No Brainer Portfolio by Bill Bernstein

Details

The No Brainer Portfolio is another one from Bill Bernstein and profiled in his excellent book: The Intelligent Asset Allocator.

The portfolio holds 75% in equities and 25% in bonds.

Asset Allocation & Recommended ETFs

Weight
Ticker
ETF Name
Sector
25%
IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Equity, U.S., Small Cap
25%
EFA
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Equity, Inter. Developed, Large Cap
25%
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF
Equity, U.S., Large Cap
25%
SHY
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Bond, U.S., Short-Term

Performance Metrics

All Data
Annual Return
7.4%
Sharpe Ratio
0.48
10 Year Annual Return
6.7%
Volatility (annualized)
11.6%
Max Drawdown
-40.4%
Positive Periods
64.2%
Dot Com Annual Return
-5.7%
Great Financial Crisis Return
-2.3%
Trade Frequency
Static
Ulcer Performance Index
0.6

How to Invest in the No Brainer Portfolio

M1 Finance is the recommended platform to invest in this portfolio.  Find out why.

No Brainer Portfolio Rolling Returns

Low
Average
High
1-Year
-33.8%
8.3%
44.1%
3-Year
-10.0%
7.7%
21.5%
5-Year
-2.6%
7.2%
17.8%
10-Year
1.7%
6.9%
11.0%

Charts

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

All Data
Portfolio
60/40
S&P 500
Annual Return
7.4%
9.3%
10.3%
10Y Annual Return
6.7%
7.9%
12.2%
Sharpe Ratio
0.48
0.51
0.43
Max Drawdown
-40.4%
-29.7%
-50.97%
Volatility (annualized)
11.6%
9.9%
15.4%
Dot Com Annual Return
-5.7%
-4.2%
-14.60%
Great Financial Crisis Annual Return
-2.3%
-0.3%
-5.66%
Positive Periods
64.2%
65.8%
63.3%

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

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