Bogleheads Four Fund Portfolio

Details

The Bogleheads Four Fund Portfolio was developed by the folks at Bogleheads.org.  A groups of individuals that follow the advice of Vanguard’s founder, Jack Bogle.

The portfolio is based off Vanguard’s four fund offerings and can have slightly different weightings, but the assets themselves are always the same.

This version allocates 80% to equities and 20% to bonds.

Asset Allocation & Recommended ETFs

Weight
Ticker
ETF Name
Sector
50%
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Equity, U.S., Large Cap
30%
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Equity, Inter. Developed, Large Cap
10%
TIP
iShares TIPS Bond ETF
Bond, U.S., All-Term
10%
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Bond, U.S., All-Term

Performance Metrics

All Data
Annual Return
8.6%
Sharpe Ratio
0.55
10 Year Annual Return
7.9%
Volatility (annualized)
11.9%
Max Drawdown
-43.7%
Positive Periods
65.7%
Dot Com Annual Return
-8.7%
Great Financial Crisis Return
-2.4%
Trade Frequency
Static
Ulcer Performance Index
0.7

How to Invest in the Bogleheads Four Fund Portfolio

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Bogleheads Four Fund Portfolio Rolling Returns

Low
Average
High
1-Year
-37.5%
9.1%
45.6%
3-Year
-10.8%
8.7%
24.2%
5-Year
-2.9%
8.5%
20.9%
10-Year
0.1%
7.6%
14.2%

Charts

Portfolio vs. 60/40 vs. S&P 500

All Data
Portfolio
60/40
S&P 500
Annual Return
8.6%
9.3%
10.3%
10Y Annual Return
7.9%
7.9%
12.2%
Sharpe Ratio
0.55
0.51
0.43
Max Drawdown
-43.7%
-29.7%
-50.97%
Volatility (annualized)
11.9%
9.9%
15.4%
Dot Com Annual Return
-8.7%
-4.2%
-14.60%
Great Financial Crisis Annual Return
-2.4%
-0.3%
-5.66%
Positive Periods
65.7%
65.8%
63.3%

**S&P 500 backtest to 1972 and 60/40 backtest to 1970

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