Global Sectors, ranked by Beta

for period ending October 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

Beta measures the volatility vs. the S&P 500 equity benchmark, as represented by the SPY exchange-traded fund. A beta of 1.10 means that the asset class is 10% more volatile than the benchmark.

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

Portfolio Ingredients: Global Sectors Peer Group
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      Beta   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  
 
Clean Energy ICLN Clean Energy 1.55 1.13 1.06 1.07 1.13     -10.6% 7.2% -8.3% 7.4% 5.2%  
Consumer Discretionary RXI Consumer Discretionary 0.79 0.91 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.09   -6.2% 12.7% 2.4% 9.4% 10.5% 7.9%
Consumer Staples KXI Consumer Staples 0.21 0.23 0.46 0.53 0.56 0.60   16.4% 11.5% 5.7% 6.7% 7.9% 7.7%
Energy IXC Energy -0.82 -0.20 0.37 0.85 0.90 0.97   59.1% 21.9% 22.0% 11.6% 7.3% 6.4%
Financials IXG Financials 0.51 0.69 0.81 0.95 1.00 1.21   15.6% 26.8% 12.4% 12.3% 11.2% 4.8%
Healthcare IXJ Healthcare 0.09 0.33 0.53 0.62 0.67 0.67   25.5% 14.1% 6.7% 10.8% 11.7% 9.0%
Industrials EXI Industrials 0.76 0.85 1.00 1.04 1.04 1.12   8.6% 21.5% 10.5% 11.7% 11.2% 8.4%
Infrastructure IGF Infrastructure 0.02 0.33 0.61 0.71 0.71     11.2% 19.9% 9.8% 8.2% 7.6%  
Materials MXI Materials 0.70 0.66 0.89 0.95 1.00 1.14   20.2% 14.3% 6.8% 10.0% 6.3% 5.9%
Technology IXN Technology 2.14 1.59 1.39 1.21 1.20 1.18   23.1% 33.4% 18.1% 23.0% 19.9% 15.2%
Telecom IXP Telecommunications 0.91 0.94 0.92 0.86 0.83 0.81   -10.3% 18.9% 6.5% 8.5% 7.7% 6.5%
Timber & Forestry WOOD Timber and Forestry 0.08 0.58 0.77 0.95 1.00     -3.6% -0.9% -3.1% 4.5% 5.6%  
Global Utilities JXI Utilities -0.06 0.23 0.55 0.51 0.51 0.60   6.3% 18.6% 9.3% 9.3% 8.2% 5.8%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 0.62 0.69 0.71 0.67 0.66 0.65   7.4% 15.9% 6.6% 9.6% 9.4% 7.9%