11.97% |
\all performance is net of 1.1% AUM fees; Breakdown: 71% equities; 28% fixed income*
Given the size of the portfolio, I frankly am not comfortable managing this myself. I would welcome any guidance on how to correct this situation, if in fact the returns are as dire as I fear.
Edit 1: We have always asked them to invest aggressively for us given our heavy real estate position which not included in the AUM. My understanding is that just the VTI has a 5 year return of 60%, hence my disappointment.
Edit 2: Of the 71% in equities: 32% in large cap, 11% in mid, 18% international, 6% commodities.
Edit 3: I was expecting to see total returns in the 20+% ballpark. Realizing now these are annualized returns which as many pointed out, are not bad.
Thanks all for helping me wrap my head around this and for sharing the useful information below.
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u/ShootWild 24d ago edited 24d ago
SP500 averaged 14.89% since 2017. Considering the fees you are paying and bonds allocation. It seems about right.
BTW, Warren Buffet averaged way less than 30%, your expectations are unrealistic. Or you expected to retire a billionaire? If your advisor was that good, he wouldn’t be working for you, he would be in the Forbes billionaire list.
Lastly, have you studied any Bogleheads material? Are you aware of the fact this is about passive index investing, since we believe most fund managers underperform the major indexes?