Core Four Portfolio by Rick Ferri

Details

The Core Four Portfolio was developed by Rick Ferri and profiled on his Core-4 website.

This is a backtest of the Aggressive Growth version of the Classic Core-4 portfolio.

Rick Ferri is a financial analyst, investment adviser, and author of books such as All About Asset Allocation and The Power of Passive Investing.

The portfolio invests 72% in equities, 20% in bonds, and 8% in REITs.

Asset Allocation & Recommended ETFs

Weight
Ticker
ETF Name
Sector
48%
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Equity, U.S., Large Cap
24%
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US
Equity, Global ex-US, Large Cap
20%
AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Bond, U.S., All-Term
8%
VNQ
Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF
Real Estate, U.S.

Performance Metrics

All Data
Annual Return
8.3%
Sharpe Ratio
0.54
10 Year Annual Return
7.7%
Volatility (annualized)
11.9%
Max Drawdown
-44.4%
Positive Periods
65.4%
Dot Com Annual Return
-8.3%
Great Financial Crisis Return
-2.0%
Trade Frequency
Static
Ulcer Performance Index
0.7

How to Invest in the Core Four Portfolio

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Core Four Portfolio Rolling Returns

Low
Average
High
1-Year
-37.8%
9.2%
50.1%
3-Year
-11.3%
8.9%
23.1%
5-Year
-3.0%
8.5%
19.8%
10-Year
0.6%
7.7%
12.8%

Charts

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

All Data
Portfolio
60/40
S&P 500
Annual Return
8.3%
9.3%
10.3%
10Y Annual Return
7.7%
7.9%
12.2%
Sharpe Ratio
0.54
0.51
0.43
Max Drawdown
-44.4%
-29.7%
-50.97%
Volatility (annualized)
11.9%
9.9%
15.4%
Dot Com Annual Return
-8.3%
-4.2%
-14.60%
Great Financial Crisis Annual Return
-2.0%
-0.3%
-5.66%
Positive Periods
65.4%
65.8%
63.3%

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

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