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The article with the table is "Rating the Robo Advisors" (first non-ad link in search). There's a companion piece as well: Which Robo is Best for Your Portfolio?
Unfortunately the table (with only 1 year and YTD data) is undated, so we don't know what timeframes the data represent. The Barron's article does cite the ultimate source of the data - Backend Benchmarking. You can get the full report there for free, but you have to register (I haven't done this, at least yet): https://theroboreport.com/
The companion piece points out that there's more to deciding among systems than raw performance. It notes, for example, that Schwab is achieving its performance by relying on EM bonds ("not exactly a risk-free strategy"). More generally, it observes a "general bias toward value investing and a significant exposure to international markets."
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https://www.google.com/search?q=Barrons+rating+robo+advisors&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
The article with the table is "Rating the Robo Advisors" (first non-ad link in search).
There's a companion piece as well: Which Robo is Best for Your Portfolio?
Unfortunately the table (with only 1 year and YTD data) is undated, so we don't know what timeframes the data represent. The Barron's article does cite the ultimate source of the data - Backend Benchmarking. You can get the full report there for free, but you have to register (I haven't done this, at least yet):
https://theroboreport.com/
There's an informative graphic in the Barron's article that shows the asset allocations of three of the test portfolios (Vanguard, Betterment, and Schwab). That image seems not to be firewalled:
http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ON-CF390_Cov3Po_16U_20170728221049.jpg
The companion piece points out that there's more to deciding among systems than raw performance. It notes, for example, that Schwab is achieving its performance by relying on EM bonds ("not exactly a risk-free strategy"). More generally, it observes a "general bias toward value investing and a significant exposure to international markets."
Finally, from the table I see that TradeKing was acquired by Ally. I missed that completely when it happened last year:
https://media.ally.com/2016-04-05-Ally-Financial-Announces-Acquisition-of-TradeKing-Group