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Damn, you've burst the bubble :D Thanks for looking that up. It is strange that the author would claim this performance on a public website, for all his clients and peers to see. Though, he does not let people know about the actual funds he uses unless you buy the book. It seems that...

I agree that may well be the case going forward... but I also think that, when he started out his fund, a lot of people would also have said that getting 15% average over 10 years would be very difficult.

My super provider does not offer this one, but it does offer what seems to be the equivalent managed fund. VAN0104AU - Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield Fund What makes you think this single fund / etf does the trick?

Will take a look at these funds. The bit I could not find so far is a junk bond fund. That is what this one in the US is: Vanguard High Yield Corporate Fund - VWEHX 0.26% Do you know whether we have such funds in Aus?

Yeah, there is no way I can confirm his numbers and maybe 15% is not really achievable, but the principle seems sound to me and worth emulating.

This image is from his website: That is his claim.

I think the principles are applicable anywhere. Specific asset allocation, low cost funds, rebalance every year or two. The problem I see to make this work is the fact that we don't have as many choices of funds, specially if investing through a super fund (not SMSF).

I am trying to invest my super money (no pun intended) using the strategy described in the book from Alexander Green "The Gone Fishin' Portfolio". In his book, he explains the strategy and lists the exact managed funds to invest in to have the portfolio in place. The gone fishing portfolio...