MyPlanIQ Alexander Green`s Gone Fishin ETF Portfolio

Alexander Green`s Gone Fishin ETF Portfolio

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Investment Options
Total Available Funds: 10
Asset Class Ticker Description Rating
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE VNQ Vanguard REIT Index ETF
Emerging Market
DIVERSIFIED EMERGING MKTS VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY
EUROPE STOCK VGK Vanguard European ETF
DIVERSIFIED PACIFIC/ASIA VPL Vanguard Pacific Stock ETF
Others
Natural Resources XME SPDR S&P Metals & Mining
FIXED INCOME
Short-Term Bond BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Inflation-Protected Bond TIP iShares Barclays TIPS Bond
High Yield Bond HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd
US EQUITY
LARGE BLEND VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SMALL BLEND VB Vanguard Small Cap ETF
Total Available Funds: 10
Asset Class Ticker Description Rating
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE VNQ Vanguard REIT Index ETF
Emerging Market
DIVERSIFIED EMERGING MKTS VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY
EUROPE STOCK VGK Vanguard European ETF
DIVERSIFIED PACIFIC/ASIA VPL Vanguard Pacific Stock ETF
Others
Natural Resources XME SPDR S&P Metals & Mining
FIXED INCOME
Short-Term Bond BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Inflation-Protected Bond TIP iShares Barclays TIPS Bond
High Yield Bond HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd
US EQUITY
LARGE BLEND VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SMALL BLEND VB Vanguard Small Cap ETF
Total Available Funds: 10
  • R*: Redemption (Minimum months to hold).
  • RT: Round Trip (number of times allowed to buy/sell in trailing 12 months).
  • WP: Waiting Period (minimum months to wait before buy again).
  • M*:Mark (p: proxy, n: not used).
Asset Class Ticker Description Rating R* RT WP Expense Yield
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE VNQ Vanguard REIT Index ETF 95% 0 60 0 0.12% 4.08%
Emerging Market
DIVERSIFIED EMERGING MKTS VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF 97% 0 60 0 0.08% 3.51%
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY
EUROPE STOCK VGK Vanguard European ETF 96% 0 60 0 0.09% 3.12%
DIVERSIFIED PACIFIC/ASIA VPL Vanguard Pacific Stock ETF 43% 0 60 0 0.08% 3.03%
Others
Natural Resources XME SPDR S&P Metals & Mining 79% 0 60 0 0.35% 1.06%
FIXED INCOME
Short-Term Bond BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 99% 0 60 0 0.07% 2.56%
Inflation-Protected Bond TIP iShares Barclays TIPS Bond 97% 0 60 0 0.19% 2.76%
High Yield Bond HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd 94% 0 60 0 0.49% 5.79%
US EQUITY
LARGE BLEND VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF 96% 0 60 0 0.03% 1.35%
SMALL BLEND VB Vanguard Small Cap ETF 96% 0 60 0 0.03% 1.51%
Average Expense Ratio: 0.15%
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Model Portfolios
Strategic Asset Allocation - Equal Weight: Click here to see this strategy description
Equal Weight & Regular Rebalance YTD**
Return
1Yr
AR*
3Yr
AR*
5Yr
AR*
10Yr
AR*
15Yr
AR*
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Asset Allocation Composite: Click here to see this strategy description
Strategic Asset Allocation with Dynamic Risk Adjustment YTD**
Return
1Yr
AR*
3Yr
AR*
5Yr
AR*
10Yr
AR*
15Yr
AR*
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*     AR: Annualized Return
**   YTD: Year to Date (not annualized)
*** The above portfolios are of moderate risk, which means that more than 40% of assets are in fixed income funds.


Other Related Portfolios YTD**
Return
1Yr
AR*
3Yr
AR*
5Yr
AR*
10Yr
AR*
Alex Green The Gone Fishin Lazy Portfolio 1.0% 11.1% 1.1% 6.1% 5.7%
Description
The plan consists of 10 funds. It covers 5 major asset classes and 10 minor asset classes. The major asset classes it covers are US Equity, Foreign Equity, Emerging Market Equity, Fixed Income and REITs.

This plan uses Vanguard ETFs instead of index funds. Since there are no Vanguard funds for high yield bonds, inflation protected bonds and precious metal miners, we have to use some other equivalents.

Please also be aware that since most ETFs have short history, any historical performance before 2008 is not very meaningful. We suggest to look at the original index fund based plan for reference.

Alexander Green proposed this The Gone Fishin' Portfolio which was outlined in his book 'The Gone Fishin' Portfolio'. Based on the book, the following is the allocation using Vanguard low cost index funds (in the popular Bogleheads forum, there is a discussion thread devoted to this portfolio):

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index (VTSMX), (ETF: VTI) - 15% 
Vanguard Small-Cap Index (NAESX) (ETF: VB) - 15% 
Vanguard European Stock Index (VEURX) (ETF VGK) - 10% 
Vanguard Pacific Stock Index (VPACX) (ETF VPL) - 10% 
Vanguard Emerging Markets Index (VEIEX) (ETF VWO) - 10% 
Vanguard Short-term Bond Index (VFSTX) (ETF BSV) - 10% 
Vanguard High-Yield Corporates Fund (VWEHX) (ETF HYG) - 10% 
Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund (VIPSX) (ETF TIP) - 10% 
Vanguard REIT Index (VGSIX) (ETF VNQ) - 5% 
Vanguard Precious Metals Fund (VGPMX)  (ETF XME)- 5%

It is rebalanced once a year. MyPlanIQ maintains this static or lazy portfolio here.

Based on the http://www.gonefishinportfolio.com web site, the following is the historical performance from 2003-2009 which matches exactly to MyPlanIQ's Alex Green Gone Fishin Lazy Portfolio :

This portfolio should be compared with this plan's SAA or TAA growth portfolios as it has 20% safe fixed income exposure and in MyPlanIQ, we classify High Yield bond as a risky asset.




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