Pinwheel Portfolio

Details

The Pinwheel Portfolio was created by Tyler at Portfolio Charts.

The portfolio is designed to display what combining the four main asset types into a simple allocation can do.

It implements a 60/40 split, but places 60% in conventional assets and 40% in performance enhancing assets.

The portfolio holds 50% equities, 15% bonds, 25% alternatives, and 10% cash.

Asset Allocation & Recommended ETFs

Weight
Ticker
ETF Name
Sector
15%
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Equity, U.S., Large Cap
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%
VNQ
Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF
Real Estate, U.S.
10%
IWN
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF
Equity, U.S., Small Cap, Value
10%
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Equity, Emerging Markets, Large Cap
10%
BIL
SPDR Blmbg Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Bond, U.S., Ultra Short-Term
10%
GLD
SPDR Gold Trust
Commodity, Gold

Performance Metrics

All Data
Annual Return
7.9%
Sharpe Ratio
0.57
10 Year Annual Return
5.1%
Volatility (annualized)
10.5%
Max Drawdown
-36.6%
Positive Periods
66.8%
Dot Com Annual Return
1.3%
Great Financial Crisis Return
1.2%
Trade Frequency
Static
Ulcer Performance Index
0.9

How to Invest in the Pinwheel Portfolio

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Pinwheel Portfolio Rolling Returns

Low
Average
High
1-Year
-32.2%
8.4%
44.6%
3-Year
-6.7%
8.0%
22.6%
5-Year
1.2%
7.9%
18.2%
10-Year
4.5%
8.1%
11.2%

Charts

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

All Data
Portfolio
60/40
S&P 500
Annual Return
7.9%
9.3%
10.3%
10Y Annual Return
5.1%
7.9%
12.2%
Sharpe Ratio
0.57
0.51
0.43
Max Drawdown
-36.6%
-29.7%
-50.97%
Volatility (annualized)
10.5%
9.9%
15.4%
Dot Com Annual Return
1.3%
-4.2%
-14.60%
Great Financial Crisis Annual Return
1.2%
-0.3%
-5.66%
Positive Periods
66.8%
65.8%
63.3%

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

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