United States 60/40 Portfolio

Details

The United States 60/40 Portfolio is the benchmark with which most portfolio’s are measured against.

It doesn’t get more basic than this two fund asset allocation.

Asset Allocation & Recommended ETFs

Weight
Ticker
ETF Name
Sector
60%
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF
Equity, U.S., Large Cap
40%
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Bond, U.S., Intermediate-Term

Performance Metrics

All Data
Annual Return
9.3%
Sharpe Ratio
0.51
10 Year Annual Return
7.9%
Volatility (annualized)
9.9%
Max Drawdown
-29.7%
Positive Periods
65.8%
Dot Com Annual Return
-4.2%
Great Financial Crisis Return
-0.3%
Trade Frequency
Static
Ulcer Performance Index
0.8

How to Invest in the United States 60/40 Portfolio

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United States 60/40 Portfolio Rolling Returns

Low
Average
High
1-Year
-26.2%
10.0%
50.4%
3-Year
-6.0%
9.7%
27.5%
5-Year
-1.7%
9.7%
24.6%
10-Year
0.9%
10.0%
17.4%

Charts

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

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

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

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