Try a free subscription or the full version for just $15 per month. Choose a Portfolio Recipe (also known as "model portfolio" or "investing algorithm") from over 200 different approaches. Each Portfolio Recipe specifies the exact ETFs or mutual funds to buy to invest using that approach. Invest for yourself or your clients using a Portfolio Recipe that delivers higher return, lower risk, with lower fees. 

Compare and track over 200 Portfolio Recipes in three categories:

• Tactical Portfolio Recipes. These are dynamic algorithms that use a variety of approaches such as Momentum, Mean-Variance Optimization, Conditional Value at Risk, Sector Rotation, or a combination of methods. These recipes are updated monthly.
• • For more details on each Tactical Portfolio Recipe, visit the Tactical Portfolio Descriptions page.
  • Over the past 12 months, the top Tactical Portfolio Recipe is the Minimum Downside MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation) Portfolio (id = t.madd), with a 16.4% one-year return. 
  • Over the past 10 years, the top Tactical Portfolio Recipe is Quartile Sector Rotation (t.srqr) a 20.2% annual return. 
• Strategic Portfolio Recipes. These are static allocations based on ideas from Harry Browne, Scott Burns (Couch Potato), Ben Graham, Lazy Portfolios, and more.
• • Over the past 12 months, the top Strategic Portfolio Recipe is the No Equity Portfolio (id = s.noeq), with a 22.6% one-year return. 
  • Over the past 10 years, the top Strategic Portfolio Recipe is the 80-20 Portfolio (id = s.8020), with a 11.6% annual return.
• Managed funds from Vanguard, Blackrock, PIMCO, and others. These individual ETFs or mutual funds each have an objective that is set by professional portfolio managers. Use these all-in-one funds as points of comparison for the other Portfolio Recipes.

Receive Monthly Updates. We update every Portfolio Recipe monthly with the latest performance results.

• We update the Tactical Portfolio Recipes with the latest allocations and the list of the exact ETFs or mutual funds to buy for each Portfolio Recipe.
• We publish a wide range of performance analytics for each Portfolio Recipe so you can see risk and return compared to other recipes and to benchmarks.

Apply Advanced Analytics. Every Portfolio Recipe is fully analyzed with over 15 metrics, plus charts.

• Use a variety of risk, return, and risk-vs-return metrics to visualize and find your best portfolio recipe. Use maximum drawdown, downside deviation, standard deviation, beta, alpha, M-squared (Modigliani), and Sharpe ratio to gain a complete risk profile for each Portfolio Recipe.
• Compare dozens (or even hundreds) or Portfolio Recipes in a single glace using Risk vs. Return scatterplots. 
• Apply standard benchmarks to see how each Portfolio Recipe stacks up to the S&P 500, the U.S. Bond Index, and a 60-40 Balanced Portfolio.

...except with more choices, better performance, and more flexibility.

• More choices. Choose from dozens of different approaches from leading thinkers and investors, including tactical allocation, risk minimization, and sector rotation. Explore and compare using a full range of risk metrics, including maximum drawdown and alpha.
• Better performance. Find Portfolio Recipes that have greater return than leading benchmarks, or lower risk, or both.
• More flexibility. Adjust any Portfolio Recipe to meet your needs. Use any brokerage that you want. Blend multiple Portfolio Recipes to create a set of holdings tailored to your situation.