Hedge fund manager, Ray Dalio, first introduced his All Weather Portfolio in Tony Robbins’s book Money, Master The Game: 7 Simple Steps To Financial Freedom

His portfolio has been backtested and shows that it makes on average 10% per year, regardless of what the economy is doing.

Looking inside the portfolio reveals a key to this success, 15% of his portfolio is invested in commodities.

There’s an unwritten rule in the investing world and that’s when things go bad, invest in gold. Since March, Gold has soared 25% in value and recorded record highs. Commodities are a defensive play to protect a portfolio and even make returns in a volatile market.

In this podcast, we talk about the surge of gold over recent years, as well as other commodities that you may want to add to your portfolio.