Dogs of the ETF Universe Backtesting Tool

Here's an interactive tool for backtesting my Dogs of the ETF Universe investment strategy. It's loosely based on the popular Dogs of the Dow strategy. With the Dogs of the Dow, the 10 highest yielding stocks are bought each year, and held for a year. My Dogs of the ETF Universe strategy is somewhat different to the original strategy: I simply buy the year's worst performing ETFs and hold them for a year.

Settings

Fine tune the dogs strategy here then click on the button to see what the performance of the ETF selection would be been like.

ETFs to include:
Number of ETFs to include:
Mode:

Historical Performance

trending_up Dogs of the ETF Universe Historical Performance
Performance / %
Current Year Subsequent Year
Year Sector ETF ETF S&P500 (VOO)
2021 China Internet (KWEB) arrow_drop_down 52.94 arrow_drop_down 17.35
Turkey (TUR) arrow_drop_down 31.69 arrow_drop_up 91.61
China Consumer Discretionary (CHIQ) arrow_drop_down 28.20 arrow_drop_down 22.12
Average arrow_drop_up 17.38 arrow_drop_down -18.44
2022 Crypto Industry (BITQ) arrow_drop_down 84.20 arrow_drop_up 236.92
Bitcoin Miners (WGMI) arrow_drop_down 83.80 arrow_drop_up 287.93
Dry Bulk Shipping (BDRY) arrow_drop_down 68.95 arrow_drop_up 28.30
Average arrow_drop_up 184.38 arrow_drop_up 25.67
2023 Hydrogen Energy (HYDR) arrow_drop_down 38.25 arrow_drop_down 32.56
Global Nickel Miners (NIKL) arrow_drop_down 32.83 arrow_drop_down 24.63
Solar Energy (TAN) arrow_drop_down 27.81 arrow_drop_down 36.79
Average arrow_drop_down 31.33 arrow_drop_up 25.41
2024 Dry Bulk Shipping (BDRY) arrow_drop_down 46.67 arrow_drop_up 41.22
Solar Energy (TAN) arrow_drop_down 36.79 arrow_drop_up 46.19
Rare Earth Metals (REMX) arrow_drop_down 36.45 arrow_drop_up 88.72
Average arrow_drop_up 58.71 arrow_drop_up 15.70
2025 Vacations (CRUZ) arrow_drop_down 17.49 arrow_drop_down 17.49
US BDC (BIZD) arrow_drop_down 14.84 arrow_drop_down 11.48
US Office REIT (DESK) arrow_drop_down 14.63 arrow_drop_down 0.20
Average arrow_drop_down 9.72 arrow_drop_up 8.21
2026 YTD Ethereum (ETHA) arrow_drop_down 30.41
Indonesia (EIDO) arrow_drop_down 24.06
US Medical Devices (IHI) arrow_drop_down 22.04
Grand Total arrow_drop_up 219.42 arrow_drop_up 56.55