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ETF Model Portfolios · GAA · Moderate band

GAA against the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark

Cambria Global Asset Allocation ETF holds 51.1% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, which places it in the moderate band. Its matched benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks, a written rule, not a fund.

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In the year to Sep 30, 2026, GAA returned +14.42%, 5.49 points ahead of the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark’s hypothetical +8.93%.

Growth of $10,000

Trailing ranges end on Sep 30, 2026, All on Oct 9, 2026. GAA’s line is its own market-price total return; the benchmark’s is dashed and shaded where hypothetical, before Oct 5, 2026. The largest drawdown of GAA is shaded where the comparison dates it. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Growth of $10,000 over 1Y, Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026: GAA ends at $11,442, Strategic 60 at $10,893, the benchmark hypothetical.$12,177$11,315$10,452$9,589hypothetical · the current rule applied to past prices$11,442$10,8932025 Sep2025 Dec2026 Apr2026 Jul2026 Sep
GAAStrategic 60, the benchmarkHypothetical
Value of $10,000 at six points from Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. GAA is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value onSep 30, 2025Dec 10, 2025Feb 24, 2026May 7, 2026Jul 21, 2026Sep 30, 2026
GAA$10,000$10,336$11,191$11,388$11,444$11,442
Reference$10,000$10,223$10,578$10,814$10,918$10,893
Growth of $10,000 over 3Y, Sep 29, 2023 to Sep 30, 2026: GAA ends at $14,873, Strategic 60 at $14,933, the benchmark hypothetical.$15,806$13,679$11,553$9,426hypothetical · the current rule applied to past prices$14,873$14,93320232024202520252026
GAAStrategic 60, the benchmarkHypotheticalLargest drawdown −7.18%, Sep 23, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
Value of $10,000 at six points from Sep 29, 2023 to Sep 30, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. GAA is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value onSep 29, 2023May 6, 2024Dec 10, 2024Jul 21, 2025Feb 25, 2026Sep 30, 2026
GAA$10,000$11,219$11,691$12,443$14,614$14,873
Reference$10,000$11,328$12,377$13,090$14,571$14,933
Growth of $10,000 over 5Y, Sep 30, 2021 to Sep 30, 2026: GAA ends at $14,034, Strategic 60 at $13,743, the benchmark hypothetical.$14,853$12,537$10,221$7,905hypothetical · the current rule applied to past prices$14,034$13,74320212022202420252026
GAAStrategic 60, the benchmarkHypotheticalLargest drawdown −18.44%, Oct 20, 2021 to Sep 26, 2022
Value of $10,000 at six points from Sep 30, 2021 to Sep 30, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. GAA is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value onSep 30, 2021Sep 29, 2022Sep 29, 2023Sep 27, 2024Sep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2026
GAA$10,000$8,573$9,436$11,096$12,266$14,034
Reference$10,000$8,243$9,203$11,326$12,617$13,743
Growth of $10,000 over 10Y, Sep 30, 2016 to Sep 30, 2026: GAA ends at $20,214, Strategic 60 at $21,444, the benchmark hypothetical.$22,664$18,048$13,431$8,814hypothetical · the current rule applied to past prices$20,214$21,44420162019202120242026
GAAStrategic 60, the benchmarkHypotheticalLargest drawdown −26.57%, Jan 17, 2020 to Mar 19, 2020
Value of $10,000 at six points from Sep 30, 2016 to Sep 30, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. GAA is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value onSep 30, 2016Sep 28, 2018Sep 29, 2020Sep 27, 2022Sep 27, 2024Sep 30, 2026
GAA$10,000$11,259$11,927$12,314$15,982$20,214
Reference$10,000$11,677$13,416$12,794$17,673$21,444
Growth of $10,000 over the whole shared history, Dec 10, 2014 to Oct 9, 2026: GAA ends at $21,502, Strategic 60 at $23,097, the benchmark hypothetical.$24,042$18,986$13,929$8,872hypothetical · the current rule applied to past pricestracked$21,502$23,09720142017202020232026
GAAStrategic 60, the benchmarkHypothetical
Value of $10,000 at six points from Dec 10, 2014 to Oct 9, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. GAA is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value onDec 10, 2014Apr 24, 2017Sep 4, 2019Jan 11, 2022May 24, 2024Oct 9, 2026
GAA$10,000$10,940$12,215$15,518$16,030$21,502
Reference$10,000$11,218$13,025$17,136$17,597$23,097

GAA and Strategic 60 by window

WindowFromToGAAStrategic 60Difference, pointsSide
Year to dateDec 31, 2025Oct 9, 2026+10.79%+7.49%*+3.30GAA ahead
1 yearSep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2026+14.42%+8.93%*+5.49GAA ahead
3 years, a yearSep 29, 2023Sep 30, 2026+14.15%+14.30%*−0.15GAA behind
5 years, a yearSep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2026+7.01%+6.57%*+0.44GAA ahead
10 years, a yearSep 30, 2016Sep 30, 2026+7.29%+7.93%*−0.64GAA behind
Since Dec 10, 2014, a yearDec 31, 2014Sep 30, 2026+6.68%+7.26%*−0.58GAA behind
GAA’s own market-price total return beside Strategic 60 over the same closes; YTD and 1 year as total returns, the longer windows a year over whole months. The difference is the two printed figures subtracted, in percentage points. *Hypothetical as a whole: the benchmark’s window begins before its tracked date, Oct 5, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo.

Fees

PortfolioFeeA yearOn $10,000As of
GAAExpense ratio, from its prospectus0.32%$32Aug 28, 2026
Strategic 60Weighted fund fee, inside its returns0.05%$5Oct 9, 2026
Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.

Risk over 10 years

FigureGAAStrategic 60
Volatility, a year9.84%10.07%
Largest drawdown, on daily values−26.57%−22.31%
Beta to the benchmark0.87measured against itself
Correlation0.89measured against itself
Tracking error, a year4.68%measured against itself
Up capture0.89measured against itself
Down capture0.87measured against itself
From monthly returns, Sep 30, 2016 to Sep 30, 2026, 120 months; the drawdown on daily values. Beta, correlation, tracking error and captures measure the fund against the benchmark.
How a benchmark is published

A written rule over broad, low-cost ETFs, frozen on Oct 3, 2026, with its weights, calendar and returns on its own page. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical: today’s rule and funds applied to earlier prices. Total returns are market price with distributions reinvested, net of each fund’s own fees, with nothing else deducted. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias. Methodology v1.3 →

Where to next
GAA fund page→The Strategic 60 benchmark→Every benchmark at 60% stocks→Every model, side by side→How the benchmarks are built→

Questions people ask about GAA and its benchmark

Why is GAA measured against ETFIQ Strategic 60?
GAA holds 51.1% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the moderate band, more than 50% and up to 70% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 60 is the benchmark for that band.
What does ETFIQ Strategic 60 hold?
60% VT and 40% US bonds (BND and AGG in equal parts), rebalanced on the last trading day of each month. It is a published rule, not a fund, and ETFIQ takes no payment from any fund company.
Why are the benchmark’s returns hypothetical?
Its rule was frozen on a stated date. Returns before it apply today’s rule and funds to earlier prices; the fund’s own returns are its market price with distributions reinvested. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, GAA vs the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/gaa/

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Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical.

Sources and credit
Prices and distributions, every fund the benchmarks holdData sourced by Tiingo · end of day · Oct 9, 2026The risk-free rate, for the Sharpe ratioU.S. Treasury daily bill ratesGAA’s page, with its prospectus and feeGAA’s page, with its prospectus and feeGAA’s prospectus filing, for its expense ratioGAA’s prospectus filing, for its expense ratio

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. Data sourced by Tiingo.