Strategic: DIY, ranked by Downside Deviation

for period ending March 31, 2025

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Downside Deviation is also called "below-target semi deviation". This is similar to standard deviation, except that upside deviation is ignored and only the unfavorable downside deviation is used in the calculation.

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Downside Deviation vs. Annual Return
● Portfolio Recipes: Strategic: DIY ● S&P 500 (SPY) ● U.S. Bonds (BND) ● Balanced (60% Equity / 40% Bonds)

Portfolio Recipes: Strategic: DIY Peer Group
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      Downside Deviation   Total Return, annualized
Recipe Name ID Category 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year   1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year
    Group average  
 
U.S. Total Bond Market BND Benchmark 4.0% * * * * *   4.9% * * * * *
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 8.1% * * * * *   8.3% * * * * *
Strategic 50-50 s.5050 Balanced 5.6% * * * * *   6.2% * * * * *
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 6.1% * * * * *   6.4% * * * * *
7Twelve Israelson s.712 Balanced 5.3% * * * * *   4.8% * * * * *
Couch Potato: Scott Burns s.couc Balanced 5.1% * * * * *   6.8% * * * * *
Ben Graham 50-50 s.grah Balanced 5.6% * * * * *   7.2% * * * * *
Safe Haven Portfolio s.have Balanced 5.6% * * * * *   18.3% * * * * *
Six Ways from Sunday s.lazy Balanced 6.6% * * * * *   5.4% * * * * *
ETF Moderate s.mode Balanced 5.7% * * * * *   6.1% * * * * *
David Swensen inspired s.swen Balanced 7.8% * * * * *   6.4% * * * * *
Lazy: Ultimate Buy & Hold s.buyh Balanced 5.3% * * * * *   4.6% * * * * *
Lazy: Coffeehouse s.coff Balanced 6.9% * * * * *   4.3% * * * * *
Lazy: Margaritaville s.marg Balanced 4.8% * * * * *   7.2% * * * * *
Lazy: Smart Money s.smar Balanced 5.3% * * * * *   4.9% * * * * *
Strategic 70-30 Portfolio s.7030 High Equity 6.7% * * * * *   6.6% * * * * *
Strategic 80-20 Portfolio s.8020 High Equity 7.4% * * * * *   6.8% * * * * *
ETF Aggressive s.aggr High Equity 5.8% * * * * *   5.1% * * * * *
Ben Stein inspired s.bens High Equity 5.0% * * * * *   7.1% * * * * *
Low Volatility Portfolio s.lowv High Equity 3.1% * * * * *   10.9% * * * * *
Lazy: Aronson s.aron High Equity 6.4% * * * * *   4.3% * * * * *
Lazy: No Brainer s.nobr High Equity 6.7% * * * * *   5.0% * * * * *
Lazy: Second Grader s.seco High Equity 6.4% * * * * *   7.4% * * * * *
Lazy: Yale Unconventional s.yale High Equity 7.5% * * * * *   6.4% * * * * *
Harry Browne inspired s.brow Low Equity 3.8% * * * * *   12.7% * * * * *
Ray Dalio inspired s.dali Low Equity 3.8% * * * * *   7.2% * * * * *
Ivy Portfolio s.ivyp Low Equity 5.3% * * * * *   6.5% * * * * *
No Equity Portfolio s.noeq Low Equity 7.8% * * * * *   15.8% * * * * *
Permanent Plus s.plus Low Equity 4.0% * * * * *   15.6% * * * * *
Black Swan Hyperinflation s.swan Low Equity 3.5% * * * * *   11.5% * * * * *
Talmud Dividend Equities s.talm Low Equity 7.5% * * * * *   18.0% * * * * *
Worst Case Scenario s.wors Low Equity 2.3% * * * * *   9.0% * * * * *
Talmud with Blue Chip s.talc Low Equity 8.0% * * * * *   7.5% * * * * *
Talmud Broad Market s.talb Low Equity 8.0% * * * * *   7.3% * * * * *
Talmud with Small Cap s.tals Low Equity 8.6% * * * * *   3.8% * * * * *
Talmud Equities and Gold s.talg Low Equity 6.2% * * * * *   18.6% * * * * *