Global Equities, ranked by Standard Deviation

for period ending August 31, 2026

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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 3.1% 5.6% 6.3% 5.2% 4.6% 4.6%   1.8% 4.1% -0.4% 1.4% 2.0% 3.1%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 15.2% 15.4% 17.9% 17.7% 16.3% 17.1%   20.2% 20.9% 12.7% 15.3% 15.0% 11.3%
Indonesia EIDO Asia and Australia 18.7% 18.8% 17.9% 21.6% 22.8%     -26.0% -14.8% -6.8% -4.5% -4.1%  
New Zealand ENZL Asia and Australia 15.5% 15.8% 18.2% 18.7% 19.5%     9.7% 4.6% -3.2% 3.1% 6.3%  
Philippines EPHE Asia and Australia 17.4% 18.2% 19.8% 19.4% 20.2%     -6.7% 1.6% -2.6% -3.4% 0.9%  
Australia EWA Asia and Australia 17.7% 18.3% 22.0% 20.7% 21.4% 24.5%   14.3% 14.4% 7.3% 8.4% 6.0% 6.4%
Hong Kong EWH Asia and Australia 20.5% 21.4% 23.1% 21.0% 20.9% 22.7%   13.6% 13.1% 1.5% 4.4% 5.2% 5.8%
Japan EWJ Asia and Australia 18.2% 14.6% 16.4% 15.0% 15.1% 16.2%   27.8% 19.3% 9.6% 9.1% 8.1% 4.6%
Malaysia EWM Asia and Australia 13.3% 14.2% 15.8% 14.9% 15.9% 18.0%   18.4% 13.7% 4.8% 2.5% 1.0% 4.7%
Singapore EWS Asia and Australia 12.3% 14.1% 16.9% 18.5% 19.1% 23.2%   26.8% 28.1% 13.5% 9.6% 6.1% 7.5%
Taiwan EWT Asia and Australia 64.7% 34.5% 31.0% 26.2% 23.3% 26.3%   92.1% 40.6% 18.8% 19.2% 14.1% 11.8%
S Korea EWY Asia and Australia 177.3% 67.1% 48.7% 37.0% 32.0% 34.3%   156.0% 46.0% 18.3% 14.5% 9.9% 8.7%
India INDY Asia and Australia 12.3% 12.6% 12.7% 18.7% 21.5%     -7.0% 1.9% 0.7% 6.0% 5.4%  
China MCHI Asia and Australia 16.2% 23.1% 28.6% 25.9% 25.1%     -9.1% 9.6% -2.8% 3.5% 3.4%  
Thailand THD Asia and Australia 27.2% 22.1% 20.4% 21.5% 22.0%     31.1% 5.1% 1.3% 2.4% 3.4%  
Vietnam VNM Asia and Australia 18.4% 27.3% 26.2% 25.0% 25.5%     -1.1% 8.0% -0.4% 3.1% 1.2%  
Poland EPOL Europe 21.1% 27.5% 34.3% 32.1% 29.8%     44.9% 38.5% 18.0% 12.4% 5.6%  
Sweden EWD Europe 18.9% 22.8% 24.7% 23.0% 21.8% 25.3%   19.3% 20.9% 5.6% 9.9% 8.3% 7.3%
Germany EWG Europe 16.0% 18.6% 22.4% 21.5% 21.4% 24.4%   7.7% 19.0% 7.5% 7.9% 7.6% 5.7%
Italy EWI Europe 14.3% 18.0% 23.3% 24.9% 24.8% 26.3%   26.0% 29.0% 17.9% 14.4% 9.0% 3.5%
Belgium EWK Europe 16.0% 16.0% 17.9% 19.1% 18.3% 22.1%   21.4% 17.3% 7.2% 6.9% 8.3% 3.9%
Switzerland EWL Europe 15.3% 16.7% 18.0% 16.1% 15.8% 17.5%   15.5% 13.0% 6.4% 9.8% 8.7% 7.4%
Netherlands EWN Europe 25.6% 22.0% 24.7% 22.6% 21.2% 23.6%   35.1% 21.8% 7.8% 13.1% 11.5% 7.9%
Austria EWO Europe 20.3% 19.7% 24.3% 26.3% 24.7% 28.9%   45.8% 36.2% 17.2% 14.9% 9.3% 5.1%
Spain EWP Europe 12.2% 20.9% 22.8% 23.5% 24.1% 26.8%   34.7% 34.2% 21.1% 12.4% 7.7% 5.7%
France EWQ Europe 13.8% 15.2% 19.7% 20.5% 20.0% 22.6%   10.8% 10.0% 7.0% 9.6% 7.8% 4.9%
UK EWU Europe 13.2% 12.7% 16.2% 17.0% 16.7% 18.6%   20.6% 19.3% 12.3% 8.4% 6.7% 4.5%
EMU EZU Europe 14.8% 16.6% 20.9% 20.6% 20.2% 23.0%   21.1% 19.5% 9.9% 10.3% 8.3% 5.1%
Greece GREK Europe 27.7% 26.1% 27.7% 30.8%       36.0% 35.3% 27.6% 17.5%    
Norway NORW Europe 28.4% 21.7% 24.1% 24.9% 24.1%     35.9% 22.8% 10.0% 10.2% 5.8%  
Israel EIS Mideast and Africa 27.3% 29.2% 25.0% 22.8% 21.0%     31.6% 32.5% 12.9% 11.1% 8.6%  
S Africa EZA Mideast and Africa 37.5% 27.2% 28.8% 28.1% 26.5% 29.0%   31.8% 28.7% 12.4% 8.1% 4.5% 6.0%
Turkey TUR Mideast and Africa 31.1% 25.8% 36.7% 36.2% 33.4%     16.9% 4.7% 14.2% 3.3% 1.1%  
Canada EWC North America 14.6% 16.2% 18.7% 19.3% 18.3% 21.6%   27.6% 23.3% 12.7% 11.6% 7.2% 6.8%
Mexico EWW North America 21.0% 22.5% 25.1% 26.5% 24.2% 26.3%   28.1% 11.4% 12.1% 7.1% 4.2% 5.4%
SPDR S&P 1500 SPTM North America 14.7% 15.4% 17.8% 17.8% 16.5% 17.5%   20.1% 20.4% 12.4% 15.0% 14.8% 11.2%
Argentina ARGT South America 52.4% 46.9% 42.7% 41.2% 36.9%     19.3% 27.4% 22.8% 16.8% 10.5%  
Chile ECH South America 24.8% 22.8% 29.0% 28.4% 25.8%     25.8% 15.7% 11.9% 4.1% -0.9%  
Peru EPU South America 50.9% 33.9% 33.5% 28.2% 27.4%     73.7% 47.5% 33.4% 14.8% 8.4%  
Brazil EWZ South America 28.3% 26.2% 29.8% 34.5% 34.1% 36.2%   27.2% 11.5% 7.8% 6.0% 0.3% 3.8%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 9.0% 10.5% 12.2% 11.5% 10.4% 10.9%   12.7% 13.9% 6.9% 9.5% 9.7% 8.2%