Lazy Portfolio by David Swensen

Details

The Lazy Portfolio comes from David Swensen, the former CIO of Yale University.  He was responsible for managing the investments of Yale’s multi-billion dollar endowment.

The portfolio invests 50% in equities, 30% in bonds, and 20% in real estate.

Asset Allocation & Recommended ETFs

Weight
Ticker
ETF Name
Sector
30%
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Equity, U.S., Large Cap
20%
VNQ
Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF
Real Estate, U.S.
15%
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Equity, Inter. Developed, Large Cap
15%
iEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Bond, U.S., Intermediate-Term
15%
TIP
iShares TIPS Bond ETF
Bond, U.S., All-Term
5%
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Equity, Emerging Markets, Large Cap

Performance Metrics

All Data
Annual Return
8.4%
Sharpe Ratio
0.60
10 Year Annual Return
6.2%
Volatility (annualized)
10.8%
Max Drawdown
-40.4%
Positive Periods
67.1%
Dot Com Annual Return
-0.4%
Great Financial Crisis Return
-1.0%
Trade Frequency
Static
Ulcer Performance Index
0.9

How to Invest in the Lazy Portfolio

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Lazy Portfolio Rolling Returns

Low
Average
High
1-Year
-35.2%
8.8%
47.2%
3-Year
-9.6%
8.4%
23.6%
5-Year
-1.4%
8.0%
18.3%
10-Year
3.2%
8.0%
11.9%

Charts

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

All Data
Portfolio
60/40
S&P 500
Annual Return
8.4%
9.3%
10.3%
10Y Annual Return
6.2%
7.9%
12.2%
Sharpe Ratio
0.60
0.51
0.43
Max Drawdown
-40.4%
-29.7%
-50.97%
Volatility (annualized)
10.8%
9.9%
15.4%
Dot Com Annual Return
-0.4%
-4.2%
-14.60%
Great Financial Crisis Annual Return
-1.0%
-0.3%
-5.66%
Positive Periods
67.1%
65.8%
63.3%

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

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