The Desert Portfolio was proposed by “Desert” on the forums at Gyroscopic Investing as a way to combine the simplicity of a classic stock/bond blend with some of the theory of the Permanent Portfolio.

Asset Allocation

• 30% Total Domestic Market
• 60% Intermediate Term Bonds
• 10% Gold

Note: As long as the average bond maturity is in the intermediate range, Desert suggests that the bond segment can also be split different ways with similar results.