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

Portfolio Ingredients: Global Sectors 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%
Clean Energy ICLN Clean Energy 40.5% 30.1% 29.2% 31.4% 29.9%     21.5% 4.0% -4.5% 8.3% 4.0%  
Consumer Discretionary RXI Consumer Discretionary 13.7% 16.3% 20.2% 19.9% 18.7%     1.5% 10.0% 4.5% 9.6% 10.9%  
Consumer Staples KXI Consumer Staples 15.5% 12.6% 13.9% 13.3% 12.9%     6.6% 7.2% 4.4% 5.8% 7.6%  
Energy IXC Energy 33.7% 22.0% 29.0% 29.4% 26.2% 26.0%   43.3% 17.3% 23.6% 10.6% 6.8% 6.0%
Financials IXG Financials 13.7% 15.6% 19.0% 20.6% 19.9% 23.5%   18.9% 26.2% 14.2% 12.9% 11.4% 5.3%
Healthcare IXJ Healthcare 15.6% 14.5% 15.1% 15.0% 14.4% 15.0%   20.7% 8.6% 4.8% 9.1% 11.1% 8.6%
Industrials EXI Industrials 18.7% 17.9% 20.1% 20.1% 18.7%     18.5% 20.0% 11.6% 12.2% 11.6%  
Infrastructure IGF Infrastructure 12.2% 13.9% 16.0% 16.5% 15.2%     11.2% 16.6% 10.2% 8.0% 7.6%  
Materials MXI Materials 25.6% 19.9% 22.4% 21.3% 21.2%     30.4% 14.6% 7.7% 11.1% 6.5%  
Technology IXN Technology 46.6% 31.1% 30.0% 26.3% 23.2% 23.4%   49.4% 32.5% 19.4% 23.9% 20.8% 15.9%
Telecom IXP Telecommunications 14.8% 16.6% 19.1% 17.7% 16.1% 17.0%   1.5% 20.5% 7.2% 8.9% 8.4% 7.6%
Timber & Forestry WOOD Timber and Forestry 16.4% 17.1% 18.8% 21.6% 20.7%     -3.3% 0.5% -2.5% 5.6% 6.2%  
Global Utilities JXI Utilities 15.5% 16.1% 17.3% 15.8% 14.6%     10.7% 15.6% 8.2% 9.0% 8.0%  
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%