Global Equities, ranked by Downside Deviation

for period ending August 31, 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 2.2% 3.3% 4.5% 3.5% 3.0% 2.8%   1.8% 4.1% -0.4% 1.4% 2.0% 3.1%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 6.1% 7.3% 10.8% 10.9% 9.8% 11.2%   20.2% 20.9% 12.7% 15.3% 15.0% 11.3%
Indonesia EIDO Asia and Australia 17.6% 15.9% 14.4% 16.7% 17.6%     -26.0% -14.8% -6.8% -4.5% -4.1%  
New Zealand ENZL Asia and Australia 11.8% 10.4% 13.6% 13.0% 12.9%     9.7% 4.6% -3.2% 3.1% 6.3%  
Philippines EPHE Asia and Australia 13.8% 13.0% 15.1% 14.9% 14.7%     -6.7% 1.6% -2.6% -3.4% 0.9%  
Australia EWA Asia and Australia 10.2% 10.7% 14.1% 14.0% 14.8% 16.9%   14.3% 14.4% 7.3% 8.4% 6.0% 6.4%
Hong Kong EWH Asia and Australia 11.1% 11.8% 14.4% 13.4% 13.8% 14.9%   13.6% 13.1% 1.5% 4.4% 5.2% 5.8%
Japan EWJ Asia and Australia 11.0% 8.4% 10.4% 9.5% 9.6% 11.1%   27.8% 19.3% 9.6% 9.1% 8.1% 4.6%
Malaysia EWM Asia and Australia 6.3% 8.1% 10.5% 10.0% 11.1% 11.8%   18.4% 13.7% 4.8% 2.5% 1.0% 4.7%
Singapore EWS Asia and Australia 2.6% 6.0% 9.6% 12.0% 12.7% 15.3%   26.8% 28.1% 13.5% 9.6% 6.1% 7.5%
Taiwan EWT Asia and Australia 25.1% 12.9% 15.5% 13.9% 13.2% 15.6%   92.1% 40.6% 18.8% 19.2% 14.1% 11.8%
S Korea EWY Asia and Australia 83.3% 31.3% 25.8% 20.6% 18.5% 20.8%   156.0% 46.0% 18.3% 14.5% 9.9% 8.7%
India INDY Asia and Australia 11.0% 9.2% 9.1% 13.1% 14.5%     -7.0% 1.9% 0.7% 6.0% 5.4%  
China MCHI Asia and Australia 11.1% 11.9% 17.4% 16.2% 16.3%     -9.1% 9.6% -2.8% 3.5% 3.4%  
Thailand THD Asia and Australia 10.6% 12.3% 12.5% 13.5% 14.5%     31.1% 5.1% 1.3% 2.4% 3.4%  
Vietnam VNM Asia and Australia 12.9% 17.2% 18.2% 17.3% 17.3%     -1.1% 8.0% -0.4% 3.1% 1.2%  
Poland EPOL Europe 8.5% 12.4% 21.0% 20.1% 19.2%     44.9% 38.5% 18.0% 12.4% 5.6%  
Sweden EWD Europe 13.6% 12.3% 16.6% 15.0% 14.1% 16.7%   19.3% 20.9% 5.6% 9.9% 8.3% 7.3%
Germany EWG Europe 12.1% 10.4% 14.2% 14.0% 13.9% 16.7%   7.7% 19.0% 7.5% 7.9% 7.6% 5.7%
Italy EWI Europe 8.5% 8.8% 13.4% 15.3% 15.9% 18.0%   26.0% 29.0% 17.9% 14.4% 9.0% 3.5%
Belgium EWK Europe 10.2% 9.2% 11.8% 12.5% 11.9% 15.9%   21.4% 17.3% 7.2% 6.9% 8.3% 3.9%
Switzerland EWL Europe 11.1% 10.0% 11.7% 10.1% 10.3% 11.7%   15.5% 13.0% 6.4% 9.8% 8.7% 7.4%
Netherlands EWN Europe 13.2% 11.9% 15.4% 13.9% 13.2% 15.9%   35.1% 21.8% 7.8% 13.1% 11.5% 7.9%
Austria EWO Europe 9.2% 8.1% 14.9% 16.8% 16.4% 20.1%   45.8% 36.2% 17.2% 14.9% 9.3% 5.1%
Spain EWP Europe 6.8% 8.8% 12.4% 14.2% 15.0% 17.5%   34.7% 34.2% 21.1% 12.4% 7.7% 5.7%
France EWQ Europe 10.5% 10.2% 12.7% 13.1% 13.0% 15.5%   10.8% 10.0% 7.0% 9.6% 7.8% 4.9%
UK EWU Europe 7.7% 6.8% 10.0% 11.6% 11.3% 12.8%   20.6% 19.3% 12.3% 8.4% 6.7% 4.5%
EMU EZU Europe 10.4% 9.5% 13.1% 13.2% 13.1% 15.9%   21.1% 19.5% 9.9% 10.3% 8.3% 5.1%
Greece GREK Europe 14.9% 14.3% 15.5% 19.3%       36.0% 35.3% 27.6% 17.5%    
Norway NORW Europe 15.7% 11.0% 16.1% 16.6% 16.2%     35.9% 22.8% 10.0% 10.2% 5.8%  
Israel EIS Mideast and Africa 15.9% 16.1% 15.8% 15.0% 13.9%     31.6% 32.5% 12.9% 11.1% 8.6%  
S Africa EZA Mideast and Africa 24.6% 16.4% 19.2% 19.6% 18.5% 19.6%   31.8% 28.7% 12.4% 8.1% 4.5% 6.0%
Turkey TUR Mideast and Africa 14.3% 15.6% 19.3% 22.8% 21.5%     16.9% 4.7% 14.2% 3.3% 1.1%  
Canada EWC North America 7.2% 7.9% 11.6% 12.6% 12.4% 14.6%   27.6% 23.3% 12.7% 11.6% 7.2% 6.8%
Mexico EWW North America 10.1% 12.8% 14.0% 18.5% 16.9% 18.4%   28.1% 11.4% 12.1% 7.1% 4.2% 5.4%
SPDR S&P 1500 SPTM North America 6.0% 7.4% 10.8% 11.0% 10.0% 11.6%   20.1% 20.4% 12.4% 15.0% 14.8% 11.2%
Argentina ARGT South America 21.5% 20.0% 21.2% 24.5% 22.9%     19.3% 27.4% 22.8% 16.8% 10.5%  
Chile ECH South America 12.9% 13.7% 18.6% 18.9% 17.8%     25.8% 15.7% 11.9% 4.1% -0.9%  
Peru EPU South America 24.4% 15.0% 17.8% 17.9% 17.4%     73.7% 47.5% 33.4% 14.8% 8.4%  
Brazil EWZ South America 13.4% 14.1% 18.8% 22.9% 22.8% 23.9%   27.2% 11.5% 7.8% 6.0% 0.3% 3.8%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 4.2% 5.4% 7.9% 7.2% 6.4% 7.1%   12.7% 13.9% 6.9% 9.5% 9.7% 8.2%