Tangency Portfolio 4 06/26/2008
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About
A diversified, rule-driven tangency portfolio that blends U.S. and international stocks, bonds, gold, real estate, and currencies to maximize return per unit of risk, with internal momentum/volatility rules guiding exposure shifts rather than automatic rebalancing.
Think of it like a recipe for spreading your money across many kinds of investments so no single asset can ruin your day. The plan blends a core mix of stocks, bonds, gold, real estate, and currencies in specific proportions to balance potential gains with risk. It uses simple, built-in rules to decide when to tilt money toward certain assets (for example, favoring some stock ETFs when they’ve traded strongly lately, and pulling back when they look risky). There isn’t a strict every-month rebalance; instead, the rules themselves drive changes and keep the portfolio diversified. The goal is to achieve the highest possible expected return for the amount of risk you’re willing to take, by combining many asset types and letting the rules steer adjustments rather than doing a fixed, quarterly reset.
Out-of-sample Sharpe 2.30 vs SPY 1.01; drawdown 6.1% vs 18.8%; beta ~0.31; Calmar 2.74. Diversified, rule-driven exposure aims for stronger risk-adjusted returns and far smoother downside than the S&P 500.
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Performance
Compared to selected benchmarks
| Alpha | Beta | R2 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.43 |
Performance Metrics
| Cumulative Return | Annualized Return | Trailing 1M Return | Trailing 3M Return | Sharpe Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 519.21% | 10.2% | -1.77% | 0.2% | 0.59 | |
| 176.57% | 5.57% | 0.1% | 6.99% | 0.98 |
Initial Investment
$10,000.00
Final Value
$27,656.81Regulatory Fees
$0.00
Total Slippage
$1.00
Invest in this strategy
OOS Start Date
Oct 2, 2024
Trading Setting
Threshold 33%
Type
Stocks
Category
Tangency portfolio, multi-asset, diversified, rule-based, momentum-adjusted, cross-asset allocation
Tickers in this symphonyThis symphony trades 18 assets in total
Ticker
Type
BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Stocks
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market
Stocks
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Stocks
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Stocks
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares
Stocks
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
IEI
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Stocks
PSQ
ProShares Short QQQ
Stocks
QLD
ProShares Ultra QQQ
Stocks
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Stocks