Lazy Portfolios

In a time when most feel, if not truly believe, that passive index investing has absolutely no place in this market any longer, I encourage you to visit the new tracking section for lazy portfolios at MarketWatch. Because I've covered these passive investment strategies in the past, many have asked me if there's a website that tracks their returns and they finally put one together for you to use:

At a minimum, these passive lazy portfolios will provide a benchmark for you to compare your own returns to. Also, if you've not already proven that you can time the market effectively and consistently beat these passive strategies, then you have no excuse but to implement them until you do. To get you started, MarketWatch has also put together 6 rules for you to follow.

My hope is that they'll expand this offering to include more passive strategies for readers to evaluate and track, but this is a good start.