There’s an “all weather” portfolio by Ray Dalio, which he revealed in Tony Robbins’ Money book. I don’t follow the strategy though (yet) but it appears that he may have been “right” more often than “wrong” as he’s consistently delivered returns over the years - especially in times like today:
CNBC:
A typical portfolio might be split between 50 percent bonds and 50 percent stocks, but Dalio argues that isn’t really diversified in “Money: Master the Game” by Tony Robbins.
“When you look at most portfolios, they have a very strong bias to do well in good times and bad in bad times,” Dalio says in the book. To avoid your portfolio simply rising and falling with the market, his advice is to spread out and balance the risks of each investment.
Here’s his breakdown for what a well-diversified portfolio might look like, according to the book: 30 percent allocated to stocks, 40 percent to long-term U.S. bonds, 15 percent to intermediate U.S. bonds, 7.5 percent to gold and 7.5 percent to other commodities. (The portfolio does need to be rebalanced annually, he adds.)
This comes from:
He’s got access to to the bond and commodities markets while retail investors may have to use proxies, that follow them closely. Not sure here.
This is not an investment advice.
This is a book reading advice. That book where the portfolio was revealed is one of the best investments and it costs less than £10. It’s a long read though. The guy interviewed billionaire investors because he himself is a billionaire and is good friends with some of them. He coaches some of them. The 2008 crisis and the aftermath were some of the reasons why he wrote the book for the masses.