Strategic: DIY, ranked by Total Return

for period ending February 28, 2025

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Portfolio Recipes: Strategic: DIY Peer Group
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      Total Return   Downside Deviation
Recipe Name ID Category YTD Feb 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  
   
Strategic 50-50 s.5050 Balanced 2.0% 0.1% 11.6% * * * * *   4.9% * * * * *
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Balanced 1.8% -0.3% 12.8% * * * * *   5.1% * * * * *
7Twelve Israelson s.712 Balanced 2.4% 0.3% 9.0% * * * * *   5.4% * * * * *
Couch Potato: Scott Burns s.couc Balanced 2.3% 0.1% 11.8% * * * * *   4.5% * * * * *
Ben Graham 50-50 s.grah Balanced 4.4% 1.9% 10.7% * * * * *   5.8% * * * * *
Safe Haven Portfolio s.have Balanced 5.9% 2.8% 19.9% * * * * *   5.7% * * * * *
Six Ways from Sunday s.lazy Balanced 3.5% 1.5% 9.4% * * * * *   6.9% * * * * *
ETF Moderate s.mode Balanced 2.2% 0.4% 10.7% * * * * *   5.5% * * * * *
David Swensen inspired s.swen Balanced 4.0% 1.8% 11.4% * * * * *   7.7% * * * * *
Lazy: Ultimate Buy & Hold s.buyh Balanced 3.2% 1.0% 8.6% * * * * *   5.2% * * * * *
Lazy: Coffeehouse s.coff Balanced 2.7% 0.5% 9.8% * * * * *   6.7% * * * * *
Lazy: Margaritaville s.marg Balanced 3.2% 0.7% 11.9% * * * * *   4.4% * * * * *
Lazy: Smart Money s.smar Balanced 2.2% -0.0% 9.9% * * * * *   4.9% * * * * *
Strategic 70-30 Portfolio s.7030 High Equity 1.6% -0.7% 14.0% * * * * *   5.4% * * * * *
Strategic 80-20 Portfolio s.8020 High Equity 1.4% -1.1% 15.2% * * * * *   5.8% * * * * *
ETF Aggressive s.aggr High Equity 2.2% -0.4% 10.4% * * * * *   5.7% * * * * *
Ben Stein inspired s.bens High Equity 3.2% 0.5% 12.4% * * * * *   4.8% * * * * *
Low Volatility Portfolio s.lowv High Equity 3.6% 2.1% 10.7% * * * * *   3.1% * * * * *
Lazy: Aronson s.aron High Equity 2.3% -0.2% 9.9% * * * * *   6.0% * * * * *
Lazy: No Brainer s.nobr High Equity 3.4% 0.0% 11.8% * * * * *   6.1% * * * * *
Lazy: Second Grader s.seco High Equity 2.5% -0.4% 14.8% * * * * *   5.3% * * * * *
Lazy: Yale Unconventional s.yale High Equity 3.9% 1.7% 11.8% * * * * *   7.2% * * * * *
Harry Browne inspired s.brow Low Equity 4.3% 1.6% 15.6% * * * * *   3.9% * * * * *
Ray Dalio inspired s.dali Low Equity 3.5% 1.5% 10.2% * * * * *   3.8% * * * * *
Ivy Portfolio s.ivyp Low Equity 3.7% 1.4% 10.6% * * * * *   5.3% * * * * *
No Equity Portfolio s.noeq Low Equity 6.8% 3.7% 18.0% * * * * *   7.9% * * * * *
Permanent Plus s.plus Low Equity 4.4% 1.3% 20.1% * * * * *   4.1% * * * * *
Black Swan Hyperinflation s.swan Low Equity 5.1% -0.1% 14.6% * * * * *   3.6% * * * * *
Talmud Dividend Equities s.talm Low Equity 6.3% 2.8% 21.9% * * * * *   7.7% * * * * *
Worst Case Scenario s.wors Low Equity 3.0% 1.1% 8.8% * * * * *   2.3% * * * * *
Talmud with Blue Chip s.talc Low Equity 3.6% 1.3% 11.4% * * * * *   8.0% * * * * *
Talmud Broad Market s.talb Low Equity 3.1% 1.3% 12.6% * * * * *   7.8% * * * * *
Talmud with Small Cap s.tals Low Equity 1.2% -0.3% 9.1% * * * * *   8.4% * * * * *
Talmud Equities and Gold s.talg Low Equity 5.1% 1.2% 23.6% * * * * *   6.4% * * * * *