Copernicus Portfolio Review: 11 March 2026

Copernicus is the equity portfolio scheduled for review this morning.  Based on an over priced U.S. stock market I shifted the emphasis slightly, moving from the S&P 500 (VOO) over to several dividend oriented ETFs.  Below you see a significant percentage of the portfolio focusing on VIG, SCHD and VYM.  Yes, there will be overlapping stocks in the three dividend ETFs, but this is of little concern as the portfolio also includes 40% in an equal-weight ETF, RSP.

Copernicus Security Holdings

Below are the current holdings in the Copernicus.  VIG is well below the target percentage.  Once first quarter dividends are in this money will be used to bring VIG closer to its target percentage of 15%.  Currently, I have limit orders in place to purchase a few more shares of VIG.

Copernicus Performance Data

Since 12/31/2021 the Copernicus has smashed all benchmarks.  We now look to the Risk Ratios to see how well the portfolio has performed recently.

Copernicus Risk Ratios

All risk ratios are well above where they were a year ago.  However, we see the current market volatility has hurt the Copernicus.  At least Copernicus is not keeping pace with the AOR benchmark over the last two weeks.

Checking the Information Ratio, the Copernicus has not been keeping up with AOR since last May.  Moving from VOO to SCHD, VIG and VYM will not help if the market moves upward.  The shift to dividend paying ETFs should be beneficial in a bear market.

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