Q1 is almost in the books. For most companies, investment firms, and traders, the end of a quarter acts as a barometer of recent progress. The S&P 500 is up around 13% YTD with the rebound from Q4. The US 10-year began the year at 2.66% and is now trading just above 2.40%. If you have a portfolio that’s long financial assets, you’ve probably done well to begin the year. WhoTrades Novoadvisor catalogues thousands of different traders’ portfolios in which you can Follow, Copy, and/or Autoinvest. You can look through them on the basis of their past returns (no guarantee of future performance), drawdown, level of activity, and current holdings. Let’s take a look at the top-performing portfolios on Novoadvisor to start the year: __ Portfolio #1 (Source: Portfolio Page) This portfolio invests in a mix that is approximately 80% equities and 20% bonds and gold. The bonds are a mix of long-duration US Treasuries, long-duration corporates, and emerging markets. The portfolio is up 28% in the past three months. __ Portfolio #2 (Source: Portfolio Page) Trading volatility ETFs, and likely doing so exclusively, makes this a bit of a different portfolio. Being long inverse VIX ETFs is essentially a leveraged bet on stocks. This is more of a trading account rather than simply riding an idea over time. In “buy-and-hold” accounts, such as Portfolio #1, you are mostly interested in the asset mix and periodic rebalancing. In “trading” accounts, such as this portfolio, you would have more interest in the trader’s ability to make the right decisions. __ Portfolio #3 (Source: Portfolio Page) This trader focuses on large-cap US stocks and is up nearly 20% YTD. The portfolio has ten stocks, with roughly equitable weight toward each, with all but $C weighted at 8%-11%. The portfolio turnover is minimal, the businesses are all cash flow positive with robust name brands. For those taking a longer-term approach and wanting to invest in quality companies expected to keep benefiting from US and global innovation over the long-run, while also limiting the impact of any given stock having an outsized effect on the portfolio’s performance, this type of mix could be of interest. Conclusion Q1 saw strong performance in most financial assets. But that can change and it’s prudent to consider a range of different strategies such that you’re not too dependent on the performance of any given asset or asset class. WhoTrades Novoadvisor provides a unique, value-added twist to investment management. You have the option of viewing thousands of real-time portfolios managed by traders and investors who are transparent about their performance and portfolio risk. Whenever there is an update to a portfolio that you follow or invest in, you will receive a notification. It takes the guesswork, outsized time requirements, and need for expensive financial advice out of the equation by allowing you to follow these strategies and portfolios of interest and copy them directly to your brokerage account.