Thank you HARRY! I wouldn't have gold in my portfolio if not for you!

Start your backtest aa or around 1980 and you get a much more realistic idea of the returns of the PP and your proposed iteration vs. a plain vanilla 60:40 Yes, around 1985 would be better for backtesting simulated gold--futures and spot prices were tracking tightly with deep liquidity at that poin...

Backtesting: https://testfol.io/?s=aRr5LPTR6y0 25% SPY / 25% GLD / 50% SHY is essentially: Growth engine: SPY Crisis hedge / inflation shock: GLD Volatility ballast + dry powder: SHY Compared to Harry Browne’s classic PP (stocks / long bonds / gold / cash), you’ve: Replaced long bonds with short Tre...