Warren Buffett ETF Portfolio (90/10)
Warren Buffett
In brief
A 90% S&P 500 and 10% short-term Treasury allocation inspired by Buffett's estate instructions.
Profile sources: Berkshire Hathaway
- Published
- Last reviewed
At a glance
2 asset sleeves
Review annually and rebalance when allocations drift materially.
Growth assets
90%
Bonds & reserves
10%
Other diversifiers
0%
Target allocation
What the portfolio holds
S&P 500
VOOVOO
90%
Short-term Treasuries
SGOVSGOV
10%
Tickers are liquid U.S.-listed examples, not recommendations or exact historical fund selections.
Allocation sources: Berkshire Hathaway
Decision context
Potential advantages and trade-offs
These observations follow from the displayed allocation and implementation. They are not a recommendation or a prediction of future performance.
Potential advantages
- Uses only 2 sleeves, which makes the displayed target allocation straightforward to understand and maintain.
- Combines growth assets with bonds or reserves instead of depending on one broad asset class.
- Publishes explicit target weights, making drift and rebalancing decisions measurable.
Important trade-offs
- Aggressive risk means losses and drawdowns can be substantial even when the long-term thesis remains unchanged.
- Approximately 90% of the displayed allocation is equity-like, leaving limited conventional bond ballast.
- The largest sleeve is 90% of the portfolio, so its behavior can dominate the result.
- The displayed equity allocation has no dedicated international sleeve and is exposed to U.S.-market concentration.
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Backtest this allocation beside two familiar U.S. equity benchmarks. The comparison starts with $10,000, reinvests dividends, and rebalances annually.
Growth of $10,000
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Portfolio 1
Warren Buffett ETF Portfolio (90/10)
Target allocation from this profile
Portfolio 2
S&P 500
SPY benchmark
Portfolio 3
Nasdaq-100
QQQ benchmark
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Sources and context
Target allocations are educational examples, not personalized advice. Fund availability, taxes, trading costs, account type, time horizon, and capacity for loss can all change the appropriate implementation. Historical diversification does not guarantee future results.
Sources document the strategy, underlying methodology, or the representative funds used here. ETF tickers are illustrative U.S.-listed implementations and may differ from an originator’s original funds or current model.