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Sample Portfolio Checkup

See a finished Portfolio Checkup

This is not the free one-page IRA XRay. The IRA XRay is a single-page snapshot you can run yourself; the Portfolio Checkup is a longer written report that also uses your guided interview answers and IRA-specific considerations.

Sample case status — Report ready

Interview 100% complete across 9 sections, submitted with consent. Demonstration data only.

Written summary

Deterministic demonstration narrative. This wording is generated by fixed rules from the fictional sample numbers — no AI model was run and no real recommendation is being made.

What this sample account holds

This demonstration account holds 5 funds with a weighted expense ratio of 0.08% across 100% of the balance. The canonical rule set produced 3 findings, 3 of which are material.

How it lines up with the target model

Against the Classic Balanced Portfolio model, the largest gap is 8 percentage points in bonds (none band). Drift is a description of the current mix, not an instruction to trade.

What a real Checkup would discuss

A real Portfolio Checkup walks through cost, overlap, concentration and data quality in the same order as the sections below, then lists questions to raise with a professional. It never tells you what to buy or sell.

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Sample IRA — Margaret R. (fictional) — IRA XRay report

Demonstration Traditional IRA used to show the finished Portfolio Checkup

Report generated
1/15/2026
Data mode
Demonstration data — fictional portfolio
Data as of
2026-03-31
Target model
Classic Balanced Portfolio
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Portfolio Checkup — full report

Demonstration data — fictional portfolio. Demonstration data. The funds, tickers, holdings, costs and ratings on this report are fictional and exist only to illustrate the report. They are not real securities and not investment advice.

Portfolio summary

Portfolio value
$240,000
Funds
5
Weighted expense ratio
0.08%

Covers 100% of the account

Average Diamond Rating
Not rated

No published ratings

Findings needing attention
3

3 total

92Portfolio alignment 92 out of 100

Overall alignment — Good alignment

Alignment is 100 minus half the total percentage-point difference between the target model and the look-through allocation. It is a comparison, not a grade.

Current asset allocation versus target

Both charts use the same four categories in the same order — Stocks, Bonds, Cash, Other. Look-through allocation covers 100% of the account.

Current allocation

Current
  • Stocks56%
  • Bonds38%
  • Cash6%
  • Other0%

Target allocation

Target
  • Stocks60%
  • Bonds30%
  • Cash10%
  • Other0%

Drift by category

Differences are percentage points (current minus target). Bands: 10 minor, 15 material, 25 large.

Allocation drift by asset class
CategoryTargetCurrentDriftBand
Stocks60%56%-4 ppIn band
Bonds30%38%+8 ppIn band
Cash10%6%-4 ppIn band
Other0%0%0 ppIn band

Your holdings

Largest position first. Blank values mean the fund database publishes nothing for that field — we do not estimate.

Holdings detail, largest position first
TickerFundValueWeightAsset classExpenseDiamondAlert
NMBLXNorthmark Broad US Equity Index$96,00040.0%Large Blend0.04%Not ratedcritical
NMAGXNorthmark Total Bond Index$72,00030.0%Intermediate Core Bond0.05%Not ratedNone
NMINXNorthmark International Developed Index$40,00016.7%Foreign Large Blend0.08%Not ratedNone
HLSTXHalyard Short Duration Bond$24,00010.0%Short-Term Bond0.28%Not ratedNone
NMMMXNorthmark Government Money Market$8,0003.3%Money Market0.11%Not ratedNone

Fund quality — Diamond Ratings

None of your funds have a published Diamond Rating, so no portfolio average is shown.

Diamond Rating distribution
RatingFunds% of valueWhat it means
5 Diamond00.0%Highest relative scores within its category.
4 Diamond00.0%Strong relative results within its category.
3 Diamond00.0%Competitive within its peer group.
2 Diamond00.0%Below-average relative results within its category.
1 Diamond00.0%Lowest relative scores within its category.
Not rated5No published rating. Excluded from the average.

Diamond Ratings are published by the shared fund database from each fund's own reported results and portfolio characteristics. They are backward-looking and educational — not advice, not a prediction, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any fund.

Fees and cost analysis

Weighted expense ratio

0.08%

Across 100% of your IRA

Annual cost (funds with data)

$182

Based only on funds with published costs

Annual cost

$182

On $240,000 of holdings

Diversification, overlap and concentration

Fund families come from published fund data. Look-through security exposure and fund-to-fund overlap aggregate each fund's published holdings at its portfolio weight.

Largest fund families

  • Northmark Funds · 4 funds90.0%
  • Halyard Asset Management · 1 fund10.0%

Largest look-through positions

  • Arcadia Systems Inc.3.55%
  • Belmont Semiconductor Corp.2.56%
  • Cygnet Cloud Holdings2.08%
  • Meridian Telecom1.89%
  • Granite Bank Corporation1.64%
  • US Treasury Note 4.000% 20311.62%
  • Everline Health Partners1.52%
  • US Treasury Bond 3.625% 20441.41%
  • US Treasury Note 4.250% 20291.23%
  • Federal Agency MBS 5.000% 20541.08%

Published holdings cover 100% of the portfolio.

Fund overlap

  • NMBLX · HLSTX (6 shared)10%
  • NMAGX · HLSTX (4 shared)5%
  • NMBLX · NMAGX (4 shared)5%
  • HLSTX · NMMMX (1 shared)3%
  • NMBLX · NMINX (2 shared)2%
  • NMINX · HLSTX (2 shared)2%

Findings and alerts

Every finding below includes its full explanation.

  • Concentrated in a single fund

    NMBLX is 40.0% of your IRA. Large single-fund positions make your outcome depend heavily on one manager or index.

    critical
  • Top three funds dominate the account

    Your three largest funds are 86.7% of the IRA.

    critical
  • 90% of your IRA sits with one fund family

    Northmark Funds manages 90% of the portfolio across 4 funds. Spreading across managers reduces the impact of any single firm's process or pricing changes.

    warning

Suggested next steps

  1. 1Review how much of the account depends on one fund, one manager or one underlying company.

Fictional sample. IRA XRay is educational software. It compares what you entered with a general target model for your stated time horizon and risk preference. It is not investment, tax or legal advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell any fund.

Source: IRA XRay demonstration data (fictional) · Data as of 2026-03-31 · Generated 1/15/2026, 12:00:00 AM. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Any figure a data source does not publish is shown as “Not available”.

What the sample investor told us

IRA type
Traditional IRA
Custodian or brokerage
Sample Brokerage (fictional)
Other retirement accounts we should know about
A former employer 401(k) still held at the old plan provider.
What is this IRA for?
Retirement income starting at 67, with something left for our children.
Where are you today?
Within a few years of retiring
When will you start drawing on this IRA?
In 5 to 10 years
Which describes you best?
Moderate — a balance of growth and stability
How did you react the last time markets fell sharply?
I stopped opening statements for a few months but did not sell anything.
Are you taking distributions from this IRA?
Planned within the next few years
Required minimum distributions
Starting soon
Cash you expect to need from this IRA in the next 12 months
$12,000
Roughly how much do you add each year?
$7,000
How do you contribute?
Regular monthly amounts
Did any of this come from a 401(k), 403(b) or another IRA?
Most of the balance came from a 401(k) rollover about six years ago.
Is a transfer in progress right now?
Considering one
I understand the Portfolio Checkup does not review my beneficiary designations, and I will confirm them directly with my custodian.
Confirmed
I understand the Portfolio Checkup is educational and does not provide tax advice, and I will speak with a tax professional about tax questions.
Confirmed
What worries you most about this IRA?
I do not know whether my funds all own the same companies, or what I pay in fees.
Questions you want the report to address
Am I too concentrated in one fund family, and is my cash level sensible?

IRA-specific considerations

These are general educational considerations for IRAs, chosen from the answers you gave. They are not tax, legal or investment advice.

  • Custodian and account structure

    Fees, available funds, trading costs and service levels differ by custodian. Knowing which firm holds the account and what it charges is the starting point for any cost conversation.

  • Beneficiary designations

    An IRA passes by beneficiary designation, not by will. Designations are held by the custodian, are not visible to the Portfolio Checkup, and are worth confirming directly after any major life event.

  • Account consolidation

    Several IRAs at several firms make allocation, overlap and cost harder to see. Consolidation can simplify that picture, but it also has practical and tax consequences worth discussing with a professional first.

  • Required minimum distributions

    When distributions are required, the amount you must take each year interacts with how much of the account is in cash and how easily positions can be sold. Cash planning matters more once RMDs begin.

  • Transfers and rollovers in progress

    A transfer in flight can leave money temporarily in cash and out of the market, and direct trustee-to-trustee transfers work differently from a distribution you redeposit yourself. Confirm the mechanics before the money moves.

  • Withdrawals and sequencing

    Money you plan to withdraw soon is exposed to short-term market movement. The size and timing of planned withdrawals is worth reviewing next to how much of the account is in cash and bonds.

  • Contribution limits and timing

    IRA contributions are capped each year and eligibility can depend on income and account type. New contributions are also the least disruptive way to move an allocation over time.

  • Where an investment is held

    The same fund can behave differently for you inside an IRA than in a taxable account. If you hold investments in both, the placement question is worth raising with a tax professional.

Scope, limits and privacy

  • · The Portfolio Checkup is educational. It is not investment, tax or legal advice and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell any fund.
  • · It does not include ongoing management, monitoring, trading, or any guarantee of investment results.
  • · It reviews only the holdings and answers you provide. It cannot see accounts you do not tell us about.
  • · Where the shared fund database publishes no value, the report says “Not available” instead of estimating one.
  • · Portfolio Checkup is a separate one-time product. It is not a Premium membership and buying it does not change your membership.
  • · Your holdings, answers and report are yours. They are read back only for your own signed-in account.
  • · Advisors and broker-dealers never see your holdings, balances, IRA XRay results, Checkup answers or report content unless you explicitly authorize a handoff.
  • · We never ask for account credentials, Social Security numbers, or account numbers.
  • · An uploaded statement PDF is stored privately in your own folder and is readable only by you.