Global Equities, ranked by Standard 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

Standard Deviation shows the 1-, 3-, 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-year standard deviation from the mean. This is calculated using monthly returns, then annualized.

Standard 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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      Standard 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 3.6% 5.6% 6.3% 5.2% 4.6% 4.6%   -1.5% 4.2% -0.6% 1.1% 1.8% 2.9%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 14.6% 14.9% 17.8% 17.7% 16.2% 17.1%   15.7% 22.8% 13.7% 15.2% 15.6% 11.1%
Indonesia EIDO Asia and Australia 17.9% 18.8% 17.9% 21.5% 22.3%     -31.3% -16.2% -8.6% -5.6% -3.1%  
New Zealand ENZL Asia and Australia 15.8% 16.0% 18.3% 18.7% 19.3%     0.3% 3.1% -3.9% 2.4% 6.7%  
Philippines EPHE Asia and Australia 17.4% 18.0% 19.7% 19.4% 20.0%     -5.9% -0.7% -3.3% -3.5% 1.7%  
Australia EWA Asia and Australia 18.4% 18.5% 22.1% 20.6% 21.0% 24.5%   8.1% 13.4% 7.0% 7.4% 6.9% 6.1%
Hong Kong EWH Asia and Australia 20.1% 21.3% 23.1% 20.8% 20.4% 22.7%   7.6% 13.9% 2.2% 3.6% 6.4% 5.6%
Japan EWJ Asia and Australia 18.1% 14.5% 16.3% 15.0% 15.1% 16.2%   26.7% 20.8% 9.3% 9.0% 8.5% 4.8%
Malaysia EWM Asia and Australia 13.0% 14.3% 15.8% 15.0% 15.5% 18.0%   9.5% 13.3% 5.0% 2.2% 1.8% 4.5%
Singapore EWS Asia and Australia 13.1% 14.3% 16.9% 18.5% 18.7% 23.2%   22.4% 27.5% 13.2% 9.0% 7.1% 7.2%
Taiwan EWT Asia and Australia 62.6% 34.9% 31.4% 26.2% 23.1% 26.3%   85.6% 43.8% 20.9% 19.2% 15.6% 11.9%
S Korea EWY Asia and Australia 165.1% 67.8% 49.2% 36.9% 31.8% 34.2%   133.3% 49.4% 20.3% 14.3% 11.4% 8.7%
India INDY Asia and Australia 12.6% 12.9% 12.8% 18.8% 21.4%     -12.7% -0.4% -0.7% 5.4% 5.8%  
China MCHI Asia and Australia 12.9% 23.1% 28.6% 25.7% 24.7%     -19.3% 9.2% -2.8% 2.6% 4.5%  
Thailand THD Asia and Australia 26.6% 21.8% 20.3% 21.5% 21.5%     24.2% 7.7% 2.1% 2.5% 4.7%  
Vietnam VNM Asia and Australia 18.6% 27.0% 26.2% 25.0% 25.5%     -4.8% 9.8% -1.2% 2.5% 1.6%  
Poland EPOL Europe 21.1% 26.1% 34.5% 32.1% 29.4%     43.3% 44.1% 19.4% 12.4% 7.6%  
Sweden EWD Europe 19.5% 23.1% 24.7% 23.0% 21.6% 25.2%   9.8% 18.7% 5.6% 9.0% 8.9% 6.7%
Germany EWG Europe 16.8% 18.7% 22.4% 21.6% 21.3% 24.4%   1.3% 18.8% 7.3% 7.2% 8.1% 5.3%
Italy EWI Europe 15.9% 18.1% 23.4% 24.9% 24.6% 26.3%   16.8% 28.8% 17.4% 14.0% 9.6% 3.2%
Belgium EWK Europe 17.3% 16.2% 18.0% 19.0% 18.1% 22.0%   13.2% 16.8% 7.0% 5.8% 8.8% 3.4%
Switzerland EWL Europe 16.4% 16.7% 17.8% 16.2% 15.5% 17.5%   9.0% 12.9% 7.0% 9.0% 9.3% 7.0%
Netherlands EWN Europe 21.9% 21.4% 24.6% 22.6% 21.0% 23.5%   22.4% 24.8% 9.2% 12.9% 12.3% 7.7%
Austria EWO Europe 21.3% 19.7% 24.3% 26.1% 24.2% 28.8%   40.1% 36.0% 16.8% 14.0% 10.7% 4.8%
Spain EWP Europe 14.2% 21.1% 22.8% 23.5% 24.0% 26.7%   23.2% 33.4% 20.8% 11.7% 8.1% 5.2%
France EWQ Europe 14.5% 15.4% 19.8% 20.5% 19.7% 22.6%   -0.2% 9.3% 6.3% 8.7% 8.4% 4.5%
UK EWU Europe 13.9% 13.0% 16.2% 17.0% 16.5% 18.6%   14.6% 18.2% 11.9% 8.0% 7.2% 4.3%
EMU EZU Europe 15.0% 16.4% 20.9% 20.6% 20.0% 23.0%   11.7% 20.1% 10.1% 9.7% 9.0% 4.8%
Greece GREK Europe 27.5% 24.4% 27.5% 30.8%       34.1% 41.2% 29.6% 17.8%    
Norway NORW Europe 28.5% 21.8% 24.1% 24.6% 23.8%     26.6% 19.7% 8.6% 8.9% 6.7%  
Israel EIS Mideast and Africa 25.6% 29.2% 25.0% 22.8% 20.8%     22.9% 32.8% 12.8% 11.2% 9.5%  
S Africa EZA Mideast and Africa 32.0% 27.7% 28.9% 27.9% 26.3% 29.0%   7.6% 26.2% 11.4% 6.4% 5.2% 5.9%
Turkey TUR Mideast and Africa 33.1% 26.3% 37.0% 36.1% 33.5%     1.0% -2.2% 12.7% 1.6% 0.2%  
Canada EWC North America 15.5% 16.4% 18.7% 19.3% 18.0% 21.6%   17.1% 22.7% 12.2% 10.8% 7.9% 6.7%
Mexico EWW North America 18.0% 22.7% 25.2% 26.5% 23.9% 26.2%   7.8% 10.7% 11.6% 6.7% 4.9% 4.8%
SPDR S&P 1500 SPTM North America 14.2% 15.0% 17.7% 17.8% 16.4% 17.5%   15.4% 22.1% 13.3% 14.9% 15.3% 11.1%
Argentina ARGT South America 52.4% 46.7% 42.7% 40.8% 36.7%     24.9% 29.4% 22.9% 15.0% 11.6%  
Chile ECH South America 25.3% 22.7% 28.9% 28.3% 25.4%     16.9% 15.9% 12.4% 3.2% 0.2%  
Peru EPU South America 42.5% 33.7% 33.5% 28.1% 27.2%     47.3% 48.9% 33.1% 14.0% 9.4%  
Brazil EWZ South America 27.7% 26.6% 29.9% 34.6% 34.1% 36.3%   25.1% 13.0% 11.3% 6.3% 2.1% 4.1%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 8.9% 10.2% 12.1% 11.5% 10.4% 10.9%   8.5% 14.9% 7.3% 9.3% 9.9% 8.0%