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Lowell-Sowers Growth
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- 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).
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Average Expense Ratio: 0.33%
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Model Portfolios 
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| Strategic Asset Allocation - Optimal: Click here to see this strategy description | |||||||
| Optimal Weight & Regular Rebalance | YTD** Return |
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| Tactical Asset Allocation: Click here to see this strategy description | |||||||
| Dynamic Asset Switching | YTD** Return |
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Click for Portfolio Details or Follow | 13.0% | -1.4% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 4.0% | 8.3% |
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| Asset Allocation Composite: Click here to see this strategy description | |||||||
| Strategic Asset Allocation with Dynamic Risk Adjustment | YTD** Return |
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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.
** 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.
Description
The plan consists of 8 funds. It covers 3 major asset classes and 7 minor asset classes. The major asset classes it covers are US Equity, Foreign Equity and Emerging Market Equity.
Jim Lowell edits MarketWatch's ETF Trader, an investment letter employing a momentum-based exchange-traded-fund strategy for long-term investors. Large/small stocks, proposed his Sower's Growth Portfolio. This is a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. The view is that a growing economy tends to create a growing portfolio.
This portfolio is heavily equity and US focused. It is a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds including Big-caps ETF (DIAIYYONEQ PWC), Midcaps ETF(MDY), Small-caps ETF (IWM) and foreign ETF(EFA).
The fund selection for testing the strategy is listed below with the ETF alternatives:
- 10% in Diamonds Trust DIA (SPY)
- 15% in iShares DJ U.S. Total Market IYY (VTI, DVY)
- 7.5% in Fidelity NASDAQ Composite ONEQ (QCLN, QQEQ)
- 7.5% in Power Shares Dynamic Market PWC (VTV, VUG)
- 10% in iShares Russell 2000 IWM (IWO, VBR)
- 15% in Mid Cap SPDR Trust MDY (IJH, VO)
- 25% in iShares MSCI International EAFE EFA (VEA, EFV)
- 10% in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EEM (VWO)
Things to note about the portfolio:
- With 100% in equities, this would be considered an aggressive portfolio
- 65% in US equities is high in today’s market
- There is no real estate (IYR, VNQ, ICF) or fixed income which would likely result in improved performance today
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