All Weather investing
The All-Weather Portfolio, also known as the All-Seasons Portfolio, was developed by Ray Dalio at Bridgewater. Like the Permanent Portfolio, it's designed to withstand various economic scenarios, including periods of growth, recession, inflation, and deflation. What sets it apart from the Permanent Portfolio is its approach to asset allocation, which emphasizes a form of risk parity.
Some assets are inherently more stable than others, such as Treasuries being less prone to price fluctuations compared to stocks. If these assets are given equal weight in a portfolio, the more volatile ones can disproportionately affect overall returns. A risk parity portfolio strives to balance the risk across assets by allocating a higher proportion of investments to less volatile assets while adjusting investments in more volatile assets accordingly.
We monitor the variant of the All-Weather Portfolio, which was originally outlined by Dalio in Tony Robbins' Money: Master the Game. This portfolio consists of a 30% allocation to US equities (SPY), 15% to intermediate-term Treasuries (IEF), 40% to long-term Treasuries (TLT), 7.5% to commodities (PDBC), and 7.5% to gold (GLD). It's important to note that we assume the portfolio undergoes an annual rebalancing process.
Strategy current allocation
| Asset | Allocation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Gold (GLD) | 7.5% | - |
| Int-Term US Treasuries (IEF) | 15% | - |
| Commodities (DBC) | 7.5% | - |
| S&P 500 (SPY) | 30% | - |
| Long-Term US Treasuries | 40% | - |
All Weather investing Equity Curve
All Weather investing strategy statistics
| Annualized Return | 9.0% |
| Annualized Volatility | 8.1% |
| Sharpe Ratio | 0.55 |
| Maximum Drawdown | -21.1% (09/2022) |
| Ulcer Performance Index | 1.25 |
| Best Month Return | 9.0 |
| Worst Month Return | -8.4 |
| Average trades per year | 0.1 |
The 'All Weather' portfolio, popularised by Ray Dalio, founder of the giant Bridgewater fund. Various versions of this concept have been published over the years, but here is a typical recipe. These are the notional cash weights that you can use to build a typical 'All Weather' portfolio:
- 30% US stocks
- 40% long-term Treasuries
- 15% intermediate Treasuries
- 7.5% commodities diversified
- 7.5% Gold
All Weather investing returns
| retid | id | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 2 | 1970 | 0,70 | 0,50 | 0,60 | 0,60 | 0,60 | 0,60 | 0,60 | 0,50 | 0,50 | 0,50 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 6,60 |
| 56 | 2 | 1971 | 0,40 | -1,80 | 4,30 | 0,60 | -3,90 | 0,30 | -3,90 | 3,90 | -0,40 | -3,90 | 0,00 | 8,90 | 3,70 |
| 57 | 2 | 1972 | 2,10 | 2,40 | 1,20 | 0,70 | 1,80 | -1,80 | 0,50 | 3,70 | -0,30 | 1,20 | 5,00 | 1,20 | 18,80 |
| 58 | 2 | 1973 | -1,50 | -3,50 | 0,10 | 0,20 | -1,20 | 0,50 | 0,70 | 0,80 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,70 | 0,60 | -1,60 |
| 59 | 2 | 1974 | 0,70 | 0,50 | 0,70 | 0,70 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,80 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,60 | 8,20 |
| 60 | 2 | 1975 | 0,50 | 0,40 | -2,80 | 5,10 | 4,80 | 4,80 | -6,40 | -1,80 | -3,10 | 6,50 | 2,80 | -0,80 | 9,50 |
| 61 | 2 | 1976 | 12,20 | -0,80 | 3,40 | -0,80 | -1,10 | 4,40 | -0,50 | -0,20 | 1,60 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 20,10 |
| 62 | 2 | 1977 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | -1,10 | 0,10 | -3,90 | 3,10 | 0,70 | 1,50 |
| 63 | 2 | 1978 | -5,70 | -2,00 | 2,90 | 9,00 | 0,80 | -1,30 | 5,80 | 3,00 | -0,30 | -8,80 | 2,10 | 1,90 | 6,30 |
| 64 | 2 | 1979 | 4,40 | -3,20 | 6,00 | 0,60 | -2,20 | 4,30 | 1,30 | 4,90 | 0,80 | 1,10 | 1,00 | 1,00 | 21,20 |
| 65 | 2 | 1980 | 1,10 | 1,00 | 1,30 | 1,10 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,80 | 0,90 | 1,10 | 1,00 | 1,40 | 12,10 |
| 66 | 2 | 1981 | 1,30 | 1,10 | 1,20 | -0,30 | 0,20 | -0,60 | 0,20 | 1,00 | 1,20 | 1,20 | 0,90 | 0,20 | 7,70 |
| 67 | 2 | 1982 | -4,50 | 1,00 | 1,20 | 1,10 | 1,00 | 1,10 | 0,90 | 0,80 | 0,70 | 0,50 | 4,00 | 1,90 | 9,90 |
| 68 | 2 | 1983 | 3,70 | 2,30 | 3,70 | 7,90 | -0,90 | 3,90 | -3,00 | 1,50 | 1,40 | -1,20 | 2,10 | -0,50 | 22,40 |
| 69 | 2 | 1984 | -0,60 | -3,50 | 1,70 | -0,10 | 0,90 | 0,80 | 0,80 | 1,00 | 0,80 | 0,70 | 0,30 | 0,60 | 3,50 |
| 70 | 2 | 1985 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,70 | 3,10 | 1,50 | -0,20 | -0,90 | -3,10 | 4,60 | 6,80 | 4,80 | 20,80 |
| 71 | 2 | 1986 | 0,50 | 7,50 | 5,60 | -1,10 | 5,30 | -0,20 | 0,50 | 0,50 | 0,00 | 5,80 | 2,40 | -2,60 | 26,30 |
| 72 | 2 | 1987 | 9,90 | 0,40 | 1,50 | -0,90 | 0,80 | 5,00 | 5,10 | 3,70 | -2,20 | -21,50 | -1,70 | 0,50 | -3,00 |
| 73 | 2 | 1988 | 0,50 | 3,40 | -3,10 | 1,10 | 0,90 | 4,60 | -0,40 | -3,40 | 4,30 | 2,80 | -1,40 | 1,70 | 11,00 |
| 74 | 2 | 1989 | 7,30 | -2,50 | 3,10 | 0,70 | 0,70 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 2,40 | -1,50 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,60 | 14,10 |
| 75 | 2 | 1990 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,70 | 0,60 | 0,50 | 7,80 |
| 76 | 2 | 1991 | 0,50 | 0,40 | 0,70 | 0,20 | 4,30 | -4,60 | 4,70 | 0,70 | 0,80 | 1,00 | 0,40 | 0,30 | 9,60 |
| 77 | 2 | 1992 | -2,70 | -0,10 | 0,40 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,20 | 0,30 | 0,20 | 0,90 | 0,50 |
| 78 | 2 | 1993 | 0,80 | 1,10 | 2,20 | -2,60 | 2,70 | 0,40 | -0,50 | 3,80 | -0,70 | 2,00 | -1,10 | 1,20 | 9,60 |
| 79 | 2 | 1994 | 3,50 | -2,90 | -4,20 | 1,10 | 1,60 | -2,30 | 3,20 | 3,80 | -2,50 | 2,80 | -4,00 | 0,70 | 0,40 |
| 80 | 2 | 1995 | 3,30 | 0,40 | 0,50 | 0,40 | 0,50 | 0,50 | 0,40 | 0,50 | 0,40 | 0,50 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 8,70 |
| 81 | 2 | 1996 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 1,90 | 2,30 | 0,90 | -4,50 | 1,90 | 5,60 | 3,20 | 7,30 | -2,40 | 18,30 |
| 82 | 2 | 1997 | 6,20 | 1,00 | -4,40 | 6,30 | 6,30 | 4,10 | 7,90 | -5,20 | 4,80 | -2,50 | 3,00 | 0,50 | 30,50 |
| 83 | 2 | 1998 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,30 | 0,40 | 6,10 | 10,90 |
| 84 | 2 | 1999 | 3,50 | -3,20 | 4,10 | 3,80 | -2,30 | 5,50 | -3,10 | -0,50 | -2,20 | 6,40 | 1,70 | 5,70 | 20,40 |
| 85 | 2 | 2000 | -5,00 | -1,50 | 9,70 | -3,50 | 0,30 | 0,50 | 0,50 | 0,60 | 0,50 | 0,50 | 0,50 | 0,50 | 2,80 |
| 86 | 2 | 2001 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,30 | 3,60 |
| 87 | 2 | 2002 | -1,00 | -1,80 | 3,30 | -5,80 | -0,60 | -7,40 | -6,70 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 2,80 | -5,70 | -20,90 |
| 88 | 2 | 2003 | -2,50 | -0,60 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,10 | -3,70 | 1,80 | 2,10 | -1,10 | 5,40 | 1,10 | 5,00 | 7,70 |
| 89 | 2 | 2004 | 2,00 | 1,40 | -1,30 | -1,90 | 1,70 | 1,90 | -3,20 | 0,20 | 1,00 | 1,30 | 5,20 | 0,50 | 8,70 |
| 90 | 2 | 2005 | -2,20 | 2,50 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 2,30 | 0,20 | 3,80 | -0,90 | 0,80 | -2,40 | 4,40 | -0,20 | 8,80 |
| 91 | 2 | 2006 | 2,40 | 0,60 | 1,70 | 1,30 | -3,00 | 0,30 | 0,40 | 0,70 | 0,40 | 0,80 | 2,00 | 1,30 | 9,10 |
| 92 | 2 | 2007 | 1,50 | -2,00 | 1,20 | 4,40 | 1,60 | -1,60 | -3,10 | -3,10 | 0,30 | 0,40 | 0,30 | 0,20 | -0,20 |
| 93 | 2 | 2008 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,20 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 1,30 |
| 94 | 2 | 2009 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 4,20 | -0,10 | 7,50 | 3,70 | 3,50 | -1,90 | 6,20 | 1,90 | 27,60 |
| 95 | 2 | 2010 | -3,60 | 3,10 | 6,10 | 1,50 | -7,90 | -5,20 | 6,80 | -4,50 | 9,00 | 3,80 | 0,00 | 6,70 | 15,10 |
| 96 | 2 | 2011 | 2,30 | 3,50 | 0,00 | -0,50 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 5,40 |
| 97 | 2 | 2012 | 0,00 | 1,70 | 3,20 | -0,70 | -6,00 | 2,50 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | -0,30 | 0,10 |
| 98 | 2 | 2013 | 5,10 | 1,30 | 3,80 | 1,90 | 2,40 | -1,30 | 5,20 | -3,00 | 3,20 | 4,60 | 3,00 | 2,60 | 32,30 |
| 99 | 2 | 2014 | -3,50 | 4,60 | 0,80 | 0,70 | 2,30 | 2,10 | -1,30 | 1,30 | -0,60 | 2,40 | 2,70 | -0,30 | 11,40 |
| 100 | 2 | 2015 | -3,00 | 5,60 | -1,60 | 1,00 | 1,30 | -1,10 | -0,20 | -0,10 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 1,40 | -1,70 | 1,50 |
| 101 | 2 | 2016 | -5,00 | -2,10 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 1,40 | 0,30 | 3,60 | 0,10 | 0,00 | -1,70 | 3,70 | 2,00 | 2,10 |
| 102 | 2 | 2017 | 1,80 | 3,90 | 0,10 | 1,00 | 1,40 | 0,60 | 2,10 | 0,30 | 2,00 | 2,40 | 3,10 | 1,20 | 21,70 |
| 103 | 2 | 2018 | 5,60 | -3,20 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 4,00 |
| 104 | 2 | 2019 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,10 | 1,20 | 3,20 |
| 105 | 2 | 2020 | 0,00 | 4,60 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,80 | 5,90 | 7,00 | -3,70 | -2,50 | 10,90 | 3,70 | 28,90 |
| 106 | 2 | 2021 | -1,00 | 2,80 | 4,50 | 5,30 | 0,70 | 2,20 | 2,40 | 3,00 | -4,70 | 7,00 | -0,80 | 3,20 | 27,00 |
| 107 | 2 | 2022 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,20 | 0,20 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,30 | 0,40 | 2,10 |
| 108 | 2 | 2023 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 0,40 | 1,30 | 6,50 | 3,10 | 12,90 |