Nothing like portfolio building/research on a Saturday afternoon. Red is the S&P, green is this portfolio.
The purpose of this portfolio is to dampen draw-downs in extreme market conditions while still benefiting from highly correlated broad US equity market exposure. This effect can be seen in 2008 - 2009.
Components:
XLV (Health Care): 25%
XLP (Consumer Staples): 16.67%
XLK (Technology): 25%
TLT (20yr Treasury): 16.67%
GLD (Gold): 16.66%
This isn't investment advice.
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