Global Equities, ranked by Downside Deviation

for period ending September 30, 2026

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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

Downside Deviation is also called "below-target semi deviation". This is similar to standard deviation, except that upside deviation is ignored and only the unfavorable downside deviation is used in the calculation.

Downside Deviation vs. Annual Return
● Portfolio Ingredients: Global Equities ● S&P 500 (SPY) ● U.S. Bonds (BND) ● Balanced (60% Equity / 40% Bonds)

Portfolio Ingredients: Global Equities Peer Group
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      Downside Deviation   Total Return, annualized
Ingredient Name ID 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  
 
U.S. Total Bond Market BND Benchmark 3.1% 3.2% 4.5% 3.6% 3.1% 2.9%   -1.5% 4.2% -0.6% 1.1% 1.8% 2.9%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 5.9% 6.6% 10.6% 10.9% 9.6% 11.1%   15.7% 22.8% 13.7% 15.2% 15.6% 11.1%
Indonesia EIDO Asia and Australia 17.5% 16.1% 14.5% 16.7% 17.0%     -31.3% -16.2% -8.6% -5.6% -3.1%  
New Zealand ENZL Asia and Australia 12.7% 10.8% 13.7% 13.1% 12.7%     0.3% 3.1% -3.9% 2.4% 6.7%  
Philippines EPHE Asia and Australia 13.6% 13.0% 15.1% 14.9% 14.3%     -5.9% -0.7% -3.3% -3.5% 1.7%  
Australia EWA Asia and Australia 11.5% 11.1% 14.2% 14.0% 14.2% 16.9%   8.1% 13.4% 7.0% 7.4% 6.9% 6.1%
Hong Kong EWH Asia and Australia 11.3% 11.5% 14.2% 13.3% 13.0% 14.9%   7.6% 13.9% 2.2% 3.6% 6.4% 5.6%
Japan EWJ Asia and Australia 10.9% 8.3% 10.4% 9.5% 9.5% 11.2%   26.7% 20.8% 9.3% 9.0% 8.5% 4.8%
Malaysia EWM Asia and Australia 7.1% 8.3% 10.5% 10.0% 10.5% 11.8%   9.5% 13.3% 5.0% 2.2% 1.8% 4.5%
Singapore EWS Asia and Australia 4.1% 6.2% 9.7% 12.0% 12.1% 15.3%   22.4% 27.5% 13.2% 9.0% 7.1% 7.2%
Taiwan EWT Asia and Australia 24.3% 13.1% 15.5% 13.9% 12.7% 15.6%   85.6% 43.8% 20.9% 19.2% 15.6% 11.9%
S Korea EWY Asia and Australia 76.8% 31.5% 25.9% 20.5% 17.9% 20.8%   133.3% 49.4% 20.3% 14.3% 11.4% 8.7%
India INDY Asia and Australia 11.8% 9.7% 9.4% 13.2% 14.2%     -12.7% -0.4% -0.7% 5.4% 5.8%  
China MCHI Asia and Australia 10.7% 12.0% 17.4% 16.2% 15.6%     -19.3% 9.2% -2.8% 2.6% 4.5%  
Thailand THD Asia and Australia 10.6% 11.1% 12.4% 13.5% 13.7%     24.2% 7.7% 2.1% 2.5% 4.7%  
Vietnam VNM Asia and Australia 13.7% 16.5% 18.2% 17.3% 17.1%     -4.8% 9.8% -1.2% 2.5% 1.6%  
Poland EPOL Europe 8.5% 9.3% 21.0% 20.1% 18.3%     43.3% 44.1% 19.4% 12.4% 7.6%  
Sweden EWD Europe 14.5% 12.9% 16.6% 15.1% 13.7% 16.7%   9.8% 18.7% 5.6% 9.0% 8.9% 6.7%
Germany EWG Europe 13.3% 10.6% 14.3% 14.1% 13.6% 16.7%   1.3% 18.8% 7.3% 7.2% 8.1% 5.3%
Italy EWI Europe 10.4% 8.9% 13.6% 15.4% 15.7% 18.0%   16.8% 28.8% 17.4% 14.0% 9.6% 3.2%
Belgium EWK Europe 12.0% 9.5% 11.9% 12.6% 11.5% 15.9%   13.2% 16.8% 7.0% 5.8% 8.8% 3.4%
Switzerland EWL Europe 12.4% 10.1% 11.4% 10.3% 9.9% 11.8%   9.0% 12.9% 7.0% 9.0% 9.3% 7.0%
Netherlands EWN Europe 12.1% 10.8% 15.1% 13.9% 12.9% 15.8%   22.4% 24.8% 9.2% 12.9% 12.3% 7.7%
Austria EWO Europe 10.0% 8.2% 14.9% 16.7% 15.5% 20.0%   40.1% 36.0% 16.8% 14.0% 10.7% 4.8%
Spain EWP Europe 8.8% 9.2% 12.5% 14.2% 14.9% 17.5%   23.2% 33.4% 20.8% 11.7% 8.1% 5.2%
France EWQ Europe 12.0% 10.6% 13.0% 13.2% 12.4% 15.5%   -0.2% 9.3% 6.3% 8.7% 8.4% 4.5%
UK EWU Europe 8.5% 7.2% 10.1% 11.6% 11.1% 12.8%   14.6% 18.2% 11.9% 8.0% 7.2% 4.3%
EMU EZU Europe 10.9% 9.2% 13.0% 13.2% 12.6% 15.9%   11.7% 20.1% 10.1% 9.7% 9.0% 4.8%
Greece GREK Europe 14.7% 11.6% 15.2% 19.4%       34.1% 41.2% 29.6% 17.8%    
Norway NORW Europe 16.3% 11.4% 16.2% 16.6% 15.7%     26.6% 19.7% 8.6% 8.9% 6.7%  
Israel EIS Mideast and Africa 15.0% 16.1% 15.8% 15.0% 13.6%     22.9% 32.8% 12.8% 11.2% 9.5%  
S Africa EZA Mideast and Africa 23.0% 17.3% 19.5% 19.6% 18.1% 19.7%   7.6% 26.2% 11.4% 6.4% 5.2% 5.9%
Turkey TUR Mideast and Africa 21.2% 17.5% 20.1% 23.1% 21.8%     1.0% -2.2% 12.7% 1.6% 0.2%  
Canada EWC North America 8.8% 8.3% 11.7% 12.6% 11.8% 14.7%   17.1% 22.7% 12.2% 10.8% 7.9% 6.7%
Mexico EWW North America 11.7% 13.1% 14.2% 18.5% 16.4% 18.4%   7.8% 10.7% 11.6% 6.7% 4.9% 4.8%
SPDR S&P 1500 SPTM North America 5.9% 6.7% 10.6% 11.0% 9.8% 11.6%   15.4% 22.1% 13.3% 14.9% 15.3% 11.1%
Argentina ARGT South America 18.5% 18.8% 21.2% 24.4% 22.3%     24.9% 29.4% 22.9% 15.0% 11.6%  
Chile ECH South America 14.4% 13.6% 18.4% 18.9% 17.1%     16.9% 15.9% 12.4% 3.2% 0.2%  
Peru EPU South America 21.4% 14.6% 17.8% 17.9% 17.0%     47.3% 48.9% 33.1% 14.0% 9.4%  
Brazil EWZ South America 13.2% 14.3% 18.4% 23.0% 22.4% 24.0%   25.1% 13.0% 11.3% 6.3% 2.1% 4.1%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 4.4% 4.9% 7.8% 7.2% 6.3% 7.1%   8.5% 14.9% 7.3% 9.3% 9.9% 8.0%