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▸ FEATURED Issue 048 · Portfolios

The all-weather
portfolio, revisited.

Bridgewater's All Weather framework was designed for a world of structurally falling correlations between stocks and bonds. That world is gone — at least temporarily. We test six 4-asset variants across 1990–2026, walk through the regime detection that actually matters, and propose a modified weighting that survived 2022.

N
Noor Patel, CFA
Portfolio Strategist
24 min read · May 1, 2026
Modified All-Weather · Target weightsUpdated quarterly
+9.2%3yr CAGR
Equities
30%
Long Bonds
40%
Inter. Bonds
15%
Commodities
7.5%
Gold
7.5%
CAGR (3y)
9.2%
Vol (annualized)
8.7%
Max DD
−12.8%
Sharpe
0.71
Sortino
1.04
vs 60/40
+1.4%
№ 02 — Finance Library

Markets and portfolios.

Coverage across asset classes, portfolio construction frameworks, and the practical mechanics of putting capital to work — from index investors to professional allocators.

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№ 03 — Tools

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Eight finance tools we built for ourselves and ended up using more than any spreadsheet. Each one launches inline — no signup needed.

Portfolio Backtester

Test any combination of ETFs across thirty years of data with rebalancing rules and transaction costs.

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Retirement Simulator

Monte Carlo projection of your portfolio with sequence-of-returns risk and stochastic life expectancy.

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Tax-Loss Harvester

Find offsetting positions across your taxable accounts and quantify the after-tax benefit before you trade.

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Mortgage vs. Invest

Should you pay down the mortgage or invest the spread? We solve it across rate scenarios and tax brackets.

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