Global Sectors, ranked by Sharpe

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

Sharpe is a measure of risk-adjusted return that uses standard deviation and average returns. Higher is better.

Portfolio Ingredients: Global Sectors Peer Group
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      Sharpe   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 0.64 0.12 -0.17 0.32 0.21     21.5% 4.0% -4.5% 8.3% 4.0%  
Consumer Discretionary RXI Consumer Discretionary -0.09 0.43 0.09 0.44 0.59     1.5% 10.0% 4.5% 9.6% 10.9%  
Consumer Staples KXI Consumer Staples 0.25 0.28 0.05 0.28 0.51     6.6% 7.2% 4.4% 5.8% 7.6%  
Energy IXC Energy 1.46 0.71 0.83 0.41 0.32 0.29   43.3% 17.3% 23.6% 10.6% 6.8% 6.0%
Financials IXG Financials 1.20 1.57 0.61 0.61 0.59 0.27   18.9% 26.2% 14.2% 12.9% 11.4% 5.3%
Healthcare IXJ Healthcare 1.19 0.36 0.09 0.50 0.73 0.54   20.7% 8.6% 4.8% 9.1% 11.1% 8.6%
Industrials EXI Industrials 0.89 1.01 0.45 0.58 0.63     18.5% 20.0% 11.6% 12.2% 11.6%  
Infrastructure IGF Infrastructure 0.67 0.97 0.42 0.40 0.46     11.2% 16.6% 10.2% 8.0% 7.6%  
Materials MXI Materials 1.23 0.62 0.25 0.50 0.32     30.4% 14.6% 7.7% 11.1% 6.5%  
Technology IXN Technology 1.31 1.13 0.65 0.99 0.99 0.75   49.4% 32.5% 19.4% 23.9% 20.8% 15.9%
Telecom IXP Telecommunications -0.07 1.10 0.23 0.44 0.49 0.43   1.5% 20.5% 7.2% 8.9% 8.4% 7.6%
Timber & Forestry WOOD Timber and Forestry -0.32 -0.14 -0.27 0.23 0.31     -3.3% 0.5% -2.5% 5.6% 6.2%  
Global Utilities JXI Utilities 0.51 0.80 0.29 0.47 0.49     10.7% 15.6% 8.2% 9.0% 8.0%  
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 1.04 0.98 0.25 0.64 0.81 0.65   12.7% 13.9% 6.9% 9.5% 9.7% 8.2%