The Oregon College Savings Plan is an advisor-sold plans. It provides four types of investment options, which are Age-based Portfolio, Multi-Fund Portfolio, Single-fund Portfolio and Principal Protection Portfolio. With the single-fund portfolio option, the assets in your 529 Plan account will be reallocated only at your instruction, but changes to existing investments within the plan can be made only once per calendar year. MyPlanIQ.com provides asset allocation strategies for the single-fund investors to constructs customized 529 portfolios, which is better tailored to their risk profile. The model portfolios are constructed basing on the plan custom portfolios below.
U.S. Equity Index TIAA-CREF Equity Index Fund – Institutional Class
International Equity Index Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund – Investor Shares
Social Choice TIAA-CREF Social Choice Equity Fund – Institutional Class
Inflation-linked Bond TIAA-CREF Inflation-Linked Bond Fund – Institutional Class
Fixed Income Index Dreyfus Bond Market Index Basic Fund
Money Market CASH
For further information, please visit the the Plan official website.
Investment options of The Oregon College Savings Plan
Total Available Funds: 186
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Investment model portfolios
We provide two types of investment model portfolios for The Oregon College Savings Plan participants. You can customize and follow a model portfolio in your plan account.
Types of portfolio strategies
- Strategic asset allocation portfolio: It invests in a diversified portfolio of multiple assets, buy-and-hold without frequently changing the asset allocation weights.
- Suitable: For long-term (more than 15 years, preferably more than 20 years), want to be tax efficient and can withstand interim drawdown or loss as high as 50% or more.
- Pros:
- Less error-prone
- Infrequent rebalancing or transactions
- Tax efficient for taxable brokerage investments
- Cons:
- Interim loss or drawdown can be substantial
- Possible low returns for an extended period, such as 10 years or longer
- Tactical asset allocation portfolio: it invests in a diversified portfolio of multiple assets, dynamically adjust stock and bond allocations to minimize losses during market stress.
- Suitable: For long-term (more than 10 years or preferably longer) capital. Investors are willing to rebalance as frequent as monthly.
- Pros:
- Reduce large interim loss or drawdown
- Less sensitive to investment entry point
- Likely to improve returns
- Cons
- Demand more frequent rebalancing or transactions
- Less tax efficient — more suitable in a tax-deferred account such as 401(k) or IRA
- Can experience a period of lower returns compared to a broad-based strategic allocation or a buy-and-hold benchmark, especially in some bull markets
These portfolios are proactively monitored and rebalanced on a monthly basis when needed, ensuring it remains in line with its target allocation.
Let us know (Email us) if you need help to create a custom model portfolio for your plan.
Example model portfolios
The following provides historical returns for example model portfolios with a moderate risk profile (at most 60% in stocks) and their comparison with benchmark index funds. You can customize these portfolios according to your own risk profile.
Strategic Asset Allocation Model Portfolio
The following portfolio is based on the MyPlanIQ Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) strategy.
| Name | YTD Return | 1Yr AR | 3Yr AR | 5Yr AR | 10Yr AR | 15Yr AR | 20Yr AR | Common | Inception |
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| The Oregon College Savings Plan Strategic Asset Allocation – Optimal Moderate | NA | 2.86% | 6.65% | 6.57% | 6.92% | NA | NA | … | … |
| VFINX (VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 6.30% | 16.02% | 14.14% | 7.73% | 4.59% | 8.48% | … | … |
| VSMGX (VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 1.80% | 7.24% | 6.95% | 5.49% | 4.90% | 7.00% | … | … |
Data as of 10/30/2015, Common starting date is 12/31/2000
Tactical Asset Allocation Model Portfolio
The following portfolio is based on the MyPlanIQ Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) strategy.
| Name | YTD Return | 1Yr AR | 3Yr AR | 5Yr AR | 10Yr AR | 15Yr AR | 20Yr AR | Common | Inception |
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| The Oregon College Savings Plan Tactical Asset Allocation Moderate | NA | 0.50% | 1.68% | 5.42% | 4.02% | 3.75% | 4.01% | … | … |
| VFINX (VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 8.32% | 8.91% | 18.53% | 12.39% | 13.02% | 10.12% | … | … |
| VSMGX (VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 6.30% | 4.36% | 9.01% | 5.84% | 6.67% | 5.91% | … | … |
Data as of 03/31/2025, Common starting date is 12/31/2000