The monthly scoreboard for June 2026, generated straight from the strategy catalog. Start with the model portfolios, the diversified blends most people should actually hold, then work down to the full board of 80 strategies. Every table carries the month, the year to date and the trailing 1-year return, because the long view is the one that decides whether a strategy is worth holding.
Model portfolios: the blends that matter most
These are the ready-to-clone model portfolios we track, spanning three risk profiles from conservative to aggressive. Each is a blended, multi-strategy allocation from the portfolio library, not a single strategy, so this is the honest read on how a diversified BestFolio investor actually did, over the month, the year, and since inception.
| Model portfolio | Risk | Month | YTD | 1Y | CAGR since inception |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Defensive Core | Conservative | -2.1% | +2.3% | +12.9% | 7.1% |
| All Weather Tactical Blend | Moderate | -1.9% | +7.8% | +18.2% | 11.0% |
| BestFolio House Momentum | Aggressive | -3.3% | +14.3% | +29.2% | 20.6% |
How to read June 2026
Breadth check. Of the 66 strategies on the unlevered board, 12 beat the US market (+2.4%) in June 2026, and 11 are ahead of it year to date. The month itself ran from +14.4% (Century Momentum) down to -12.9% (EAA (Elastic Asset Allocation)), a spread of 27.3% in a single month.
Worth noting that Century Momentum, the best strategy of June 2026, is not in the year-to-date top five. One month is one data point. The strategies worth holding are the ones that keep compounding over the year and beyond, which is why every table here carries YTD and 1-year, not just the month.
Benchmarks for context: 100% US Stock Market +2.4% for the month (+10.0% YTD, +23.2% 1Y), Classic 60/40 +1.4% for the month (+5.7% YTD, +14.7% 1Y).
Year-to-date leaders
The strategies compounding best so far this year, one row per strategy. This is the table that matters more than the month.
| Strategy | Variant | Month | YTD | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sector Rotation (Faber QTAA-Sectors) | Top-3 No Filter | +2.0% | +15.5% | +23.1% |
| Mama Bear Portfolio | Mama Bear Standard | -0.9% | +14.9% | +29.1% |
| PAA (Protective Asset Allocation) | PAA High Protection | +0.5% | +14.9% | +30.5% |
| BAA (Bold Asset Allocation) | BAA-G4 (Aggressive) | +4.4% | +14.8% | +16.9% |
| GEM (Global Equities Momentum) | GEM Standard | +3.3% | +14.3% | +25.8% |
| Century Momentum | Standard | +14.4% | +12.2% | +20.9% |
| Global Stock Market | Global Stock Market (60/40) | +2.6% | +11.6% | +24.9% |
| Alpha-One Momentum | Alpha-One Momentum (Standard) | +7.7% | +11.5% | +24.2% |
| Multi-Asset Momentum | Multi-Asset Momentum Standard | -0.9% | +11.3% | +24.9% |
| GTAA (Global Tactical Asset Allocation) | GTAA-AGG3 | -1.5% | +10.6% | +30.5% |
Top 10 unlevered strategies in June 2026
The month's leaders, for the record. Read them next to the YTD and 1-year columns before reading too much into a single month.
| Strategy | Variant | Month | YTD | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Century Momentum | Standard | +14.4% | +12.2% | +20.9% |
| Alpha-One Momentum | Alpha-One Momentum (Standard) | +7.7% | +11.5% | +24.2% |
| 200-Day SMA Trend | QQQ 200-Day Trend | +4.4% | +2.8% | +16.0% |
| BAA (Bold Asset Allocation) | BAA-G4 (Aggressive) | +4.4% | +14.8% | +16.9% |
| No-Brainer (Bernstein) | No-Brainer (4x25%) | +3.5% | +10.2% | +20.9% |
| GEM (Global Equities Momentum) | GEM Standard | +3.3% | +14.3% | +25.8% |
| The 12% Solution (Carter) | The 12% Solution | +3.2% | +7.9% | +14.8% |
| Coffeehouse | Coffeehouse (7 Funds) | +3.2% | +7.7% | +16.1% |
| RP Gold+SCV (Schwoerer) | RP Gold+SCV (GLD/VIOV/IEF) | +3.1% | +4.5% | +13.9% |
| Global Navigator+ (DMS) | Global Navigator+ | +2.8% | +4.7% | +15.4% |
Leveraged corner
Leveraged variants, ranked separately because raw monthly moves at 2x or 3x are not comparable to the unlevered list. The 1-year column is where their real risk and reward shows up.
| Strategy | Variant | Month | YTD | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TQQQ/QQQ 200MA Band (+4%/-3%) | TQQQ/QQQ Band (Standard) | +9.0% | +20.1% | +58.1% |
| White Knuckle (Carter) | White Knuckle (3x RP + Rotation) | +8.5% | +16.6% | +48.0% |
| VIX Shield | VIX Shield Leveraged | +7.0% | +39.9% | +77.4% |
| VAA (Vigilant Asset Allocation) | VAA-G4 - SmartLeverage 1.5x | +6.5% | +13.2% | +35.3% |
| Vol-Target 2x QQQ | Vol-Target 2x QQQ Aggressive | +5.7% | +14.0% | +37.6% |
Weakest 5 of the month
| Strategy | Variant | Month | YTD | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAA (Elastic Asset Allocation) | EAA Golden Offensive | -12.9% | -1.6% | +19.4% |
| 200-Day SMA Trend | GLD 200-Day Trend | -12.0% | -7.6% | +20.8% |
| Gold Cross-Asset Momentum | Gold Cross-Asset (GLD+IEF) | -12.0% | -7.6% | +20.8% |
| Growth-Inflation Sector Timing | Growth-Inflation Concentrated | -11.7% | +6.0% | +16.3% |
| Carlson's Defense First | Defense First Standard | -8.7% | +4.8% | +23.7% |
Methodology: strategy returns come from each strategy's published NAV series, the same out-of-sample track records shown on the leaderboard. Model portfolio returns use the same blended NAV shown on each portfolio's library page, measured through the last trading day of the month. One month is one data point; the strategy and portfolio pages show full multi-decade histories, drawdowns, and walk-forward results. This post is generated automatically from the database on the first of each month.
Educational information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.