Global Sectors, ranked by Beta

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

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 1.56 1.18 1.10 1.06 1.16     21.5% 4.0% -4.5% 8.3% 4.0%  
Consumer Discretionary RXI Consumer Discretionary 0.85 0.94 1.05 1.06 1.07     1.5% 10.0% 4.5% 9.6% 10.9%  
Consumer Staples KXI Consumer Staples 0.23 0.33 0.48 0.54 0.57     6.6% 7.2% 4.4% 5.8% 7.6%  
Energy IXC Energy -0.85 -0.10 0.36 0.86 0.94 0.97   43.3% 17.3% 23.6% 10.6% 6.8% 6.0%
Financials IXG Financials 0.42 0.69 0.80 0.95 1.02 1.21   18.9% 26.2% 14.2% 12.9% 11.4% 5.3%
Healthcare IXJ Healthcare 0.17 0.43 0.56 0.63 0.67 0.67   20.7% 8.6% 4.8% 9.1% 11.1% 8.6%
Industrials EXI Industrials 0.69 0.87 0.98 1.03 1.05     18.5% 20.0% 11.6% 12.2% 11.6%  
Infrastructure IGF Infrastructure 0.03 0.41 0.61 0.72 0.72     11.2% 16.6% 10.2% 8.0% 7.6%  
Materials MXI Materials 0.56 0.66 0.89 0.94 1.04     30.4% 14.6% 7.7% 11.1% 6.5%  
Technology IXN Technology 2.11 1.53 1.37 1.21 1.18 1.17   49.4% 32.5% 19.4% 23.9% 20.8% 15.9%
Telecom IXP Telecommunications 0.87 0.88 0.89 0.86 0.82 0.81   1.5% 20.5% 7.2% 8.9% 8.4% 7.6%
Timber & Forestry WOOD Timber and Forestry -0.09 0.53 0.74 0.95 1.00     -3.3% 0.5% -2.5% 5.6% 6.2%  
Global Utilities JXI Utilities 0.04 0.31 0.59 0.51 0.51     10.7% 15.6% 8.2% 9.0% 8.0%  
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 0.62 0.71 0.71 0.67 0.66 0.65   12.7% 13.9% 6.9% 9.5% 9.7% 8.2%