Permanent Portfolio Alternatives
Permanent Portfolio Alternatives: 34 Portfolio Recipes that Beat the Leading "Permanent" Mutual Fund
The Portfolio Recipes listed below have both higher return and lower risk than PRPFX, a leading "Permanent Portfolio" mutual fund.
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| Rank | Portfolio Recipe ID | Portfolio Recipe / Fund | Annualized Total Return % | Downside Deviation % |
| PRPFX | Permanent Portfolio mutual fund | 7.0% | 6.8% | |
| 1 | t.aaaf | Adaptive Allocation F | 15.2% | 5.9% |
| 2 | t.shar | Maximum Sharpe Portfolio | 12.3% | 6.8% |
| 3 | t.aaaa | Adaptive Allocation A | 12.3% | 6.5% |
| 4 | t.aaab | Adaptive Allocation B | 11.9% | 6.6% |
| 5 | t.aaac | Adaptive Allocation C | 11.8% | 6.6% |
| 6 | t.cdar | Minimum CdaR | 11.7% | 6.4% |
| 7 | t.tret | Target Return 12% | 11.6% | 5.8% |
| 8 | t.trdd | Target Return Post-Modern | 11.5% | 5.9% |
| 9 | t.mva3 | Minimum Variance C | 11.0% | 5.3% |
| 10 | t.mvar | Minimum Variance A | 10.3% | 5.2% |
| 11 | t.madm | Minimum Mean Abs Deviation | 10.2% | 5.2% |
| 12 | t.madd | Minimum Downside MAD | 10.2% | 5.2% |
| 13 | t.risd | Min Downside Deviation | 10.1% | 5.3% |
| 14 | t.loss | Minimum Drawdown | 9.8% | 6.0% |
| 15 | t.eqrc | Equal Risk Contribution | 9.8% | 5.8% |
| 16 | t.mva2 | Minimum Variance B | 9.7% | 5.4% |
| 17 | t.coco | Minimum Correlation | 9.7% | 6.3% |
| 18 | t.mdiv | Maximum Diversification | 9.6% | 5.7% |
| 19 | JANBX | Janus Balanced | 9.5% | 6.2% |
| 20 | t.frs3 | Faber Rel Strength: Top 3 | 9.4% | 6.3% |
| 21 | t.cvar | Minimum CvaR | 9.3% | 5.4% |
| 22 | t.mca2 | Minimum Correlation B | 9.2% | 5.8% |
| 23 | t.mca1 | Minimum Correlation A | 9.1% | 5.7% |
| 24 | t.rpcl | Risk Parity With Cluster | 8.8% | 6.1% |
| 25 | VBIAX | Vanguard Balanced | 8.7% | 6.7% |
| 26 | t.tris | Target Risk 10% | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 27 | SFHYX | Hundredfold Select | 8.2% | 2.9% |
| 28 | s.5050 | Strategic 50-50 | 7.9% | 5.7% |
| 29 | s.couc | Couch Potato: Scott Burns | 7.9% | 6.4% |
| 30 | VWINX | Vanguard Wellesley Inv | 7.6% | 4.2% |
| 31 | Traditional Permament Portfolio using ETFs | 7.6% | 4.2% | |
| 32 | s.brow | Harry Browne inspired | 7.4% | 4.2% |
| 33 | t.frs4 | Faber Rel Strength: Top 4 | 7.3% | 5.5% |
| 34 | t.dyhb | Dynamic Harry Browne | 7.3% | 4.3% |
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