Episode 76: Merriman Four-Fund, Bonds, Crystal Balls And Weekly Reviews As Of April 23, 2021

<p>In this episode we answer a question from Melissa about a Merriman Four-Fund Combo Portfolio, a question from Tony about a whole lot of stuff and then move to our weekly portfolio reviews of the sample portfolios you can find at <a href='https://www.riskparityradio.com/portfolios'>The Risk Parity Radio Portfolios Page</a><br/><br/>Additional Links:<br/><br/>Merriman Retirement Portfolio:  <a href='https://paulmerriman.com/6-steps-to-the-ultimate-retirement-portfolio/'>6 Steps to the Ultimate Retirement Portfolio | Paul Merriman</a><br/><br/>Analysis Tweaking The Merriman Portfolio:  <a href='https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-asset-class-allocation?s=y&amp;mode=1&amp;timePeriod=2&amp;startYear=1972&amp;firstMonth=1&amp;endYear=2021&amp;lastMonth=12&amp;calendarAligned=true&amp;includeYTD=false&amp;initialAmount=10000&amp;annualOperation=0&amp;annualAdjustment=0&amp;inflationAdjusted=true&amp;annualPercentage=0.0&amp;frequency=4&amp;rebalanceType=1&amp;absoluteDeviation=5.0&amp;relativeDeviation=25.0&amp;portfolioNames=true&amp;portfolioName1=Merriman+Four+Fund+60%2F40+Including+Merriman+Bond+Recommendations&amp;portfolioName2=Merriman+Four+Fund+60%2F40+With+Risk+Parity+Tweak&amp;portfolioName3=Golden+Ratio&amp;asset1=LargeCapBlend&amp;allocation1_1=15&amp;allocation1_2=15&amp;asset2=LargeCapValue&amp;allocation2_1=15&amp;allocation2_2=15&amp;asset3=SmallCapBlend&amp;allocation3_1=15&amp;allocation3_2=15&amp;asset4=SmallCapValue&amp;allocation4_1=15&amp;allocation4_2=15&amp;allocation4_3=14&amp;asset5=LongTreasury&amp;allocation5_2=25&amp;allocation5_3=26&amp;asset6=Gold&amp;allocation6_2=15&amp;allocation6_3=16&amp;asset7=IntermediateTreasury&amp;allocation7_1=20&amp;asset8=ShortTreasury&amp;allocation8_1=12&amp;asset9=TIPS&amp;allocation9_1=8&amp;asset10=TotalBond&amp;asset11=REIT&amp;allocation11_3=10&amp;asset12=TreasuryBills&amp;allocation12_3=6&amp;asset13=LargeCapGrowth&amp;allocation13_3=14&amp;asset14=TotalStockMarket&amp;allocation14_3=14'>Backtest Portfolio Analysis (portfoliovisualizer.com