Bogleheads Three-Fund Fixed Allocation Portfolio

The most popular lazy portfolio: US stocks, international stocks, and US bonds. Simple, diversified, low-cost.

Backtest Performance (1989-10-31 to 2026-04-07)

MetricBogleheads Three-Fund
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)8.0%
Maximum Drawdown-36.7%
Sharpe Ratio0.79
Sortino Ratio1.00
Annualized Volatility10.3%
Calmar Ratio0.22
Total Return1525.3%
Backtest Period36.4 years

Strategy Details

Type
Fixed / Strategic
Rebalancing
annual
Risk Level
moderate
Variants
2
Author
Bogleheads / Taylor Larimore

Categories

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