Strategic: DIY, ranked by Historical Return

for period ending September 30, 2026

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by Risk vs. Return: Risk vs. Return Compass, M-Squared, Alpha, Sharpe Ratio, Sortino Ratio, Treynor Ratio
by Volatility / Risk: Maximum Drawdown, Standard Deviation, Downside Deviation, Beta
by Peer Group: Strategic: DIY, Tactical: DIY, Tactical: Managed

Historical Return is the annual return for the last 5 calendar years.

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Portfolio Recipes: Strategic: DIY Peer Group
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    Historical Return   Total Return, annualized
Recipe Name ID Category   1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year
    Group Average  
   
U.S. Total Bond Market BND Benchmark -1.9% -13.1% 5.4% 1.4% 7.1%   -1.5% 4.2% -0.6% 1.1% 1.8% 2.9%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 28.7% -18.2% 26.2% 24.9% 17.7%   15.7% 22.8% 13.7% 15.2% 15.6% 11.1%
Strategic 50-50 s.5050 Balanced 11.3% -16.0% 15.4% 12.2% 12.2%   6.8% 13.1% 6.0% 8.0% 8.5% 7.2%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 14.0% -16.7% 17.5% 14.4% 13.2%   8.5% 14.9% 7.3% 9.3% 9.9% 8.0%
7Twelve Israelson s.712 Balanced 14.5% -10.0% 9.7% 6.8% 13.8%   13.4% 13.4% 6.8% 7.2% 6.9%  
Couch Potato: Scott Burns s.couc Balanced 15.4% -15.7% 14.6% 12.3% 12.0%   6.4% 12.8% 6.2% 8.4% 8.6% 7.3%
Ben Graham 50-50 s.grah Balanced 10.8% -10.5% 10.7% 6.2% 15.4%   6.6% 11.6% 5.6% 6.4% 6.9% 5.7%
Safe Haven Portfolio s.have Balanced 6.9% -4.7% 4.1% 11.8% 29.7%   5.9% 16.4% 8.8% 7.4% 6.9%  
Six Ways from Sunday s.lazy Balanced 20.1% -8.0% 10.7% 6.0% 12.8%   11.3% 12.6% 7.2% 7.0% 7.3%  
ETF Moderate s.mode Balanced 10.6% -16.9% 13.8% 9.5% 14.3%   7.5% 13.4% 5.4% 7.4% 8.0%  
David Swensen inspired s.swen Balanced 17.0% -20.6% 14.3% 7.9% 13.7%   6.9% 13.2% 4.7% 7.3% 8.4%  
Lazy: Ultimate Buy & Hold s.buyh Balanced 10.3% -12.7% 9.9% 6.1% 14.2%   7.9% 11.6% 4.9% 6.3% 6.8% 5.7%
Lazy: Coffeehouse s.coff Balanced 13.6% -14.6% 11.0% 7.9% 10.0%   6.4% 11.2% 4.3% 6.4% 7.6% 6.3%
Lazy: Margaritaville s.marg Balanced 13.2% -16.9% 14.2% 11.5% 16.8%   10.4% 15.3% 6.9% 8.5% 8.5% 6.7%
Lazy: Smart Money s.smar Balanced 12.4% -11.3% 11.6% 9.6% 11.6%   8.7% 12.5% 6.1% 7.3% 8.0% 6.4%
Strategic 70-30 Portfolio s.7030 High Equity 16.9% -17.4% 19.6% 16.7% 14.2%   10.2% 16.7% 8.6% 10.7% 11.2% 8.8%
Strategic 80-20 Portfolio s.8020 High Equity 19.7% -18.1% 21.7% 19.1% 15.1%   11.9% 18.6% 9.9% 12.0% 12.6% 9.6%
ETF Aggressive s.aggr High Equity 11.4% -15.9% 15.6% 10.4% 18.0%   10.4% 15.6% 7.2% 9.1% 9.0%  
Ben Stein inspired s.bens High Equity 15.8% -12.6% 16.5% 12.3% 18.6%   14.7% 17.4% 9.8% 10.0% 9.9% 7.5%
Low Volatility Portfolio s.lowv High Equity 6.2% -7.2% 6.6% 9.0% 8.9%   4.6% 9.0% 4.8% 5.1%    
Lazy: Aronson s.aron High Equity 9.8% -19.0% 14.5% 9.9% 15.9%   11.0% 15.3% 5.8% 8.2% 8.7% 7.2%
Lazy: No Brainer s.nobr High Equity 14.9% -16.3% 16.9% 11.3% 16.3%   9.2% 15.3% 7.2% 9.1% 9.7% 7.5%
Lazy: Second Grader s.seco High Equity 17.5% -17.8% 20.5% 17.6% 18.7%   14.3% 19.9% 10.3% 11.7% 11.8% 8.7%
Lazy: Yale Unconventional s.yale High Equity 16.9% -21.1% 13.6% 8.7% 13.0%   6.7% 13.3% 4.4% 7.1% 8.3% 6.8%
Harry Browne inspired s.brow Low Equity 3.8% -14.2% 11.5% 11.0% 20.9%   4.1% 14.1% 6.1% 6.6% 6.0% 6.9%
Ray Dalio inspired s.dali Low Equity 7.3% -14.2% 8.9% 6.4% 12.8%   4.6% 10.0% 3.5% 5.1% 5.1%  
Ivy Portfolio s.ivyp Low Equity 21.7% -12.0% 10.2% 7.2% 13.6%   15.8% 14.3% 7.3% 8.1% 7.6%  
No Equity Portfolio s.noeq Low Equity 9.4% -19.9% 9.5% 7.3% 21.3%   0.5% 13.5% 3.8% 4.9% 5.2% 6.8%
Permanent Plus s.plus Low Equity 5.7% -20.9% 18.7% 16.4% 27.3%   2.6% 18.3% 7.9% 9.3% 8.2% 9.2%
Black Swan Hyperinflation s.swan Low Equity 13.7% 12.5% 3.9% 6.3% 32.2%   23.6% 18.3% 14.5% 9.6% 5.2%  
Talmud Dividend Equities s.talm Low Equity 19.6% -8.9% 10.2% 13.3% 22.8%   6.0% 17.5% 9.6% 8.9% 9.0% 8.7%
Worst Case Scenario s.wors Low Equity -0.9% -5.2% -5.6% 4.9% 8.1%   2.2% 5.4% 0.7% 1.5% -0.7%  
Talmud with Blue Chip s.talc Low Equity 18.7% -14.2% 11.0% 7.3% 8.4%   3.9% 10.2% 4.1% 6.4% 7.8% 6.6%
Talmud Broad Market s.talb Low Equity 20.4% -19.4% 14.4% 9.8% 9.2%   5.2% 12.2% 4.6% 6.9% 8.5% 6.9%
Talmud with Small Cap s.tals Low Equity 17.4% -16.8% 11.5% 7.1% 7.1%   6.5% 10.8% 3.6% 5.8% 7.4% 5.9%
Talmud Equities and Gold s.talg Low Equity 19.7% -15.6% 17.2% 18.5% 26.3%   8.8% 21.5% 11.2% 10.8% 10.3% 9.6%