A sophisticated guide to capital preservation and steady growth strategies for founders who have experienced a liquidity event. These index-based approaches focus on minimizing volatility and diversifying concentrated wealth into broad market exposure to ensure long-term financial independence.
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Focuses on companies that have increased their dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. This strategy prioritizes high-quality, cash-flow-positive businesses, offering a reliable income stream and lower volatility during market downturns.
A foundational strategy that provides exposure to the entire investable U.S. equity market. By holding thousands of companies across all market caps, exited entrepreneurs can eliminate single-stock risk while capturing the long-term growth of the overall economy.
Unlike market-cap weighted funds, this strategy allocates an equal percentage to each of the 500 companies. This reduces over-concentration in mega-cap tech stocks, providing a more balanced risk profile for those seeking stability over aggressive growth.
Diversifies wealth beyond U.S. borders by investing in developed and emerging markets globally. This hedges against domestic economic downturns and provides exposure to international growth cycles and currency diversification.
A critical component for capital preservation, utilizing funds that track a wide range of government and corporate bonds. This reduces overall portfolio variance and provides a safety net when equity markets are volatile.
Specifically designed to protect purchasing power, these index funds track government bonds that adjust their principal based on inflation rates. Ideal for entrepreneurs wanting to ensure their exit capital retains its real value over decades.
A classic low-risk framework allocating 60% to a total stock index and 40% to a total bond index. This disciplined approach balances the growth potential of equities with the stability of fixed income.
These funds select stocks from a broad index that have exhibited the lowest volatility over the past few years. This strategy aims to provide similar long-term returns to the market but with significantly shallower drawdowns.
Provides liquid exposure to large-scale commercial and residential real estate without the hassle of direct property management. It serves as a powerful diversifier and a source of consistent yield for high-net-worth individuals.
A minimalist strategy consisting of a Total Domestic Stock Index, a Total International Stock Index, and a Total Bond Market Index. This maximizes diversification while minimizing management fees and complexity.
Focuses on bonds with short durations to minimize interest rate risk. This is an excellent strategy for parking large sums of cash awaiting future investment opportunities while earning a modest, safe return.
Tracks a comprehensive index of investment-grade bonds from around the world. This provides the highest level of fixed-income diversification, protecting against systemic failure in any single nation's bond market.
Targets companies that are undervalued relative to their fundamentals. Historically, value indices have provided a margin of safety compared to growth indices, making them attractive for risk-averse investors.
A diversified index-based approach designed to perform well in any economic environment (inflation, deflation, growth, or recession). It typically combines stocks, long-term treasuries, intermediate treasuries, and gold.
Uses mathematical optimization to create a portfolio with the lowest possible overall risk. It is specifically engineered for investors who prioritize the avoidance of large losses over the pursuit of maximum returns.