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Lazy Portfolio Smackdown

The 2006 Portfolio Smackdown! results are in. Does Lazy Investing beat Jim Cramer?:

We have a winner: The MONEY MACHINE beats the MAD MONEY! Yearly return for 2006:

IFA Index Portfolio 100
(net of IFA and DFA fees)
as of 29 December 2006
22.51% GREAT YEAR!!!!
Portfolio of Select
Jim Cramer Featured Stocks
-0.2% Lost money!

Get more details about the IFA Index Portfolio 100 at Index Funds Advisors (ifa.com).

View more detail about the 2006 Portfolio Smackdown results.

 

This is the home of the Mad Money Machine Lazy Portfolio Smackdown 2008 sponsored by Index Funds Advisors at IFA.com.

The following table shows the Lazy Portfolios from the “Investment Professionals” followed by the individual entries in the Lazy Portfolio Smackdown Game. They are sorted by YTD return from 31 Dec 2007 thru end of the most recent month. I’m letting Foliodex.com calculate the standard deviations and Sharpe Ratios on the portfolios.  To see the contents of each portfolio, cross-reference the ID number in the first column with the sorted list on this page. Want to be REALLY lazy? Let Index Funds Advisors help you manage your financial freedom. Take their Risk Capacity Survey and sign up for an account today!

You can discuss the Lazy Portfolios at the Bogleheads forum.

Note, the results below DO include bond holdings.

Professional Lazy Portfolios

ID Professional Lazy Portfolio Thru 30 June
L29 Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio 0.4%
L19 Scott Burns’ Six Ways from Sunday Portfolio -1.0%
L18 Scott Burns’ Five Fold Portfolio -4.0%
L15 Scott Burns’ Couch Potato Portfolio -4.1%
L07 John Wasnik’s Nano Investment Portfolio -4.5%
L22 FundAdvice Ultimate Buy & Hold -5.3%
L14 David Swensen’s Lazy Portfolio -5.9%
L13 Bill Schultheis’ Coffeehouse Portfolio Vanguard -5.9%
L17 Scott Burns’ Four Square Portfolio -6.1%
L10 William Bernstein’s No Brainer Cowards Portfolio -6.1%
L08 Andrew Tobias’ Lazy Portfolio -6.4%
L16 Scott Burns’ Margarita (also Andrew Tobias) Portfolio -6.4%
L12 Bill Schultheis’ Coffeehouse Portfolio ETFs -6.5%
L06 Frank Armstrong’s Ideal Index Portfolio -6.8%
L09 William Bernstein’s Basic No-Brainer Portfolio -7.1%
L20 Ted Aronson’s Lazy Portfolio -7.7%
L03 Ben Stein 2007 -8.3%
L11 Bill Schultheis’ Coffeehouse Portfolio Three ETF -9.0%
L21 Merriman Vanguard Equity -10.4%
L05 Jim Lowell’s Sower’s Growth Portfolio -10.4%
L27 Bogle Tax-Sheltered -10.4%
L28 MMM SMILER Funds -10.4%
L24 MMM Do It Yourself ETFs -11.7%
L23 MMM Do It Yourself Funds -11.8%
L01 IFA Index Portfolio 100 Bright Red -12.0%
L02 WisdomTree -12.9%
L04 Ben Stein Retirement -13.0%

 

You can view an interactive graph of these results at Foliodex.com.

Lazy Portfolio Smackdown Game Entries

These are the entries in the Lazy Portfolio Smackdown Game sponsored by Index Funds Advisors at IFA.com. You can view an interactive graph of these entries at Foliodex.com that includes the annualized Sharpe Ratio for each portfolio also. To view the contents of each portfolio, cross-reference the ID number with the listing on this page.

ID INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES Thru 30 June
20 mudfud 15.2%
67 Mr. Sharpe 10.8%
64 Tex Williams 7.7%
3 Quasimodo 5.7%
52 bolt 2.3%
59 Cosmo 1.6%
13 poulinbob -1.2%
45 Bev and Mike Cote -1.3%
16 HAZEL -1.4%
56 Mark Allen -1.7%
18 zhiwiller -1.8%
49 T. Herrera -3.0%
25 frb53 -3.6%
26 grok87 -3.9%
9 bpp -4.1%
23 JackS -4.2%
61 hudson -4.2%
4 Diver -4.8%
15 BigD53 -4.9%
30 RTR2006 -5.1%
39 gflippin -5.3%
54 lew -5.4%
48 Nick Linkberg -5.4%
35 peter71 -5.5%
36 jacqueeagonsr -5.5%
2 Ariel -5.7%
24 MrBG -6.1%
58 Rob Hooper -6.3%
65 Kiran Rasaretnam -6.4%
43 Frank Woodbery -6.5%
55 unclemick -6.5%
62 jar2574 -6.5%
1 CyberBob -6.6%
34 dougpnca -6.7%
63 petrico -6.7%
37 orthros -6.7%
10 mikenz -7.0%
12 Bounca -7.2%
22 Sunny -7.3%
28 Blackhawkzone -7.3%
29 tslemoyne -7.4%
31 PlainJane -7.8%
17 Justin618 -7.9%
5 Jarrod -8.0%
27 tetractys -8.0%
50 Garen Wisner -8.1%
19 sgr000 -8.6%
32 LH -8.7%
46 Jay Wysocki -8.8%
47 Brooks Childers -8.9%
21 CRM1234 -9.1%
41 Kevin Ucker -9.6%
38 lazyrad -10.1%
42 Troy Jones -10.3%
51 Jennifer & Mark (fundadvice) -10.4%
11 TheEternalVortex -10.6%
6 MWCA -10.6%
40 RavJim -10.6%
14 livesoft -10.7%
33 DR -10.8%
8 james22 -10.9%
60 TnGuy -11.0%
66 Listener32 -11.6%
7 baw703916 -12.0%
57 Chris Baskerville -13.1%
53 Pete B -13.5%
44 Todd Good #VALUE!
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