10 Best ETFs to Buy for an All-Weather Portfolio
It used to be that investors asked themselves the question, "How many mutual funds should I have in my portfolio?" They still ask the same question of diversification, but more in terms of exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
A portfolio of just two ETFs might be perfect for the do-it-yourself investor who has no interest in researching the ins and outs of 100 different funds. However, it might not be ideal for the person who has millions of dollars to invest and loves reading ETF fact sheets. Everyone is different.
Famed mutual fund portfolio manager Peter Lynch coined the term "diworsifcation" while discussing how companies expand into businesses they know very little about, ultimately hurting the core business in the process. But you can achieve something similar by stockpiling too many ETFs, as the typical fund has hundreds of securities, leading to overlapping positions of individual stocks.
David Swensen, the chief investment officer of Yale University's endowment fund since 1985 and arguably one of the best investment managers in American history, has a model portfolio that includes six different asset classes: Domestic equities (30% weighting), International equities (15%), emerging markets (10%), Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) (15%), U.S. Treasuries (15%) and REITs (15%).
We'll stay close to that model with this diverse
