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Nuveen Preferred Securities I

for period ending April 30, 2023
 
This portfolio is provided by Nuveen.
NPSRX is the ticker for this portfolio. This ticker appears in the scatterplots below and on the Summary Page showing all portfolios. You can invest in this portfolio using the ticker "NPSRX" at your favorite brokerage. See How to Invest (below) for more details on how buy this portfolio.
 
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Risk vs. return for NPSRX:   The scatterplots below show the best portfolios as dots closest to the green smiley the at top left of each scatterplot. The yellow dot shows the total return and risk for this portfolio. The risk is measured by maximum loss over each period. Any dot closer to the top left corner has shown better performance using this metric.

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Maximum Drawdown vs. Annual Return
NPSRXPeer group recipesAll other recipesS&P 500 (SPY)U.S. Bonds (BND)Balanced (60% Equity / 40% Bonds)
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Description   Nuveen Preferred Securities I gives investors access to a multi-strategy, income portfolio that uses preferred stocks. This portfolio is a mutual fund and implements a particular asset allocation approach that is directed by the fund manager.

Category   Tactical: Managed

Ingredients used   This portfolio invests in preferred stocks.

Peer Group   Tactical: Managed. See How to Invest, below. You can see how this portfolio has performed compared to its peers by clicking on any "Rank: Group" link in the Compare sections, below.

Methodology   This portfolio is a mutual fund and its holdings are determined by the fund's manager, Nuveen. The investment seeks a high level of current income and total return. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of the sum of its net assets and the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in preferred securities. The advisor intends to invest at least 25% of its assets in the preferred securities of companies principally engaged in financial services. It normally invests at least 50% of its net assets in securities rated investment grade. The fund may invest up to 50% of its net assets in securities rated below investment grade. It is non-diversified. You may consult www.nuveen.com for details on how this manager chooses particular assets for inclusion in this fund.

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How to Rebalance

You do not need to adjust the composition of this portfolio. While the underlying assets in this portfolio may change, the portfolio manager handles the details of buying and selling these underlying asset ingredients.

Compare: Risk vs. Return

for period ending April 30, 2023
Downside Deviation vs. Annual Return
NPSRXPeer group recipesAll other recipesS&P 500 (SPY)U.S. Bonds (BND)Balanced (60% Equity / 40% Bonds)
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Standard Deviation vs. Annual Return
NPSRXPeer group recipesAll other recipesS&P 500 (SPY)U.S. Bonds (BND)Balanced (60% Equity / 40% Bonds)
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M-squared
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX-25.2%-16.4%-11.7%-9.5%-7.4%-3.3%
Peer Group* average-8.9%-6.2%-6.6%-6.0%-5.8%-2.6%
60% Equity / 40% Bonds-3.7%-5.4%-2.0%-2.0%-1.3%0.7%
Global Equities (ACWI)-0.1%-1.7%-3.9%-2.8%-4.0%-4.4%
U.S. Equities (SPY)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
U.S. Bonds (BND)-13.0%-28.3%-12.5%-13.7%-10.9%-2.4%
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Alpha
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX-15.6%-5.7%-5.1%-3.4%-2.0%-0.1%
Peer Group* average-4.4%-1.7%-3.0%-2.4%-2.4%-1.1%
60% Equity / 40% Bonds-2.7%-3.7%-1.3%-1.2%-0.7%0.6%
Global Equities (ACWI)-0.1%-1.4%-3.6%-2.4%-3.5%-4.3%
U.S. Equities (SPY)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
U.S. Bonds (BND)-5.7%-8.4%-2.3%-2.3%-1.1%1.2%
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Sharpe
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX-1.18-0.18-0.080.110.260.39
Peer Group* average-0.420.340.190.320.370.43
60% Equity / 40% Bonds-0.230.390.420.550.650.61
Global Equities (ACWI)-0.060.590.350.530.510.35
U.S. Equities (SPY)-0.060.680.540.690.750.59
U.S. Bonds (BND)-0.59-0.77-0.14-0.140.020.39
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Sortino
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX-1.29-0.22-0.100.140.320.55
Peer Group* average-0.5%0.6%0.3%0.5%0.5%0.6%
60% Equity / 40% Bonds-0.310.550.580.780.940.87
Global Equities (ACWI)-0.090.900.490.760.740.50
U.S. Equities (SPY)-0.081.040.791.021.140.86
U.S. Bonds (BND)-0.71-0.87-0.17-0.180.020.55
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VizMetricsTM Score This is a 0 to 100 score that measures risk-adjusted return
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX505971778581
Peer Group* average777783888984
60% Equity / 40% Bonds78739510010099
Global Equities (ACWI)718079939068
U.S. Equities (SPY)71849310010090
U.S. Bonds (BND)8754929093100
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Compare: Total Return

for period ending April 30, 2023
5-year graph NPSRXGlobal equities (ACWI)U.S. equities (SPY)U.S. bonds (BND)60% Equity / 40% Bonds (s.6040)
Total Return (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
 Year-to-dateApr 20231 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX-4.7%0.4%-10.3%0.3%0.7%2.5%3.1%5.5%
Peer Group* average3.4%0.8%-0.2%7.3%4.4%5.4%4.9%5.2%
60% Equity / 40% Bonds6.4%0.9%1.0%7.1%7.1%7.7%7.6%7.2%
Global Equities (ACWI)9.1%1.6%2.7%12.3%7.2%9.4%8.0%5.7%
U.S. Equities (SPY)9.2%1.6%2.7%14.5%11.4%12.5%12.1%9.7%
U.S. Bonds (BND)3.6%0.6%-0.4%-3.2%1.2%0.9%1.3%2.7%
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Historical Return
 20182019202020212022
NPSRX-5.7%17.6%5.4%5.2%-12.8%
Peer Group* average-5.0%16.4%8.9%11.8%-10.3%
60% Equity / 40% Bonds-2.8%21.8%16.4%14.0%-16.7%
Global Equities (ACWI)-9.1%26.6%16.3%18.7%-18.4%
U.S. Equities (SPY)-4.6%31.2%18.4%28.7%-18.2%
U.S. Bonds (BND)0.1%8.8%7.7%-1.9%-13.1%
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Compare: Risk & Volatility

for period ending April 30, 2023
Maximum Drawdown
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX-10.2%-17.5%-17.5%-17.5%-17.5%-46.7%
Peer Group* average-10.5%-17.4%-20.2%-20.5%-20.9%-34.3%
60% Equity / 40% Bonds-10.3%-20.7%-20.7%-20.7%-20.7%-29.7%
Global Equities (ACWI)-14.7%-25.7%-25.7%-25.7%-25.7%-51.4%
U.S. Equities (SPY)-12.9%-23.9%-23.9%-23.9%-23.9%-46.3%
U.S. Bonds (BND)-7.9%-17.3%-17.3%-17.3%-17.3%-17.3%
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Standard Deviation
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX11.1%8.7%10.7%9.3%8.1%14.4%
Peer Group* average14.3%12.9%13.2%11.6%10.6%12.7%
60% Equity / 40% Bonds15.7%13.5%13.5%11.7%10.6%11.4%
Global Equities (ACWI)22.0%19.4%19.1%16.9%15.6%18.6%
U.S. Equities (SPY)22.3%20.6%20.8%18.2%16.6%17.9%
U.S. Bonds (BND)8.6%6.0%5.7%5.1%4.6%4.6%
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Downside Deviation
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX9.7%6.7%8.6%7.4%6.4%10.1%
Peer Group* average10.0%7.9%9.1%8.0%7.1%8.8%
60% Equity / 40% Bonds11.0%8.9%9.1%7.8%6.9%7.7%
Global Equities (ACWI)15.0%12.0%13.1%11.4%10.3%13.0%
U.S. Equities (SPY)15.2%12.7%13.8%11.9%10.6%12.1%
U.S. Bonds (BND)6.1%4.8%4.0%3.6%3.2%2.9%
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Beta
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
NPSRX0.300.300.400.380.350.53
Peer Group* average0.580.550.570.560.550.61
60% Equity / 40% Bonds0.720.690.670.660.660.64
Global Equities (ACWI)0.960.940.930.930.941.03
U.S. Equities (SPY)1.001.001.001.001.001.00
U.S. Bonds (BND)0.310.230.140.130.100.07
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Compare: Correlation

for period ending April 30, 2023
 1 year3 year5 year7 year10 year15 year
to Global Stocks (ACWI)0.570.660.730.710.680.70
to S&P500 (SPY)0.520.620.700.680.660.63
to U.S. Bonds (BND)0.420.460.410.410.400.30
to Commodities (DBC)0.360.330.460.400.350.40
to Gold (GLD)0.060.100.170.160.130.07