Tactical: DIY, ranked by Downside Deviation

for period ending August 31, 2026

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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.

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Downside Deviation vs. Annual Return
Portfolio Recipes: Tactical: DIY S&P 500 (SPY) U.S. Bonds (BND) Balanced (60% Equity / 40% Bonds)

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      Downside Deviation   Total Return, annualized
Recipe 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%
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%
Adaptive Allocation A t.aaaa Adaptive 7.6% 6.4% 8.4% 7.5% 7.0% 7.1%   13.8% 16.5% 6.4% 9.2% 8.4% 10.8%
Adaptive Allocation B t.aaab Adaptive 8.1% 6.1% 9.1% 8.0% 7.3% 7.4%   20.8% 16.1% 5.5% 8.1% 7.7% 10.3%
Adaptive Allocation C t.aaac Adaptive 7.6% 5.9% 9.0% 8.0% 7.3% 7.4%   21.2% 16.9% 5.9% 8.2% 7.8% 10.3%
Adaptive Allocation D t.aaad Adaptive 12.2% 8.2% 9.7% 8.5% 8.0% 8.4%   13.8% 12.7% 6.8% 11.3% 9.4% 12.2%
Adaptive Allocation E t.aaae Adaptive 8.3% 6.7% 9.1% 8.3% 7.6% 8.1%   25.9% 20.6% 8.8% 11.7% 9.8% 12.1%
Adaptive Allocation F t.aaaf Adaptive 10.0% 7.7% 8.3% 7.0% 6.1% 6.6%   26.7% 22.2% 11.7% 13.5% 13.6% 14.5%
Minimum Correlation t.coco Correlation 8.8% 7.6% 9.1% 7.6% 6.6% 7.1%   15.3% 15.2% 5.4% 7.5% 7.6% 8.6%
Maximum Diversification t.mdiv Diversification 7.0% 6.9% 8.5% 7.2% 6.3% 6.6%   14.3% 13.8% 4.8% 6.1% 6.9% 8.4%
Equal Weight With Cluster t.dist Correlation 8.9% 7.5% 8.8% 7.9% 7.2% 7.4%   14.7% 14.4% 5.7% 6.9% 6.4% 7.9%
Minimum Mean Abs Deviation t.madm Risk-Driven 6.9% 6.3% 7.8% 6.5% 5.6% 6.0%   9.6% 14.3% 6.1% 7.9% 8.2% 9.2%
Minimum Variance A t.mvar Risk-Driven 6.8% 6.3% 7.8% 6.5% 5.6% 6.0%   10.5% 13.8% 6.7% 8.3% 8.4% 9.4%
Risk Parity Portfolio A t.rpba Risk-Driven 7.6% 6.9% 9.2% 8.2% 7.5% 8.4%   19.6% 17.6% 8.1% 10.1% 9.7% 9.5%
Maximum Sortino Portfolio t.sort Risk/Reward 11.1% 7.7% 8.7% 7.4% 6.8% 7.5%   20.1% 11.2% 4.8% 10.3% 8.4% 10.3%
Equal Weight Portfolio t.eqwt Equal Weight 8.4% 7.5% 9.8% 8.9% 8.1% 9.5%   21.2% 18.2% 8.2% 10.5% 9.7% 9.0%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 1 t.frs1 Momentum 14.5% 11.6% 12.3% 10.5% 10.3% 10.6%   6.5% 6.6% 4.7% 8.3% 6.1% 9.7%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 2 t.frs2 Momentum 6.5% 7.2% 7.2% 7.3% 7.2% 8.3%   25.1% 13.9% 11.7% 10.6% 8.9% 9.5%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 3 t.frs3 Momentum 4.0% 5.9% 5.9% 5.4% 5.3% 6.2%   23.6% 13.5% 9.1% 10.6% 9.7% 9.4%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 4 t.frs4 Momentum 2.7% 4.3% 4.9% 4.8% 4.6% 5.3%   19.2% 11.2% 6.4% 7.8% 6.5% 7.1%
Pure Momentum t.pure Momentum 14.4% 11.5% 13.4% 12.0% 11.0% 11.4%   24.8% 11.7% 5.9% 12.3% 11.2% 15.9%
Quartile Sector Rotation t.srqr Sector Rotation 44.2% 31.3% 35.5% 28.4% 25.1% 23.5%   79.7% 57.2% 42.0% 27.0% 27.7% 22.2%
Rel Strength Sector Rotatn t.srrs Sector Rotation 5.0% 6.8% 8.3% 8.2% 7.5% 7.7%   16.4% 12.7% 9.0% 11.4% 11.6% 9.9%
Top 5 Sector Rotation t.srt5 Sector Rotation 13.2% 10.8% 12.6% 11.6% 11.3% 12.7%   48.8% 29.9% 18.8% 18.1% 16.6% 13.8%
Top 3 Sector Rotation t.srt3 Sector Rotation 15.3% 13.0% 10.7% 10.3% 9.6% 11.4%   22.0% 13.2% 10.5% 11.3% 11.7% 10.9%
Minimum CdaR t.cdar Risk-Driven 7.4% 7.2% 8.3% 6.9% 6.3% 7.0%   9.3% 11.3% 4.1% 8.1% 8.3% 9.6%
Minimum CvaR t.cvar Risk-Driven 5.7% 5.6% 7.4% 6.5% 5.8% 6.0%   13.0% 17.8% 8.1% 7.9% 8.0% 9.0%
Equal Risk Contribution t.eqrc Risk-Driven 7.4% 6.9% 8.7% 7.2% 6.3% 6.7%   18.3% 15.7% 6.6% 8.3% 8.0% 8.9%
Minimum Drawdown t.loss Risk-Driven 6.7% 6.0% 7.4% 6.4% 5.8% 6.4%   21.8% 18.3% 8.2% 8.7% 8.2% 9.4%
Minimum Downside MAD t.madd Risk-Driven 6.9% 6.3% 7.8% 6.5% 5.6% 6.0%   9.6% 14.3% 6.1% 7.9% 8.2% 9.1%
Minimum Correlation A t.mca1 Risk-Driven 7.0% 6.9% 8.2% 6.9% 6.2% 6.5%   15.0% 13.3% 5.2% 6.9% 6.7% 8.0%
Minimum Correlation B t.mca2 Risk-Driven 7.3% 6.9% 8.5% 7.0% 6.3% 6.6%   17.6% 15.2% 6.5% 8.0% 7.6% 8.5%
Minimum Variance B t.mva2 Risk-Driven 6.5% 6.6% 7.8% 6.6% 5.9% 6.1%   11.6% 12.6% 5.2% 6.7% 6.7% 8.5%
Minimum Variance C t.mva3 Risk-Driven 6.8% 6.4% 7.9% 6.6% 5.9% 6.1%   14.2% 15.5% 7.1% 8.5% 8.6% 10.0%
Min Downside Deviation t.risd Risk-Driven 7.1% 6.6% 7.8% 6.4% 5.7% 6.0%   10.5% 12.4% 5.7% 8.1% 7.9% 8.9%
Risk Parity With Cluster t.rpcl Risk-Driven 7.1% 6.9% 8.1% 7.2% 6.6% 6.7%   13.7% 13.7% 5.8% 6.6% 6.1% 8.0%
Risk Parity Portfolio B t.rsop Risk-Driven 7.7% 7.0% 9.3% 8.3% 7.6% 8.5%   19.9% 17.5% 8.2% 10.1% 9.6% 9.3%
Target Return 12% t.tret Risk-Driven 6.5% 6.1% 8.7% 7.7% 6.7% 6.7%   14.8% 11.8% 3.1% 6.4% 7.4% 9.4%
Target Risk 10% t.tris Risk-Driven 9.2% 6.9% 8.2% 7.2% 6.9% 7.1%   17.6% 13.0% 7.1% 8.6% 6.9% 8.3%
Maximum Sharpe Portfolio t.shar Risk/Reward 10.9% 7.6% 8.7% 7.3% 6.7% 7.3%   19.6% 12.4% 5.3% 10.5% 8.8% 10.6%
Target Return Post-Modern t.trdd Target Return 7.2% 6.3% 8.8% 7.7% 6.8% 6.8%   13.8% 10.7% 2.3% 6.0% 6.7% 9.1%
Active Combined Asset t.acap Momentum 9.5% 7.9% 8.6% 7.9% 7.6% 7.7%   14.3% 17.0% 6.6% 6.5% 6.8% 8.2%
Quarterly Asset Rotation t.qaro Momentum 10.3% 8.1% 8.0% 7.1% 6.8% 6.8%   5.0% 11.3% 5.7% 6.5% 4.8% 5.4%
Defensive Bond t.dbnd Momentum 2.5% 3.0% 4.2% 3.1%       2.1% 5.7% 4.2% 4.9%    
Dynamic Harry Browne t.dyhb Momentum 6.6% 4.7% 4.8% 4.3% 4.3% 4.5%   4.8% 8.4% 3.5% 5.2% 3.9% 6.3%