Global Sectors, ranked by Downside 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

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 Sectors S&P 500 (SPY) U.S. Bonds (BND) Balanced (60% Equity / 40% Bonds)

Portfolio Ingredients: Global Sectors 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%
Clean Energy ICLN Clean Energy 24.7% 20.3% 20.1% 19.9% 20.1%     21.5% 4.0% -4.5% 8.3% 4.0%  
Consumer Discretionary RXI Consumer Discretionary 10.3% 9.9% 12.6% 12.5% 11.5%     1.5% 10.0% 4.5% 9.6% 10.9%  
Consumer Staples KXI Consumer Staples 10.2% 8.2% 9.0% 8.8% 8.3%     6.6% 7.2% 4.4% 5.8% 7.6%  
Energy IXC Energy 13.1% 12.1% 15.8% 18.7% 16.9% 17.1%   43.3% 17.3% 23.6% 10.6% 6.8% 6.0%
Financials IXG Financials 6.5% 6.5% 11.4% 13.3% 13.0% 16.5%   18.9% 26.2% 14.2% 12.9% 11.4% 5.3%
Healthcare IXJ Healthcare 9.7% 9.3% 9.8% 9.3% 8.9% 9.7%   20.7% 8.6% 4.8% 9.1% 11.1% 8.6%
Industrials EXI Industrials 11.4% 9.7% 12.1% 12.9% 11.8%     18.5% 20.0% 11.6% 12.2% 11.6%  
Infrastructure IGF Infrastructure 5.8% 6.8% 10.1% 11.7% 10.5%     11.2% 16.6% 10.2% 8.0% 7.6%  
Materials MXI Materials 13.9% 11.7% 14.3% 13.4% 13.8%     30.4% 14.6% 7.7% 11.1% 6.5%  
Technology IXN Technology 17.6% 13.2% 16.5% 14.3% 12.5% 14.1%   49.4% 32.5% 19.4% 23.9% 20.8% 15.9%
Telecom IXP Telecommunications 10.8% 8.9% 12.5% 11.4% 10.3% 11.3%   1.5% 20.5% 7.2% 8.9% 8.4% 7.6%
Timber & Forestry WOOD Timber and Forestry 11.9% 11.6% 13.7% 14.7% 13.9%     -3.3% 0.5% -2.5% 5.6% 6.2%  
Global Utilities JXI Utilities 8.6% 9.3% 11.4% 10.5% 9.5%     10.7% 15.6% 8.2% 9.0% 8.0%  
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%