Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns

Last Update: 31 July 2020

The Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio is exposed for 30% on the Stock Market and for 15% on Commodities.

It's a Medium Risk portfolio and it can be replicated with 5 ETFs.

In the last 10 years, the portfolio obtained a 8.11% compound annual return, with a 5.73% standard deviation.

In 2019, the portfolio granted a 2.03% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio: Dividend Yield page.

Asset Allocation and ETFs

The Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio has the following asset allocation:

        30% Stocks
      
        55% Fixed Income
      
        15% Commodities

The Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio can be replicated with the following ETFs:

Weight	Ticker	ETF Name	Investment Themes
30.00 %	VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Equity, U.S., Large Cap
40.00 %	TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond	Bond, U.S., Long-Term
15.00 %	IEI	iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond	Bond, U.S., Intermediate-Term
7.50 %	GLD	SPDR Gold Trust	Commodity, Gold
7.50 %	GSG	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust	Commodity, Broad Diversified

Most of Lazy Portfolios are made of common components (asset classes), very simple and well defined. For a more complete view, find out the most common ETFs you can use to build your portfolio.

Portfolio and ETF Returns

The Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

RAY DALIO ALL WEATHER PORTFOLIO RETURNS (%)

Last Update: 31 July 2020

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	1M	3M	6M	1Y	*3Y^()**	*5Y^()**	*10Y^()**
Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio	+4.67	+7.46	+9.21	+17.90	+10.58	+8.09	+8.11
*Components*
VTI - Vanguard Total Stock Market	+5.74	+14.00	+2.15	+10.85	+11.37	+10.87	+13.59
TLT - iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond	+4.44	+2.94	+18.18	+31.13	+13.96	+9.49	+8.43
IEI - iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond	+0.38	+0.82	+5.42	+8.71	+4.57	+3.31	+2.90
GLD - SPDR Gold Trust	+10.79	+16.77	+24.17	+39.20	+15.37	+12.06	+4.85
GSG - iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust	+3.66	+26.77	-25.81	-31.00	-9.72	-9.91	-9.57

(*) annualized

Portfolio returns are calculated assuming:

a rebalancing of the components at the beginning of each year (i.e. at every January 1st)
the reinvestment of dividends

If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio: Dividend Yield page.

Historical Returns

Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio - Historical returns and stats.

RAY DALIO ALL WEATHER PORTFOLIO

Last Update: 31 July 2020

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Period	Returns Jul 2020	Standard Deviation *	Max Drawdown	Months Pos - Neg
1M	+4.67%		0.00%	1 - 0
3M	+7.46%		0.00%	3 - 0
6M	+9.21%		-2.34% Mar 2020 - Mar 2020	5 - 1
YTD	+12.35%		-2.34% Mar 2020 - Mar 2020	6 - 1
1Y	+17.90%	7.05%	-2.34% Mar 2020 - Mar 2020	10 - 2
3Y	+10.58% annualized	6.37%	-4.76% Sep 2018 - Dec 2018	27 - 9
5Y	+8.09% annualized	6.14%	-6.47% Aug 2016 - Nov 2016	42 - 18
10Y	+8.11% annualized	5.73%	-6.93% Feb 2015 - Dec 2015	83 - 37
MAX 01 Jan 2007	+7.60% annualized	7.07%	-12.19% Jul 2008 - Feb 2009	112 - 51

* Annualized St.Dev. of monthly returns

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Capital Growth

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Drawdowns

Time Range:

Worst drawdowns since July 2010.

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	Drawdown period			Recovery period		Total
Drawdown	Start	Bottom	#Months	End	#Months	#Months
-6.93%	Feb 2015	Dec 2015	11	Jun 2016	6	17
-6.47%	Aug 2016	Nov 2016	4	Aug 2017	9	13
-5.10%	May 2013	Jun 2013	2	Jan 2014	7	9
-4.76%	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	4	Mar 2019	3	7
-2.85%	Feb 2018	Feb 2018	1	Aug 2018	6	7
-2.44%	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	1	Nov 2014	2	3
-2.34%	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	1	Apr 2020	1	2
-2.13%	Jun 2011	Jun 2011	1	Jul 2011	1	2
-1.36%	Sep 2012	Oct 2012	2	Mar 2013	5	7
-1.07%	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	1	Aug 2014	1	2
-1.05%	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	1	Apr 2012	1	2
-0.82%	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	1	Nov 2019	2	3
-0.77%	Jan 2011	Jan 2011	1	Feb 2011	1	2
-0.66%	Oct 2010	Nov 2010	2	Dec 2010	1	3
-0.37%	Sep 2017	Sep 2017	1	Oct 2017	1	2

Worst drawdowns since December 2006.

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	Drawdown period			Recovery period		Total
Drawdown	Start	Bottom	#Months	End	#Months	#Months
-12.19%	Jul 2008	Feb 2009	8	Sep 2009	7	15
-6.93%	Feb 2015	Dec 2015	11	Jun 2016	6	17
-6.47%	Aug 2016	Nov 2016	4	Aug 2017	9	13
-5.10%	May 2013	Jun 2013	2	Jan 2014	7	9
-4.76%	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	4	Mar 2019	3	7
-2.85%	Feb 2018	Feb 2018	1	Aug 2018	6	7
-2.44%	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	1	Nov 2014	2	3
-2.41%	Dec 2009	Jan 2010	2	Mar 2010	2	4
-2.34%	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	1	Apr 2020	1	2
-2.13%	Jun 2011	Jun 2011	1	Jul 2011	1	2
-1.36%	Sep 2012	Oct 2012	2	Mar 2013	5	7
-1.12%	Oct 2009	Oct 2009	1	Nov 2009	1	2
-1.10%	May 2007	Jun 2007	2	Aug 2007	2	4
-1.07%	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	1	Aug 2014	1	2
-1.05%	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	1	Apr 2012	1	2
-0.95%	May 2010	May 2010	1	Jun 2010	1	2
-0.82%	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	1	Nov 2019	2	3
-0.77%	Jan 2011	Jan 2011	1	Feb 2011	1	2
-0.66%	Oct 2010	Nov 2010	2	Dec 2010	1	3
-0.37%	Sep 2017	Sep 2017	1	Oct 2017	1	2

Rolling Returns

Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio: annualized rolling and average returns

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	*Return ()**			Negative Periods
Rolling Period	Average	Best	Worst	Negative Periods
1 Year	+7.29%	+19.42% Feb 2011 - Jan 2012	-11.58% Mar 2008 - Feb 2009	14.47%
2 Years	+6.85%	+15.73% Feb 2010 - Jan 2012	-0.97% Mar 2007 - Feb 2009	1.43%
3 Years	+7.07%	+15.92% Mar 2009 - Feb 2012	+2.83% Mar 2015 - Feb 2018	0.00%
5 Years	+7.02%	+11.47% Mar 2009 - Feb 2014	+4.30% Feb 2012 - Jan 2017	0.00%
7 Years	+6.95%	+9.24% Jul 2009 - Jun 2016	+4.37% Jan 2012 - Dec 2018	0.00%
10 Years	+7.06%	+8.11% Aug 2010 - Jul 2020	+6.03% Jan 2009 - Dec 2018	0.00%

* Annualized rolling and average returns over full calendar month periods

Yearly Returns - Monthly Returns Heatmap

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		Months
Year	Return	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+12.35%	2.9	0.2	-2.3	3.9	1.4	1.3	4.7
2019	+18.22%	3.6	0.8	2.8	0.6	0.2	3.6	0.5	4.2	-0.8	0.5	0.8	0.3
2018	-3.19%	0.6	-2.9	0.8	-0.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.6	-0.9	-3.9	0.6	-0.6
2017	+11.47%	1.2	2.0	-0.6	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.8	-0.4	0.9	1.3	1.5
2016	+5.86%	0.8	2.1	2.2	1.0	0.4	3.9	1.4	-0.6	-0.2	-2.9	-2.9	0.7
2015	-3.72%	3.5	-1.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.7	-2.3	0.8	-1.9	-0.4	2.2	-1.3	-1.3
2014	+12.52%	1.9	2.5	0.1	1.1	1.7	1.3	-1.1	3.3	-2.4	1.6	1.5	0.7
2013	+2.15%	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	-2.6	-2.6	2.0	-1.2	1.2	2.0	-0.3	0.1
2012	+6.72%	2.5	0.4	-1.1	1.7	0.0	0.7	2.4	1.2	0.0	-1.3	0.9	-0.8
2011	+15.59%	-0.8	2.4	0.5	3.1	0.5	-2.1	2.2	3.2	1.8	2.0	1.1	0.9
2010	+12.53%	-0.4	1.6	1.0	2.8	-1.0	1.2	1.6	2.6	2.3	-0.2	-0.4	1.1
2009	+2.34%	-8.2	-4.2	4.3	-0.1	2.7	-0.2	3.1	2.2	2.7	-1.1	3.9	-2.0
2008	+1.34%	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	-1.7	0.2	-2.3	-8.6	5.5	7.5
2007	+11.88%	0.1	1.6	-0.3	1.8	-0.2	-0.9	1.0	1.3	2.8	2.4	1.0	0.6

* Note:
Portofolio Returns, up to December 2007, are simulated. They have been calculated using the historical series of equivalent ETFs / Assets, instead of the actual ETFs of the portfolio.

In particular, it has been used:

IEI - iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond: simulated historical serie, up to December 2007