Building a portfolio is like making salsa
Great salsa is about diversification--so is a well-designed investment portfolio. The 7Twelve Core Portfolio is designed by Craig L. Israelsen, Ph.D. (Visit www.7TwelvePortfolio.com for 15-year performance information). Dr. Israelsen suggests that only by adding diverse ingredients together can we make strides toward a desired outcome. However, there are some ingredients in salsa that most of us would never want to eat individually, like hot peppers or Tabasco sauce. But, without the “hot” ingredients the salsa would be flat.
Similarly, investment portfolios should include a wide variety of diverse ingredients or “assets”. ETFs that invest in US stocks are a core ingredient for a portfolio, analogous to tomatoes in salsa. But, US stocks are only one asset class. More asset classes are needed. We need non-US stocks. But, even after adding non-US stocks, the portfolio still only has “stock” ingredients. There needs to be ingredients such as bonds, REITS and commodities in an effort to help diversify the portfolio across additional asset classes.
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Weight |
Segment & Stocks |
Symbol |
1 MO / 1 YR Return |
24.7% |
US Stocks
|
1.0%
14.4%
|
8.4%
|
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|
8x
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
8.2%
|
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|
8x
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
8.1%
|
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|
8xx
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
|
17.5% |
Resources
|
5.3%
12.9%
|
|
16.7% |
US Bonds
|
0.3%
0.2%
|
8.4%
|
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|
8xx
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
8.3%
|
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|
8xx
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
|
16.2% |
Non-US Stocks
|
1.3%
18.7%
|
8.3%
|
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|
8xx
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
7.9%
|
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|
8xx
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
|
8.4% |
Non-US Bonds
|
0.3%
2.4%
|
|
8.3% |
Cash
|
0.1%
0.9%
|
8.3%
|
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|
8xx
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
|
8.2% |
Real Estate
|
0.4%
9.3%
|
8.2%
|
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|
8xx
|
88.8%
88.8%
|
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