All Portfolios, ranked by Alpha

for period ending August 31, 2026

More ways to view this list of Portfolio Ingredients:
Ingredient Summary Page (Total Return with Maximum Drawdown Scatterplots)
by Return: Total Return (1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 years), Historical Return (past 5 years)
by Risk vs. Return: Risk vs. Return Compass, M-Squared, Alpha, Sharpe Ratio, Sortino Ratio, Treynor Ratio
by Volatility / Risk: Maximum Drawdown, Standard Deviation, Downside Deviation, Beta
by Peer Group: Global Asset Classes, Global Equities, Global Sectors

Alpha is another way to see risk-adjusted return, showing the extra return above the expected return given the asset class's volatility (beta). Alpha greater than zero shows performance above what is expected based on its beta versus the benchmark of the S&P 500 (represented by the SPY exchange-traded fund).

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        Alpha   Total Return, annualized
Ingredient Name ID Peer Group Category 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year   1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year
      Group average  
   
Agriculture DBA Global Asset Classes Commodities 8.2% 9.6% 6.2% 0.6% -4.7%     9.4% 15.0% 11.7% 5.4% 0.0%  
Industrial Metals DBB Global Asset Classes Commodities 19.5% 9.4% -1.5% -1.5% -8.0%     33.5% 17.2% 7.5% 8.4% 1.8%  
Oil DBO Global Asset Classes Commodities 77.1% 15.7% 9.4% 0.8% -11.9%     67.4% 14.7% 15.0% 11.7% -0.2%  
Invesco Commodity DBC Global Asset Classes Commodities: Broad 46.5% 11.3% 8.0% 2.2% -6.7% -4.7%   45.7% 13.3% 13.4% 9.9% 1.4% 2.3%
SPDR Gold Shares GLD Global Asset Classes Commodities: Prec Metals 16.0% 26.4% 13.2% 8.2% 1.8% 7.2%   28.4% 31.4% 19.2% 12.6% 5.7% 9.9%
AUStralia FXA Global Asset Classes Currency: AUS Dollar 1.0% -4.8% -7.3% -7.5% -9.2% -4.9%   10.8% 4.8% 0.4% 0.1% -1.6% 1.5%
CAN Canada Dollar FXC Global Asset Classes Currency: CAN Dollar -7.3% -6.8% -7.4% -6.0% -7.7% -5.6%   -0.6% 0.3% -1.0% -0.1% -2.0% -0.6%
CHF Swiss Franc FXF Global Asset Classes Currency: CHF Franc -10.6% -5.3% -4.2% -3.3% -5.0% -1.8%   -1.6% 2.7% 2.0% 1.1% -0.8% 1.6%
EUR Euro FXE Global Asset Classes Currency: EUR Euro -6.5% -2.4% -5.5% -4.2% -5.9% -4.3%   0.1% 3.7% 0.4% 0.3% -1.6% -0.3%
GBP UK Pound FXB Global Asset Classes Currency: GBP Pound -4.5% -2.4% -5.3% -5.1% -6.5% -5.3%   2.4% 4.9% 1.5% 1.1% -0.8% -0.9%
JPY Japan Yen FXY Global Asset Classes Currency: JPY Yen -13.9% -11.2% -13.8% -8.4% -7.2%     -8.4% -3.5% -7.7% -4.7% -5.2%  
USD US Dollar indx UUP Global Asset Classes Currency: USD index 5.7% 1.7% 2.7% 2.2% 3.7%     6.2% 3.8% 5.6% 3.0% 3.1%  
iShares MSCI EEM Global Asset Classes Equity: Emerging Mkts 11.4% 5.0% -3.0% -3.7% -8.2% -5.7%   37.0% 22.5% 7.6% 8.6% 5.3% 5.9%
Alerian US MLP AMLP Global Asset Classes Equity: MLP 22.9% 10.3% 12.0% -10.0% -10.3%     23.6% 19.8% 20.7% 7.4% 5.8%  
US Corp Med 5-10y IGIB Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -3.6% -3.0% -6.3% -3.3% -1.9%     2.1% 6.1% 0.9% 2.8% 3.0%  
Emerg Mkt Hi Yld EMHY Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -0.6% 1.4% -4.3% -4.7%       8.2% 12.2% 4.1% 4.0%    
Muni Hi Yield HYD Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -2.8% -6.6% -8.4% -5.9% -2.3%     5.5% 3.7% -1.0% 1.3% 3.2%  
US Treas 7-10yr IEF Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -4.6% -5.2% -8.3% -3.3% -0.7% 1.7%   0.2% 3.0% -1.7% 0.5% 1.5% 3.2%
Intl Treas IGOV Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -10.4% -7.7% -12.6% -7.9% -6.6%     -1.5% 2.6% -4.3% -1.5% -1.2%  
VanEck Intl Hi Yield IHY Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -4.6% -0.3% -5.9% -4.2%       4.0% 8.7% 2.0% 3.7%    
VanEck Intermed Muni ITM Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -4.0% -6.2% -7.0% -3.5% -1.0%     3.1% 3.1% -0.2% 1.4% 2.5%  
US Hi Yield JNK Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -0.8% -0.9% -4.5% -3.4% -2.8%     5.3% 8.3% 3.4% 4.5% 4.7%  
US Mort Backed MBB Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -2.2% -4.3% -6.6% -3.3% -1.7%     3.0% 4.5% 0.1% 1.1% 1.5%  
US Inflation Prot TIP Global Asset Classes Fixed Income -4.9% -3.4% -6.5% -2.7% -1.7% 0.3%   0.9% 3.8% 0.2% 2.3% 2.1% 3.3%
U.S. Agg Bond Market AGG Global Asset Classes Fixed Income: Aggregate -3.3% -4.2% -6.9% -3.1% -1.2% 0.6%   1.9% 4.1% -0.3% 1.4% 2.0% 3.0%
U.S. Total Bond Market BND Benchmark Benchmark -3.3% -4.1% -6.9% -3.3% -1.4% 0.6%   1.8% 4.1% -0.4% 1.4% 2.0% 3.1%
iShares Emerg EMB Global Asset Classes Fixed Income: Aggregate -2.9% -2.7% -7.7% -6.1% -4.0%     6.0% 8.8% 1.0% 2.5% 3.6%  
Invesco Emerg Mkt Sov Debt PCY Global Asset Classes Fixed Income: Aggregate -5.6% -6.5% -10.6% -8.9% -5.7%     5.0% 8.1% -0.2% 1.4% 3.2%  
T-Bill 1-3 Month BIL Global Asset Classes Fixed Income: Cash-like 0.0% 0.0% -1.0% -0.5% -0.4%     3.7% 4.5% 3.5% 2.3% 1.5%  
iShares Treas 20y+ TLT Global Asset Classes Fixed Income: Long-Term -6.8% -14.9% -16.7% -7.2% -0.8% 1.8%   -0.3% -1.1% -8.0% -2.4% 1.1% 2.9%
iSh Treas 1-3y SHY Global Asset Classes Fixed Income: Short-Term -1.7% -0.8% -3.1% -1.2% -0.7% 0.2%   2.3% 4.1% 1.8% 1.7% 1.3% 1.9%
ACWI (Global) ACWI Global Asset Classes Int'l Equity: Core 3.2% 1.3% -1.1% -1.7% -3.3%     22.3% 20.5% 10.9% 12.7% 11.2%  
Intl Dev Core EFA Global Asset Classes Int'l Equity: Lg Cap 8.2% 3.9% -1.6% -3.3% -5.3% -5.5%   21.5% 18.2% 9.3% 9.5% 7.9% 5.5%
iSh EAFE Growth EFG Global Asset Classes Int'l Equity: Lg Cap Gro -2.9% -5.8% -8.3% -5.6% -6.7% -5.7%   14.8% 12.6% 4.0% 8.1% 7.3% 5.3%
iSh EAFE Value EFV Global Asset Classes Int'l Equity: Lg Cap Val 18.5% 12.9% 5.0% -1.8% -4.7% -5.8%   28.3% 23.7% 14.6% 10.4% 8.1% 5.2%
Intl Dev Sm Cap SCZ Global Asset Classes Int'l Equity: Small Cap 2.6% 0.8% -6.0% -5.6% -5.7%     18.7% 17.3% 5.4% 8.5% 8.4%  
US Large Core IWB Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Lg / Mid -0.2% -0.4% -0.8% -0.5% -0.4% -0.2%   19.6% 20.6% 12.0% 15.0% 14.8% 11.2%
iSh Russell 3000 IWV Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Lg Cap 0.3% -0.8% -1.1% -0.9% -0.8% -0.6%   19.9% 20.4% 11.6% 14.7% 14.5% 11.0%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark Benchmark 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%   20.2% 20.9% 12.7% 15.3% 15.0% 11.3%
iSh Russ 1000 Gro IWF Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Lg Cap Gro -14.7% -3.5% -2.4% 1.2% 0.5% 1.5%   10.6% 20.9% 11.7% 17.7% 16.7% 13.2%
Invecso QQQ QQQ Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Lg Cap Gro -2.9% -0.8% -0.3% 3.9% 3.0% 4.2%   26.3% 24.5% 14.2% 20.8% 19.7% 16.6%
iSh Russ 1000 Val IWD Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Lg Cap Val 15.8% 2.3% 0.3% -2.8% -1.8% -2.4%   29.5% 19.6% 11.6% 11.6% 12.4% 8.7%
iSh Russell IWC Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Micro Cap 15.9% -3.7% -6.9% -6.4% -5.6% -5.2%   37.5% 23.0% 6.6% 11.0% 11.7% 7.9%
iSh US Mid Core IWR Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Mid Cap 4.3% -3.6% -4.8% -4.5% -3.5% -2.2%   17.7% 16.7% 7.9% 11.5% 12.4% 9.9%
iSh US Mid Growth IWP Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Mid Cap Gro -17.8% -9.7% -9.5% -4.7% -4.2% -2.2%   -1.4% 13.9% 4.1% 11.9% 12.3% 10.2%
iSh US Mid Value IWS Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Mid Cap Val 11.9% -1.9% -2.9% -5.5% -3.8% -3.1%   24.3% 17.2% 9.3% 10.3% 11.8% 9.1%
iSh Russ 2000 IWM Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Sm Cap 6.4% -7.5% -6.8% -6.9% -6.1% -4.2%   26.3% 17.3% 6.7% 10.5% 11.3% 8.8%
iSh Russell 2000 IWO Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Sm Cap Gro -2.1% -11.1% -9.3% -7.3% -6.5% -3.8%   23.1% 16.9% 5.0% 10.6% 11.5% 9.4%
iSh Russ 2000 Val IWN Global Asset Classes U.S. Equity: Sm Cap Val 15.1% -4.1% -4.5% -7.1% -6.0% -4.9%   29.6% 17.6% 8.3% 9.9% 10.8% 7.8%
iShares Real Estate IYR Global Asset Classes U.S. Real Estate -5.2% -9.7% -10.9% -8.7% -6.0% -6.6%   7.6% 9.1% 1.4% 5.1% 7.3% 5.2%
Vanguard Real Estate VNQ Global Asset Classes U.S. Real Estate -4.2% -9.2% -10.9% -9.0% -5.7% -6.0%   8.6% 9.6% 1.5% 4.9% 7.7% 5.9%
Indonesia EIDO Global Equities Asia and Australia -27.7% -25.2% -13.8% -15.6% -16.6%     -26.0% -14.8% -6.8% -4.5% -4.1%  
New Zealand ENZL Global Equities Asia and Australia -7.5% -13.4% -15.0% -10.3% -7.3%     9.7% 4.6% -3.2% 3.1% 6.3%  
Philippines EPHE Global Equities Asia and Australia -8.9% -4.0% -11.4% -13.2% -9.9%     -6.7% 1.6% -2.6% -3.4% 0.9%  
Australia EWA Global Equities Asia and Australia 2.2% -3.2% -5.1% -6.4% -9.7% -6.5%   14.3% 14.4% 7.3% 8.4% 6.0% 6.4%
Hong Kong EWH Global Equities Asia and Australia 5.7% 3.2% -6.2% -5.1% -5.8% -3.7%   13.6% 13.1% 1.5% 4.4% 5.2% 5.8%
Japan EWJ Global Equities Asia and Australia 12.6% 4.8% -0.5% -2.1% -2.7% -4.1%   27.8% 19.3% 9.6% 9.1% 8.1% 4.6%
Malaysia EWM Global Equities Asia and Australia 10.8% 5.4% -3.4% -6.0% -8.5% -3.0%   18.4% 13.7% 4.8% 2.5% 1.0% 4.7%
Singapore EWS Global Equities Asia and Australia 20.4% 18.4% 4.4% -2.3% -6.8% -3.7%   26.8% 28.1% 13.5% 9.6% 6.1% 7.5%
Taiwan EWT Global Equities Asia and Australia 53.7% 14.1% 5.2% 4.6% -0.5% -0.1%   92.1% 40.6% 18.8% 19.2% 14.1% 11.8%
S Korea EWY Global Equities Asia and Australia 98.4% 10.4% 1.5% -3.6% -8.2% -5.7%   156.0% 46.0% 18.3% 14.5% 9.9% 8.7%
India INDY Global Equities Asia and Australia -19.6% -7.8% -7.3% -4.5% -6.6%     -7.0% 1.9% 0.7% 6.0% 5.4%  
China MCHI Global Equities Asia and Australia -20.0% 0.8% -10.1% -5.6% -7.2%     -9.1% 9.6% -2.8% 3.5% 3.4%  
Thailand THD Global Equities Asia and Australia 23.7% -4.8% -6.7% -9.2% -8.9%     31.1% 5.1% 1.3% 2.4% 3.4%  
Vietnam VNM Global Equities Asia and Australia -19.0% -15.1% -12.6% -12.1% -14.3%     -1.1% 8.0% -0.4% 3.1% 1.2%  
Poland EPOL Global Equities Europe 32.5% 27.4% 5.1% -4.1% -11.7%     44.9% 38.5% 18.0% 12.4% 5.6%  
Sweden EWD Global Equities Europe 3.0% 2.4% -7.8% -5.8% -7.9% -6.0%   19.3% 20.9% 5.6% 9.9% 8.3% 7.3%
Germany EWG Global Equities Europe -8.9% 2.1% -4.8% -7.3% -8.7% -7.5%   7.7% 19.0% 7.5% 7.9% 7.6% 5.7%
Italy EWI Global Equities Europe 11.6% 15.1% 6.2% -0.2% -6.4% -9.6%   26.0% 29.0% 17.9% 14.4% 9.0% 3.5%
Belgium EWK Global Equities Europe 6.3% 4.5% -2.9% -6.6% -5.3% -8.0%   21.4% 17.3% 7.2% 6.9% 8.3% 3.9%
Switzerland EWL Global Equities Europe 3.5% -1.1% -4.4% -1.8% -3.2% -2.1%   15.5% 13.0% 6.4% 9.8% 8.7% 7.4%
Netherlands EWN Global Equities Europe 13.9% 1.6% -5.9% -2.8% -4.6% -5.1%   35.1% 21.8% 7.8% 13.1% 11.5% 7.9%
Austria EWO Global Equities Europe 29.4% 23.9% 6.1% -0.5% -6.6% -9.2%   45.8% 36.2% 17.2% 14.9% 9.3% 5.1%
Spain EWP Global Equities Europe 25.3% 22.5% 11.0% -0.4% -6.3% -6.2%   34.7% 34.2% 21.1% 12.4% 7.7% 5.7%
France EWQ Global Equities Europe -1.9% -3.5% -4.3% -4.6% -7.1% -7.5%   10.8% 10.0% 7.0% 9.6% 7.8% 4.9%
UK EWU Global Equities Europe 12.2% 8.8% 2.9% -3.6% -6.0% -6.2%   20.6% 19.3% 12.3% 8.4% 6.7% 4.5%
EMU EZU Global Equities Europe 5.8% 4.2% -2.1% -4.4% -7.0% -7.7%   21.1% 19.5% 9.9% 10.3% 8.3% 5.1%
Greece GREK Global Equities Europe 15.6% 20.6% 17.4% 2.6%       36.0% 35.3% 27.6% 17.5%    
Norway NORW Global Equities Europe 38.2% 16.6% -0.1% -4.3% -9.8%     35.9% 22.8% 10.0% 10.2% 5.8%  
Israel EIS Global Equities Mideast and Africa 9.1% 7.1% -0.2% -5.1% -7.0%     31.6% 32.5% 12.9% 11.1% 8.6%  
S Africa EZA Global Equities Mideast and Africa 15.4% 17.0% 1.7% -6.1% -10.1% -6.2%   31.8% 28.7% 12.4% 8.1% 4.5% 6.0%
Turkey TUR Global Equities Mideast and Africa 5.3% -6.7% 7.0% -6.7% -9.7%     16.9% 4.7% 14.2% 3.3% 1.1%  
Canada EWC Global Equities North America 15.5% 6.8% 1.2% -3.1% -7.5% -5.1%   27.6% 23.3% 12.7% 11.6% 7.2% 6.8%
Mexico EWW Global Equities North America 18.0% -2.1% 1.3% -6.7% -10.3% -6.7%   28.1% 11.4% 12.1% 7.1% 4.2% 5.4%
SPDR S&P 1500 SPTM Global Equities North America 0.4% -0.5% -0.3% -0.4% -0.4% -0.2%   20.1% 20.4% 12.4% 15.0% 14.8% 11.2%
Argentina ARGT Global Equities South America 14.1% 9.4% 10.5% -0.0% -7.3%     19.3% 27.4% 22.8% 16.8% 10.5%  
Chile ECH Global Equities South America 10.7% 1.6% 1.4% -9.2% -15.0%     25.8% 15.7% 11.9% 4.1% -0.9%  
Peru EPU Global Equities South America 60.3% 34.4% 22.4% 1.5% -5.1%     73.7% 47.5% 33.4% 14.8% 8.4%  
Brazil EWZ Global Equities South America 24.8% 2.6% -1.8% -7.2% -15.2% -9.1%   27.2% 11.5% 7.8% 6.0% 0.3% 3.8%
Clean Energy ICLN Global Sectors Clean Energy -7.9% -19.8% -18.1% -7.7% -13.1%     21.5% 4.0% -4.5% 8.3% 4.0%  
Consumer Discretionary RXI Global Sectors Consumer Discretionary -16.2% -9.8% -8.5% -6.4% -5.0%     1.5% 10.0% 4.5% 9.6% 10.9%  
Consumer Staples KXI Global Sectors Consumer Staples -0.8% -2.7% -4.0% -3.7% -1.8%     6.6% 7.2% 4.4% 5.8% 7.6%  
Energy IXC Global Sectors Energy 53.7% 14.6% 16.1% -2.9% -7.5% -5.0%   43.3% 17.3% 23.6% 10.6% 6.8% 6.0%
Financials IXG Global Sectors Financials 8.2% 10.3% 3.1% -1.7% -3.9% -8.0%   18.9% 26.2% 14.2% 12.9% 11.4% 5.3%
Healthcare IXJ Global Sectors Healthcare 14.2% -2.9% -4.3% -1.6% 0.5% 0.4%   20.7% 8.6% 4.8% 9.1% 11.1% 8.6%
Industrials EXI Global Sectors Industrials 3.3% 1.3% -0.9% -3.5% -4.1%     18.5% 20.0% 11.6% 12.2% 11.6%  
Infrastructure IGF Global Sectors Infrastructure 7.0% 5.3% 0.7% -3.8% -3.7%     11.2% 16.6% 10.2% 8.0% 7.6%  
Materials MXI Global Sectors Materials 17.5% -0.7% -4.0% -3.5% -9.1%     30.4% 14.6% 7.7% 11.1% 6.5%  
Technology IXN Global Sectors Technology 10.8% 2.8% 3.7% 6.0% 3.4% 2.9%   49.4% 32.5% 19.4% 23.9% 20.8% 15.9%
Telecom IXP Global Sectors Telecommunications -16.5% 1.5% -4.6% -4.6% -4.2% -1.9%   1.5% 20.5% 7.2% 8.9% 8.4% 7.6%
Timber & Forestry WOOD Global Sectors Timber and Forestry -5.5% -12.7% -13.1% -9.0% -8.8%     -3.3% 0.5% -2.5% 5.6% 6.2%  
Global Utilities JXI Global Sectors Utilities 6.4% 6.0% -1.1% -0.2% -0.6%     10.7% 15.6% 8.2% 9.0% 8.0%  
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark Benchmark -1.3% -2.2% -3.4% -1.7% -0.9% 0.3%   12.7% 13.9% 6.9% 9.5% 9.7% 8.2%