Mad Money Machine

by Paul Douglas Boyer

Lazy Portfolios Through July 2010

The permanent portfolios continue to do well. See previous posts for full details about the contents of each lazy portfolio. The Paul Boyer Permanent Portfolio has risen 1% per month so far with small volatility. 12.5% VBR, 12.5% VWO, 25% TLT, 25%, GLD, and 25% SHY. You can do it!

ID# Portfolio Name YTD Return
P2 Paul Boyer Permanent Portfolio (ETF) 7.0%
P1 Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio (ETF) 6.1%
P14 David Swensen’s Yale Endowment 5.2%
P11 Bill Schultheis’ Coffeehouse Portfolio Vanguard 4.9%
P3 Permanent Portfolio Fund 4.5%
P19 Scott Burns’ Four Square Portfolio 4.4%
P13 David Swensen’s Lazy Portfolio 3.8%
P23 Larry Swedroe Min Fat Tails 3.5%
P24  IFA Index Portfolio 100 Bright Red  3.5%
P20 Scott Burns’ Five Fold Portfolio 3.3%
P7 William Bernstein’s No Brainer Cowards Portfolio 3.0%
P22 Larry Swedroe Simple 2.9%
P12 FundAdvice Ultimate Buy & Hold 2.8%
P25  IFA Index Portfolio 50 Bright Red  2.6%
P10 Ted Aronson’s Lazy Portfolio 2.4%
P15 MMM Do It Yourself Funds 2.4%
P17 Scott Burns’ Couch Potato Portfolio 2.4%
P6 Rick Ferri Core Four 2.0%
P21 Scott Burns’ Six Ways from Sunday Portfolio 1.6%
P9 Dilbert World’s Simplest 1.1%
P8 William Bernstein’s Basic No-Brainer Portfolio 1.1%
P4 Taylor Larimore 3 Fund 0.6%
P18 Scott Burns’ Margarita Portfolio 0.5%
P5 Taylor Larimore 4 Fund 0.4%
P16 Vanguard Windsor -1.0%

Sat, July 31 2010 » Analysis, Blog