Global Sectors, ranked by Standard Deviation
for period ending August 31, 2026
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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.
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% | |