This 2 ETF Portfolio Historically Outperforms the S&P 500 With Less Volatility
Combining two factors that produce strong returns may be all you need.
Overview
Building a portfolio that can produce better returns than the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) with less volatility is the exact thing that dozens of fund managers get paid huge sums of money to do. Unfortunately, most of them fall short of that benchmark once you account for their fees.
But you might not have to spend a lot to put together a portfolio that can achieve that goal. And it doesn't require complicated strategic balancing of individual stocks or sector ETFs. A simple 50/50 split between two ETFs has produced higher annual returns over multiple periods in the last thirty years, with lower annualized volatility over the long run and smaller maximum drawdowns than the S&P 500.
Details
Here's the simple portfolio to consider, why it works, and whether it'll work for you.
Source
Originally published at www.fool.com.