Backtest classic lazy portfolios.
The lazy and factor portfolios you've read about — 3-Fund, Golden Butterfly, All Weather, Permanent Portfolio — backtested against historical data. Configure the weights, pick your tickers, hit run, and see the full story: long-run returns, Monte Carlo projections, and worst-case drawdowns.
3-Fund Bogleheads Portfolio for Canadians
The lazy-investing canon — broad domestic, US, international, and bond index ETFs — adapted with a Canadian home-equity sleeve and CAD-listed defaults. Up to 10 assets, fully tunable weights, annual rebalancing. Backtest window starts 2014.
Ben Felix Five-Factor Portfolio for Canadians
The evidence-based, 100%-equity portfolio popularized by Canadian PM Ben Felix — a globally diversified market-cap core tilted toward small-cap value and profitability via Avantis funds. Backtest window starts 2019 (when the Avantis sleeves launched).
Golden Butterfly Portfolio
Tyler's five-way, equal-weight portfolio — US stocks, small-cap value, long & short Treasuries, and gold — built to hold up across every economic season, with a return tilt the Permanent Portfolio lacks. US-listed; backtest from 2005.
Ray Dalio All Weather Portfolio
Ray Dalio's risk-balanced "all seasons" allocation — 30% stocks, 55% Treasuries, and 15% in gold and commodities — designed to spread risk across every economic environment rather than bet on one. US-listed; backtest from 2006.
Harry Browne's Permanent Portfolio
Harry Browne's deliberately simple four-way split — 25% each in US stocks, long-term Treasuries, gold, and cash — one asset for each economic climate, built for capital preservation through anything. US-listed; backtest from 2007.
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In the worksExperiments
Rougher work, kept separate on purpose. These are curiosity-only attempts to rebuild well-known US portfolios with Canadian-listed ETFs — several sleeves are approximations (some asset classes have no clean CAD equivalent), and they haven't been reviewed. Interesting to poke at; not something to act on without your own due diligence.
Golden Butterfly — Canadian ETF Recreation
A for-curiosity attempt to rebuild the Golden Butterfly with Canadian-listed ETFs. Several sleeves are approximations (no CAD small-cap value fund exists) — not reviewed, not for use without your own due diligence. Backtest from ~2013.
All Weather — Canadian ETF Recreation
A for-curiosity attempt to rebuild Ray Dalio's All Weather with Canadian-listed ETFs, folding the commodity sleeve into gold (no CAD broad-commodity ETF exists). Approximate and unreviewed — not for use without your own due diligence. Backtest from ~2013.
Permanent Portfolio — Canadian ETF Recreation
A for-curiosity attempt to rebuild Harry Browne's Permanent Portfolio with Canadian-listed ETFs (Canadian bonds for US Treasuries, a money-market fund for T-bills). Approximate and unreviewed — do your own due diligence. Backtest from ~2013.