Test on A random Walk Down Wall Street Portfolio

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Test on A random Walk Down Wall Street Portfolio

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I am reading a book called A Random Walk Down Wall Street and interested to test the suggested portfolio. Here is the backtest.

Age Mid-Twenties Portfolio:

Cash(5%): money-market fund or short-term bond fund (average maturity 1 to 1.5 years)
Bonds and Bond Substitutes(15%): no-load high-grade corporate bond fund, some treasury inflation protection securities, foreign bonds, dividend growth stocks.
Stocks(70%): one-half in US. stocks with good representation of smaller growth companies, one-half international stocks, including emerging markets.
Real Estate(10%): portfolio of REITs.

It is also suggested to invest through index fund/ ETF and rebalance yearly

Therefore, I tried to replicate this strategy:
Bond: 15%
LQD: ishares iboxx $ investment gra , 0.075
VIG: Vanguard dividend appreciation etf, 0.075

Reit: 10%
VNQ: Vanguard reit etf, 0.1

Stocks: 70%
IWV: russell 3000 etf, 0.35
ACWI: ishares msci acwi etf, 0.175
EEM: ishares emerging market, 0.175

rebalance: yearly on Jan 14

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