Global Asset Classes, ranked by Historical Return

for period ending October 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

Historical Return is the annual return for the last 5 calendar years.

Portfolio Ingredients: Global Asset Classes Peer Group
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    Historical Return   Total Return, annualized
Ingredient Name ID Category   1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year
    Group Average  
   
Agriculture DBA Commodities 22.4% 2.5% 7.6% 33.5% -0.6%   5.6% 11.3% 9.6% 4.3% 0.2%  
Industrial Metals DBB Commodities 29.0% -11.8% 1.1% 7.9% 25.0%   16.2% 16.2% 6.2% 7.4% 2.6%  
Oil DBO Commodities 60.7% 13.1% -4.5% 7.9% -11.7%   112.0% 22.9% 15.4% 13.9% 1.2%  
Invesco Commodity DBC Commodities: Broad 41.4% 19.3% -6.2% 2.2% 8.1%   51.8% 16.1% 12.6% 10.3% 2.4% 2.8%
SPDR Gold Shares GLD Commodities: Prec Metals -4.1% -0.8% 12.7% 26.7% 63.7%   -3.4% 24.6% 16.4% 11.3% 5.2% 9.3%
AUStralia FXA Currency: AUS Dollar -6.2% -6.5% 0.9% -7.7% 9.1%   8.9% 4.9% -0.5% -0.2% -1.7% 1.4%
CAN Canada Dollar FXC Currency: CAN Dollar 0.2% -6.4% 3.6% -6.0% 5.2%   0.5% 0.7% -1.6% 0.0% -1.9% -0.6%
CHF Swiss Franc FXF Currency: CHF Franc -4.1% -2.3% 9.6% -7.5% 14.0%   -2.9% 3.0% 1.6% 1.0% -0.3% 1.6%
EUR Euro FXE Currency: EUR Euro -7.8% -6.6% 4.4% -4.2% 14.5%   -2.3% 3.2% 0.1% 0.1% -1.6% -0.5%
GBP UK Pound FXB Currency: GBP Pound -1.5% -10.4% 7.6% 1.4% 10.4%   4.1% 6.0% 1.5% 1.7% -0.8% -1.0%
JPY Japan Yen FXY Currency: JPY Yen -10.9% -12.8% -7.4% -10.9% 0.1%   -2.5% -1.7% -6.7% -4.5% -5.0%  
USD US Dollar indx UUP Currency: USD index 5.7% 9.5% 3.6% 13.5% -5.0%   6.3% 3.5% 5.9% 3.1% 3.1%  
iShares MSCI EEM Equity: Emerging Mkts -3.6% -20.6% 9.0% 6.5% 34.0%   12.5% 21.4% 6.2% 7.4% 4.9% 5.1%
Alerian US MLP AMLP Equity: MLP 39.0% 25.5% 21.4% 22.7% 5.8%   25.5% 17.9% 18.1% 7.4% 5.4%  
US Corp Med 5-10y IGIB Fixed Income -1.5% -14.2% 9.2% 3.5% 9.6%   -0.5% 7.2% 1.0% 2.7% 2.9%  
Emerg Mkt Hi Yld EMHY Fixed Income -1.9% -13.6% 11.4% 12.0% 13.7%   2.5% 12.2% 4.3% 3.7%    
Muni Hi Yield HYD Fixed Income 5.1% -16.3% 5.1% 4.9% 2.8%   1.4% 5.7% -0.7% 1.5% 3.1%  
US Treas 7-10yr IEF Fixed Income -3.3% -15.3% 3.8% -0.6% 8.0%   -1.5% 4.7% -1.4% 0.5% 1.4% 3.1%
Intl Treas IGOV Fixed Income -9.2% -22.1% 5.6% -6.5% 10.0%   -3.3% 3.7% -4.2% -1.4% -1.1%  
VanEck Intl Hi Yield IHY Fixed Income -2.8% -14.3% 11.6% 3.5% 13.4%   -0.0% 8.2% 2.0% 3.4%    
VanEck Intermed Muni ITM Fixed Income 0.2% -9.5% 5.0% 0.7% 5.3%   0.1% 4.7% 0.2% 1.6% 2.5%  
US Hi Yield JNK Fixed Income 4.0% -12.2% 11.2% 7.7% 8.8%   2.1% 8.5% 3.1% 4.2% 4.5%  
US Mort Backed MBB Fixed Income -1.4% -11.9% 5.0% 1.3% 8.0%   0.6% 6.2% 0.1% 1.1% 1.5%  
US Inflation Prot TIP Fixed Income 5.7% -12.2% 3.8% 1.7% 6.8%   -0.0% 4.7% 0.1% 2.3% 1.9% 3.3%
U.S. Agg Bond Market AGG Fixed Income: Aggregate -1.8% -13.0% 5.6% 1.3% 7.2%   -0.2% 5.4% -0.2% 1.4% 1.9% 2.9%
U.S. Total Bond Market BND Benchmark -1.9% -13.1% 5.4% 1.4% 7.1%   0.2% 5.5% -0.2% 1.5% 1.9% 3.0%
iShares Emerg EMB Fixed Income: Aggregate -2.2% -18.9% 8.7% 5.5% 13.9%   -0.2% 9.7% 1.0% 2.4% 3.4%  
Invesco Emerg Mkt Sov Debt PCY Fixed Income: Aggregate -4.3% -24.5% 18.5% 2.5% 11.0%   -2.1% 9.5% -0.0% 1.3% 3.1%  
T-Bill 1-3 Month BIL Fixed Income: Cash-like -0.1% 1.4% 4.7% 5.2% 4.2%   3.7% 4.4% 3.7% 2.3% 1.5%  
iShares Treas 20y+ TLT Fixed Income: Long-Term -4.6% -31.2% 2.7% -8.1% 4.2%   -5.2% 3.6% -7.9% -1.9% 0.5% 2.7%
iSh Treas 1-3y SHY Fixed Income: Short-Term -0.7% -3.9% 4.2% 3.9% 5.0%   2.0% 4.1% 2.0% 1.7% 1.3% 1.9%
ACWI (Global) ACWI Int'l Equity: Core 18.7% -18.4% 22.3% 17.5% 22.4%   12.0% 22.1% 10.1% 12.5% 11.0%  
Intl Dev Core EFA Int'l Equity: Lg Cap 11.5% -14.4% 18.4% 3.5% 31.5%   13.1% 19.3% 8.5% 9.2% 7.8% 5.1%
iSh EAFE Growth EFG Int'l Equity: Lg Cap Gro 11.0% -23.1% 17.6% 1.5% 20.7%   5.0% 14.3% 3.1% 7.9% 7.2% 4.9%
iSh EAFE Value EFV Int'l Equity: Lg Cap Val 11.1% -5.2% 18.9% 5.4% 42.2%   21.6% 24.3% 13.8% 9.9% 8.0% 4.8%
Intl Dev Sm Cap SCZ Int'l Equity: Small Cap 10.1% -21.3% 13.0% 1.5% 32.1%   12.2% 19.2% 4.8% 8.0% 8.4%  
US Large Core IWB U.S. Equity: Lg / Mid 26.3% -19.2% 26.4% 24.3% 17.2%   11.6% 23.0% 11.2% 15.0% 14.5% 10.8%
iSh Russell 3000 IWV U.S. Equity: Lg Cap 25.5% -19.3% 25.8% 23.5% 17.0%   11.9% 22.9% 10.9% 14.7% 14.2% 10.6%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 28.7% -18.2% 26.2% 24.9% 17.7%   12.0% 23.3% 12.0% 15.3% 14.7% 10.9%
iSh Russ 1000 Gro IWF U.S. Equity: Lg Cap Gro 27.4% -29.3% 42.6% 33.1% 18.3%   -2.8% 22.1% 10.2% 17.5% 16.1% 12.7%
Invecso QQQ QQQ U.S. Equity: Lg Cap Gro 27.4% -32.6% 54.9% 25.6% 20.8%   10.3% 26.0% 13.0% 20.3% 19.0% 15.8%
iSh Russ 1000 Val IWD U.S. Equity: Lg Cap Val 24.9% -7.8% 11.4% 14.2% 15.7%   28.4% 23.1% 11.6% 11.9% 12.3% 8.5%
iSh Russell IWC U.S. Equity: Micro Cap 18.7% -21.9% 9.0% 13.6% 22.5%   15.3% 25.6% 5.1% 10.5% 11.0% 7.1%
iSh US Mid Core IWR U.S. Equity: Mid Cap 22.4% -17.5% 17.1% 15.2% 10.4%   16.3% 20.3% 7.3% 11.7% 12.1% 9.5%
iSh US Mid Growth IWP U.S. Equity: Mid Cap Gro 12.6% -26.7% 25.7% 21.9% 8.4%   -7.0% 15.4% 2.4% 11.6% 11.7% 9.5%
iSh US Mid Value IWS U.S. Equity: Mid Cap Val 28.1% -12.3% 12.5% 12.9% 10.8%   24.8% 21.6% 9.2% 10.6% 11.7% 8.8%
iSh Russ 2000 IWM U.S. Equity: Sm Cap 14.5% -20.5% 16.8% 11.4% 12.7%   14.6% 20.6% 5.4% 10.3% 10.7% 8.2%
iSh Russell 2000 IWO U.S. Equity: Sm Cap Gro 2.5% -26.3% 18.5% 15.0% 12.9%   6.9% 20.1% 3.4% 10.4% 10.8% 8.7%
iSh Russ 2000 Val IWN U.S. Equity: Sm Cap Val 28.0% -14.8% 14.6% 7.6% 12.4%   23.1% 21.1% 7.2% 9.8% 10.4% 7.3%
iShares Real Estate IYR U.S. Real Estate 38.7% -25.5% 11.9% 4.4% 3.4%   7.9% 12.5% 0.7% 5.6% 7.1% 4.6%
Vanguard Real Estate VNQ U.S. Real Estate 40.5% -26.2% 11.8% 4.8% 3.2%   9.3% 13.2% 0.9% 5.5% 7.4% 5.4%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 14.0% -16.7% 17.5% 14.4% 13.2%   7.4% 15.9% 6.6% 9.6% 9.4% 7.9%