Period: 01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012 (12 months).
The best ETF Portfolio of 2012 is:
Roger Gibson Talmud Portfolio 2x Leveraged, with a +24.83% return.
The best Investment Theme of 2012 is:
Turkey, with a +65.63% return.
Making investment decisions based only on past returns, not to mention short-term returns, is not recommended.
2012 - ETF Portfolio Returns
The following table represents Lazy ETF Portfolio 2012 YTD returns and stats. Columns are sortable, and portfolio risk filters can be used.
LAZY ETF PORTFOLIOS - 2012 RETURNS AND STATS
Period: 01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012
| ETF Portfolio | Return ▾ | Drawdown |
Months Pos - Neg |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talmud Portfolio 2x Leveraged Roger Gibson |
+24.83% | -5.45% | 10 - 2 | |
| European Stocks |
+21.57% | -14.17% | 10 - 2 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 60/40 2x Leveraged |
+21.30% | -5.28% | 10 - 2 | |
| Emerging Markets Stocks |
+19.10% | -14.96% | 7 - 5 | |
| Developed World ex-US Stocks |
+18.56% | -13.28% | 10 - 2 | |
| Ultimate Buy and Hold Strategy Paul Merriman |
+18.52% | -9.57% | 9 - 3 | |
| US Stocks Momentum |
+18.18% | -5.63% | 10 - 2 | |
| Technology |
+18.12% | -8.13% | 8 - 4 | |
| Developed World ex-US Stocks Momentum |
+17.94% | -8.24% | 11 - 1 | |
| Robo Advisor 100 Betterment |
+17.46% | -9.49% | 9 - 3 | |
| US Stocks ESG |
+17.37% | -9.30% | 10 - 2 | |
| Equal Weight US Portfolio |
+17.16% | -7.69% | 9 - 3 | |
| All Country World Stocks |
+17.12% | -10.01% | 9 - 3 | |
| Developed World ex-US 80/20 |
+16.75% | -10.50% | 10 - 2 | |
| Golden Butterfly 2x Leveraged |
+16.51% | -5.63% | 9 - 3 | |
| US Stocks |
+16.45% | -6.82% | 9 - 3 | |
| Robo Advisor 90 Betterment |
+16.43% | -8.60% | 9 - 3 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 40/60 2x Leveraged |
+16.43% | -2.46% | 9 - 3 | |
| Mid-Twenties Burton Malkiel |
+16.07% | -7.38% | 9 - 3 | |
| Second Grader's Starter Paul Farrell |
+15.86% | -7.88% | 9 - 3 | |
| Late Thirties to Early Forties Burton Malkiel |
+15.81% | -7.03% | 9 - 3 | |
| Robo Advisor 80 Betterment |
+15.60% | -7.58% | 9 - 3 | |
| Mid-Fifties Burton Malkiel |
+15.47% | -6.25% | 9 - 3 | |
| Edge Select Aggressive Merrill Lynch |
+15.28% | -7.41% | 9 - 3 | |
| All Country World 80/20 |
+15.19% | -7.89% | 9 - 3 | |
| Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund Vanguard |
+14.96% | -7.23% | 9 - 3 | |
| Developed World ex-US 60/40 |
+14.95% | -7.61% | 10 - 2 | |
| Four Funds Bogleheads |
+14.85% | -6.92% | 9 - 3 | |
| Warren Buffett Portfolio Warren Buffett |
+14.59% | -6.10% | 9 - 3 | |
| Developed World ex-US 60/40 Momentum |
+14.58% | -4.84% | 11 - 1 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 60/40 with Bitcoin |
+14.56% | -3.39% | 10 - 2 | |
| Three Funds Bogleheads |
+14.53% | -7.09% | 9 - 3 | |
| Core Four Rick Ferri |
+14.47% | -6.30% | 9 - 3 | |
| Late Sixties and Beyond Burton Malkiel |
+14.20% | -5.09% | 10 - 2 | |
| Desert Portfolio 2x Leveraged Gyroscopic Investing |
+14.13% | -2.65% | 9 - 3 | |
| Gone Fishin' Portfolio Alexander Green |
+13.95% | -6.38% | 9 - 3 | |
| Margaritaville Scott Burns |
+13.94% | -5.67% | 9 - 3 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 60/40 ESG |
+13.87% | -5.06% | 10 - 2 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 80/20 |
+13.79% | -5.21% | 9 - 3 | |
| Family Taxable Portfolio Ted Aronson |
+13.70% | -5.12% | 9 - 3 | |
| Edge Select Moderately Aggressive Merrill Lynch |
+13.59% | -5.96% | 9 - 3 | |
| Yale Endowment David Swensen |
+13.55% | -3.62% | 10 - 2 | |
| Lazy Portfolio David Swensen |
+13.49% | -4.74% | 10 - 2 | |
| Perfect Portfolio Ben Stein |
+13.40% | -7.48% | 9 - 3 | |
| Jane Bryant Quinn Portfolio Jane Bryant Quinn |
+13.33% | -5.01% | 9 - 3 | |
| All Country World 60/40 |
+13.25% | -5.70% | 9 - 3 | |
| Robust Alpha Architect |
+13.25% | -5.92% | 10 - 2 | |
| Robo Advisor 50 Betterment |
+13.19% | -4.36% | 9 - 3 | |
| Developed World ex-US 40/60 |
+13.14% | -4.63% | 10 - 2 | |
| Simple Path to Wealth JL Collins |
+13.13% | -4.80% | 9 - 3 | |
| Simplified Permanent Portfolio 2x Leveraged |
+13.11% | -4.01% | 7 - 5 | |
| Aggressive Global Income |
+12.95% | -7.73% | 8 - 4 | |
| No Brainer Portfolio Bill Bernstein |
+12.91% | -6.94% | 9 - 3 | |
| Developed World ex-US 40/60 Momentum |
+12.90% | -3.09% | 11 - 1 | |
| Dynamic 60/40 Income |
+12.84% | -3.09% | 10 - 2 | |
| Dynamic 40/60 Income |
+12.70% | -2.72% | 11 - 1 | |
| High Yield Bonds Income |
+12.61% | -1.87% | 10 - 2 | |
| Pinwheel |
+12.60% | -5.90% | 9 - 3 | |
| Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Vanguard |
+12.49% | -5.08% | 9 - 3 | |
| Talmud Portfolio Roger Gibson |
+12.41% | -3.41% | 10 - 2 | |
| Ideal Index Frank Armstrong |
+12.36% | -6.57% | 9 - 3 | |
| Dimensional 2030 Retirement Income DFA |
+12.36% | -4.05% | 9 - 3 | |
| All Weather Portfolio 2x Leveraged Ray Dalio |
+12.34% | -3.39% | 9 - 3 | |
| Golden Butterfly with Bitcoin |
+12.33% | -2.22% | 9 - 3 | |
| Five Asset Roger Gibson |
+12.31% | -6.55% | 10 - 2 | |
| Global Market Portfolio Credit Suisse |
+12.25% | -2.32% | 9 - 3 | |
| Ultimate Buy&Hold FundAdvice |
+12.20% | -5.29% | 9 - 3 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 60/40 Momentum |
+12.17% | -3.23% | 9 - 3 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 40/60 ESG |
+12.12% | -2.80% | 10 - 2 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin |
+11.90% | -1.96% | 10 - 2 | |
| Andrew Tobias Portfolio Andrew Tobias |
+11.85% | -6.75% | 9 - 3 | |
| Edge Select Moderate Merrill Lynch |
+11.74% | -4.35% | 9 - 3 | |
| Simple Money Portfolio Tim Maurer |
+11.70% | -5.80% | 9 - 3 | |
| Coward's Portfolio Bill Bernstein |
+11.64% | -4.88% | 9 - 3 | |
| Coffee House Bill Schultheis |
+11.51% | -3.93% | 10 - 2 | |
| Couch Potato Scott Burns |
+11.42% | -2.32% | 10 - 2 | |
| Developed World ex-US 20/80 |
+11.34% | -1.93% | 11 - 1 | |
| All Country World 40/60 |
+11.32% | -3.61% | 10 - 2 | |
| GAA Global Asset Allocation Mebane Faber |
+11.31% | -3.02% | 9 - 3 | |
| Marc Faber Portfolio Marc Faber |
+11.20% | -4.70% | 10 - 2 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 60/40 |
+11.13% | -3.54% | 10 - 2 | |
| Ivy Portfolio Mebane Faber |
+11.11% | -6.84% | 10 - 2 | |
| Big Rocks Portfolio Larry Swedroe |
+10.73% | -5.29% | 9 - 3 | |
| Sandwich Portfolio Bob Clyatt |
+10.59% | -4.32% | 10 - 2 | |
| Rob Arnott Portfolio Rob Arnott |
+10.55% | -2.17% | 9 - 3 | |
| All Weather Portfolio with Bitcoin Ray Dalio |
+10.28% | -1.68% | 9 - 3 | |
| Desert Portfolio with Bitcoin Gyroscopic Investing |
+10.19% | -1.94% | 10 - 2 | |
| Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Vanguard |
+10.01% | -3.02% | 10 - 2 | |
| Edge Select Moderately Conservative Merrill Lynch |
+9.99% | -2.86% | 10 - 2 | |
| Permanent Portfolio with Bitcoin Harry Browne |
+9.90% | -1.72% | 7 - 5 | |
| Total Bond Developed World ex-US |
+9.54% | 0.00% | 12 - 0 | |
| All Country World 20/80 |
+9.39% | -1.73% | 10 - 2 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Momentum |
+9.16% | -1.92% | 9 - 3 | |
| Lifepath Fund iShares |
+9.09% | -2.74% | 10 - 2 | |
| 7Twelve Portfolio Craig Israelsen |
+9.05% | -5.96% | 9 - 3 | |
| Golden Butterfly |
+8.84% | -2.43% | 10 - 2 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 40/60 |
+8.47% | -2.11% | 10 - 2 | |
| Simplified Permanent Portfolio |
+7.59% | -1.89% | 7 - 5 | |
| Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund Vanguard |
+7.54% | -1.14% | 10 - 2 | |
| All Country World Bonds |
+7.45% | -0.22% | 10 - 2 | |
| Dimensional Retirement Income Fund DFA |
+7.36% | -1.03% | 10 - 2 | |
| Larry Portfolio Larry Swedroe |
+7.27% | -2.25% | 9 - 3 | |
| Paul Boyer Portfolio Paul Boyer |
+6.80% | -2.93% | 8 - 4 | |
| Edge Select Conservative Merrill Lynch |
+6.74% | -1.52% | 10 - 2 | |
| All Weather Portfolio Ray Dalio |
+6.72% | -1.36% | 8 - 4 | |
| Desert Portfolio Gyroscopic Investing |
+6.71% | -2.16% | 9 - 3 | |
| Gold |
+6.60% | -10.45% | 5 - 7 | |
| Permanent Portfolio Harry Browne |
+6.41% | -1.83% | 7 - 5 | |
| US Inflation Protection |
+6.39% | -1.43% | 7 - 5 | |
| Robo Advisor 20 Betterment |
+6.18% | -1.76% | 10 - 2 | |
| Stocks/Bonds 20/80 |
+5.82% | -0.62% | 9 - 3 | |
| Conservative Income Charles Schwab |
+4.58% | -0.18% | 10 - 2 | |
| 10-year Treasury |
+3.66% | -2.67% | 5 - 7 | |
| Robo Advisor 10 Betterment |
+3.35% | -0.85% | 10 - 2 | |
| Total Bond US |
+3.16% | -0.88% | 9 - 3 | |
| Robo Advisor 0 Betterment |
+0.55% | -0.21% | 7 - 5 | |
| Short Term Treasury |
+0.28% | -0.22% | 8 - 4 |
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2012 - Best Investment Themes
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INVESTMENT THEMES - 2012 RETURNS AND STATS
Period: 01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012
| ETF | Investment Theme | Return ▾ | Drawdown |
Months Pos - Neg |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUR | Turkey | +65.63% | -12.87% | 10 - 2 | |
| EPHE | Philippines | +47.93% | -5.09% | 10 - 2 | |
| EGPT | Egypt | +44.69% | -20.21% | 7 - 5 | |
| EPOL | Poland | +41.63% | -20.44% | 7 - 5 | |
| THD | Thailand | +40.23% | -12.05% | 9 - 3 | |
| EWK | Belgium | +35.31% | -11.35% | 9 - 3 | |
| EIRL | Ireland | +34.27% | -12.47% | 8 - 4 | |
| EWW | Mexico | +32.84% | -12.86% | 9 - 3 | |
| EWG | Germany | +32.40% | -16.28% | 10 - 2 | |
| EWS | Singapore | +31.79% | -10.38% | 9 - 3 | |
| ENZL | New Zealand | +31.77% | -9.30% | 11 - 1 | |
| EWO | Austria | +31.02% | -16.79% | 8 - 4 | |
| EWH | Hong Kong | +29.36% | -12.77% | 10 - 2 | |
| GREK | Greece | +29.08% | -49.48% | 6 - 6 | |
| XLF | Financials | +28.42% | -11.33% | 9 - 3 | |
| GXG | Colombia | +27.36% | -10.77% | 7 - 5 | |
| VNM | Vietnam | +26.34% | -25.30% | 5 - 7 | |
| NORW | Norway | +25.06% | -19.06% | 8 - 4 | |
| EWD | Sweden | +24.57% | -16.56% | 7 - 5 | |
| EWQ | France | +24.40% | -16.06% | 8 - 4 | |
| EPU | Peru | +24.16% | -11.72% | 9 - 3 | |
| EWA | Australia | +24.11% | -12.92% | 10 - 2 | |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary | +23.60% | -5.50% | 9 - 3 | |
| EMIF | Emerging Markets Infrastructure | +22.56% | -10.91% | 8 - 4 | |
| EWN | Netherlands | +22.12% | -14.69% | 10 - 2 | |
| EWY | South Korea | +21.93% | -12.11% | 8 - 4 | |
| EWL | Switzerland | +21.85% | -11.11% | 10 - 2 | |
| VGK | Europe | +21.57% | -14.17% | 10 - 2 | |
| CGW | Global Water | +21.10% | -7.16% | 10 - 2 | |
| EZA | South Africa | +21.06% | -10.67% | 7 - 5 | |
| FXI | China | +19.17% | -16.88% | 9 - 3 | |
| EEM | Emerging Markets | +19.10% | -14.96% | 7 - 5 | |
| EFA | EAFE Stocks | +18.82% | -12.99% | 10 - 2 | |
| EWT | Taiwan | +18.65% | -11.32% | 7 - 5 | |
| IJS | US Small Cap Value | +18.24% | -8.95% | 8 - 4 | |
| PFF | Preferred Stocks | +18.20% | -1.17% | 11 - 1 | |
| QQQ | US Technology | +18.12% | -8.13% | 8 - 4 | |
| IJH | US Mid Cap Blend | +17.79% | -6.74% | 8 - 4 | |
| VNQ | US REITs | +17.63% | -4.51% | 6 - 6 | |
| XLRE | Real Estate | +17.63% | -4.51% | 6 - 6 | |
| XLV | Healthcare | +17.37% | -3.88% | 8 - 4 | |
| VT | World All Countries | +17.12% | -10.01% | 9 - 3 | |
| IJK | US Mid Cap Growth | +17.05% | -6.31% | 9 - 3 | |
| VUG | US Large Cap Growth | +17.02% | -6.57% | 9 - 3 | |
| EMB | Emerging Market Bonds | +16.92% | -2.77% | 10 - 2 | |
| XLC | Communication Services | +16.55% | -5.09% | 6 - 6 | |
| VTI | US Total Stock Market | +16.45% | -6.82% | 9 - 3 | |
| IJR | US Small Cap Blend | +16.29% | -7.54% | 8 - 4 | |
| ERUS | Russia | +16.16% | -25.62% | 8 - 4 | |
| VOE | US Mid Cap Value | +16.02% | -7.47% | 9 - 3 | |
| SPY | US Large Cap Blend | +15.99% | -6.63% | 9 - 3 | |
| VPL | Pacific | +15.91% | -11.57% | 9 - 3 | |
| EWI | Italy | +15.44% | -24.31% | 8 - 4 | |
| EWU | United Kingdom | +15.33% | -11.40% | 10 - 2 | |
| XLK | Information Technology | +15.30% | -7.39% | 8 - 4 | |
| VTV | US Large Cap Value | +15.19% | -6.78% | 8 - 4 | |
| XLI | Industrials | +14.93% | -7.35% | 9 - 3 | |
| EWM | Malaysia | +14.79% | -5.39% | 8 - 4 | |
| XLB | Materials | +14.70% | -8.69% | 7 - 5 | |
| IJT | US Small Cap Growth | +14.47% | -6.15% | 8 - 4 | |
| IGF | Global Infrastructure | +12.22% | -7.83% | 10 - 2 | |
| HYG | High Yield Bonds | +11.66% | -3.22% | 10 - 2 | |
| ECH | Chile | +11.33% | -12.81% | 6 - 6 | |
| XLP | Consumer Staples | +10.74% | -2.07% | 7 - 5 | |
| LQD | Investment Grade Bonds | +10.58% | -1.42% | 8 - 4 | |
| BNO | Brent Oil | +9.95% | -19.83% | 7 - 5 | |
| PPLT | Platinum | +9.82% | -15.80% | 6 - 6 | |
| BNDX | International Bond Market | +9.54% | 0.00% | 12 - 0 | |
| EWJ | Japan | +9.22% | -12.67% | 8 - 4 | |
| EWC | Canada | +9.12% | -12.75% | 9 - 3 | |
| SLV | Silver | +9.02% | -20.57% | 6 - 6 | |
| EIS | Israel | +8.74% | -14.54% | 7 - 5 | |
| FLLA | Latin America | +8.48% | -19.08% | 7 - 5 | |
| PALL | Palladium | +7.22% | -17.15% | 8 - 4 | |
| GLD | Gold | +6.60% | -10.45% | 5 - 7 | |
| TIP | TIPS | +6.39% | -1.43% | 7 - 5 | |
| EWP | Spain | +5.43% | -31.49% | 8 - 4 | |
| XLE | Energy | +5.20% | -14.70% | 7 - 5 | |
| EIDO | Indonesia | +4.55% | -13.28% | 7 - 5 | |
| DBC | Commodities | +3.50% | -13.92% | 6 - 6 | |
| BND | US Total Bond Market | +3.16% | -0.88% | 9 - 3 | |
| TLT | Long Term Treasuries | +2.63% | -7.03% | 4 - 8 | |
| CPER | Copper | +2.08% | -13.62% | 6 - 6 | |
| XLU | Utilities | +1.04% | -5.88% | 8 - 4 | |
| EWZ | Brazil | +0.42% | -24.78% | 7 - 5 | |
| BIL | US Cash | -0.04% | -0.04% | 8 - 4 | |
| USO | WTI Crude Oil | -12.44% | -22.34% | 6 - 6 | |
| ICLN | Global Clean Energy | -12.82% | -32.54% | 7 - 5 | |
| ARGT | Argentina | -17.81% | -33.85% | 5 - 7 | |
| UNG | Natural Gas | -26.86% | -38.39% | 6 - 6 |
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