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There may be real value to investing in a portfolio comprised of a handful of defensive, low cost ETFs, but they’re still a hard sell to most investors. That’s according to the ETF Zoo crew this week, which included Dave Nadig, President & Director of Research at ETF.com, talks with Mike Akins, Founding Partner of ETF Action; Tony Dong, MSc, CETF, Founder and Owner of ETF Portfolio Blueprint; and Todd Sohn, Senior ETF & Technical Strategist, Strategas Securities.

Cockroach portfolios are those that take defensive positions in resilient strategies that are designed to thrive across a range of macroeconomic environments while minimizing exposure to one singular driver. Tony Dong shares his passive cockroach portfolio, split evenly across five low-cost, liquid ETFs in defensive sectors, broad treasuries, and spot gold, as well as its historical performance and risk-adjusted returns. That said, there’s still a psychological hurdle for many investors to stay the course while watching volatile assets surge. It turns out that FOMO is the real enemy of straightforward, reliable, “boring” strategies like these, even if they generate notable risk-adjusted returns.

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