Royal Dutch Shell Plc (Tickers: RDS-A, RDS-B) operates as an oil and gas company worldwide. The company explores for, and extracts crude oil and natural gas. It also converts natural gas to liquids to provide cleaner burning fuels; markets and trades natural gas and power; extracts bitumen from mined oil sands and convert it to synthetic crude oil; and develops wind power to generate electricity. The company owns interests in approximately 35 refineries. It also produces and sells petrochemicals to industrial customers, which has applications in plastics, coatings, and detergents. As of December 31, 2009, the company had approximately 9,000 kilometers of pipeline, approximately 2,500 storage tanks, and approximately 250 distribution facilities. It had fuels retail network of approximately 44,000 service stations under the Shell brand name. Royal Dutch Shell plc also markets its products under the Shell V-Power and Shell FuelSave brand names. Further, the company offers lubricant products to the transport sector customers, such as passenger cars, trucks, and coaches, as well as for the manufacturing, mining, power generation, agriculture, and construction industries. In addition, it sells fuels and specialty products and services to a range of commercial customers; provides fuels, lubricants, and related technical services to the marine industry; provides liquefied petroleum gas and related services to domestic, commercial, and industrial customers; provides transport, industrial, and heating fuels and related services to approximately 200,000 customers; and supplies approximately 11,000 tonnes of bitumen products. The company develops sulphur, a natural by-product of oil and gas processing. These sulphur products include Shell Thiopave, a paving solution; Shell Thiocrete, a fast-setting concrete; and Shell Thiogro to enhance crop yields in sulphur-responsive soils. It has a collaboration agreement with Micropelt GmbH. Royal Dutch Shell plc is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Shell 401k Plan provides three types of investment options: Tier I is a list of target date funds. Tier II (called Core Funds) consists of a list of major index funds and Tier III is a list of comprehensive mutual funds (called 'Mutual Fund Window').
This plan is for Shell 401K Tier III Mutual Fund Window. Refer to Tier II plan here.
Minimum holding periods for all funds in the plan are set to be default 90 days.
Investment options of Royal Dutch Shell Tier III 401K
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Investment model portfolios
We provide two types of investment model portfolios for Royal Dutch Shell Tier III 401K 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 | Inception |
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Royal Dutch Shell Tier III 401K Strategic Asset Allocation - Optimal Moderate | NA | 20.96% | 2.63% | 10.02% | 6.75% | 7.42% | 6.84% | 7.73% |
VFINX (VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 37.82% | 8.86% | 15.20% | 12.89% | 14.04% | 10.46% | 8.70% |
VSMGX (VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 22.89% | 2.25% | 6.63% | 6.01% | 7.19% | 6.10% | 5.79% |
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 | Inception |
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Royal Dutch Shell Tier III 401K Tactical Asset Allocation Moderate | NA | 2.30% | 10.33% | 7.32% | 6.69% | 8.06% | 9.59% | 9.44% |
VFINX (VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 21.14% | 20.72% | 16.72% | 15.31% | 10.05% | 9.20% | 8.15% |
VSMGX (VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 5.37% | 10.94% | 8.77% | 7.66% | 5.73% | 6.39% | 5.86% |
Asset Allocation Composite Model Portfolio
The following model portfolio is based on the MyPlanIQ Asset Allocation Composite (AAC) strategy.
Name | YTD Return | 1Yr AR | 3Yr AR | 5Yr AR | 10Yr AR | 15Yr AR | 20Yr AR | Inception |
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Royal Dutch Shell Tier III 401K Asset Allocation Composite Moderate | NA | 5.76% | 6.09% | 4.38% | 5.82% | 8.16% | 8.75% | 9.75% |
VFINX (VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 15.78% | 10.45% | 11.06% | 12.65% | 10.87% | 9.74% | 7.88% |
VSMGX (VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND INVESTOR SHARES) | NA | 7.92% | 2.88% | 4.55% | 5.86% | 5.57% | 6.03% | 5.35% |