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Permanent portfolio
25% each in Nifty 500 TRI, long G-secs (synthetic 10-year), gold and cash (91-day T-bill), rebalanced each January. It holds 25% Nifty 500, 25% long G-secs, 25% gold, 25% cash . From Apr 2005 it returned 10.8% a year after tax; its worst fall was −15%.
What it holds now
Target : 25% Nifty 500, 25% long G-secs, 25% gold, 25% cash.
Its record
Growth of one rupee after costs, before tax, on a log scale. The marks show when the rule was published and when it entered this library; only the stretch after the second mark is free of hindsight.
Permanent portfolio: growth of one rupee
How to read it. Log scale, so equal slopes are equal returns.
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Permanent portfolio: fall from its previous peak
How to read it. How far it was below its previous high, weekly. Its worst fall was −15% on daily closes; the weekly line can look a little shallower.
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Apr 2005 to Oct 2026. Percentages except the Sharpe ratio, turnover and tax cost.
| This model | Benchmark | |
|---|---|---|
| Return a year, before tax | 11.4 | – |
| Return a year, after tax | 10.8 | – |
| Volatility | 6.7 | – |
| Worst fall | −14.9 | – |
| Sharpe ratio | 0.7 | – |
| Average share in equity | 25.1 | – |
| Turnover a year | 0.0 | – |
| Tax cost, points a year | 0.6 | – |
The live log holds 2 sessions, 1 of them filled in after the day; its return differs from today's backtest over the same days by 1.50 points.
| Period | Dates | Total return | A year | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before the rule was published | – | – | – | |
| Published, before it entered this library | Apr 2005 to Oct 2026 | 922.2% | 11.4% | |
| Since it entered this library (live) | Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 | 0.4% | – |
What it held
The share of the model in each asset at every month-end.
Permanent portfolio: holdings at each month-end
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The rule
25% each in Nifty 500 TRI, long G-secs (synthetic 10-year), gold and cash (91-day T-bill), rebalanced each January.
Browne (1987), Why the Best-Laid Investment Plans Usually Go Wrong. Rule published 1987; entered this library 2 Oct 2026. It is the portfolio lab's rule, unchanged.
The workings
Data
Every chart has a table view, a CSV download and a link to its published JSON. Bundles are listed in data status.