Tactical: DIY, ranked by Downside Deviation

for period ending October 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 3.1% 3.1% 4.5% 3.6% 3.1% 2.9%   0.2% 5.5% -0.2% 1.5% 1.9% 3.0%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 5.8% 6.4% 10.5% 10.9% 9.6% 11.1%   12.0% 23.3% 12.0% 15.3% 14.7% 10.9%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 4.3% 4.7% 7.7% 7.2% 6.3% 7.1%   7.4% 15.9% 6.6% 9.6% 9.4% 7.9%
Adaptive Allocation A t.aaaa Adaptive 7.3% 5.7% 8.1% 7.5% 6.9% 7.1%   8.1% 17.4% 6.8% 9.3% 8.1% 10.6%
Adaptive Allocation B t.aaab Adaptive 7.9% 5.5% 8.9% 8.1% 7.3% 7.4%   17.7% 20.0% 6.8% 8.7% 7.8% 10.3%
Adaptive Allocation C t.aaac Adaptive 7.5% 5.3% 8.8% 8.1% 7.3% 7.4%   18.4% 20.7% 7.1% 8.7% 7.9% 10.3%
Adaptive Allocation D t.aaad Adaptive 11.4% 7.7% 9.4% 8.5% 7.9% 8.4%   1.3% 13.9% 5.8% 10.9% 9.2% 11.5%
Adaptive Allocation E t.aaae Adaptive 8.1% 6.1% 8.8% 8.3% 7.4% 8.1%   14.5% 22.3% 8.7% 11.6% 9.5% 11.6%
Adaptive Allocation F t.aaaf Adaptive 9.2% 7.1% 7.9% 7.0% 6.1% 6.6%   13.7% 23.0% 11.4% 13.6% 13.4% 14.2%
Minimum Correlation t.coco Correlation 8.4% 6.7% 9.0% 7.6% 6.7% 7.1%   -0.2% 16.6% 4.6% 7.3% 7.0% 8.2%
Maximum Diversification t.mdiv Diversification 7.4% 6.3% 8.5% 7.3% 6.4% 6.6%   0.8% 15.1% 4.1% 6.1% 6.4% 8.0%
Equal Weight With Cluster t.dist Correlation 9.0% 7.1% 8.7% 8.0% 7.2% 7.5%   1.3% 15.5% 4.7% 6.8% 5.9% 7.6%
Minimum Mean Abs Deviation t.madm Risk-Driven 7.9% 6.0% 7.9% 6.6% 5.7% 6.1%   1.2% 14.8% 5.9% 8.1% 7.9% 8.9%
Minimum Variance A t.mvar Risk-Driven 7.6% 6.1% 7.8% 6.6% 5.7% 6.0%   0.9% 14.0% 6.3% 8.5% 8.1% 9.1%
Risk Parity Portfolio A t.rpba Risk-Driven 7.9% 6.3% 9.1% 8.2% 7.3% 8.4%   7.8% 18.9% 7.3% 10.0% 9.2% 9.0%
Maximum Sortino Portfolio t.sort Risk/Reward 10.2% 7.0% 8.3% 7.3% 6.7% 7.5%   8.6% 13.3% 4.2% 10.3% 8.6% 10.0%
Equal Weight Portfolio t.eqwt Equal Weight 8.5% 6.8% 9.7% 8.9% 7.9% 9.5%   8.4% 19.4% 7.2% 10.2% 9.3% 8.5%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 1 t.frs1 Momentum 14.9% 11.7% 12.1% 10.5% 9.6% 10.6%   9.4% 11.8% 6.2% 9.9% 7.8% 9.7%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 2 t.frs2 Momentum 6.4% 6.8% 7.1% 7.2% 7.0% 8.3%   23.2% 17.4% 11.0% 11.5% 9.6% 9.4%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 3 t.frs3 Momentum 3.9% 5.8% 5.8% 5.4% 5.2% 6.2%   19.6% 15.1% 8.2% 11.1% 10.1% 9.2%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 4 t.frs4 Momentum 3.2% 4.2% 4.9% 4.7% 4.6% 5.3%   14.3% 11.9% 5.5% 8.0% 6.7% 6.9%
Pure Momentum t.pure Momentum 15.0% 11.7% 13.2% 12.2% 11.0% 11.5%   10.5% 11.8% 4.0% 11.4% 10.0% 15.4%
Quartile Sector Rotation t.srqr Sector Rotation 42.6% 35.1% 36.8% 29.4% 25.8% 24.0%   19.1% 62.4% 34.8% 25.2% 26.1% 20.7%
Rel Strength Sector Rotatn t.srrs Sector Rotation 6.2% 6.6% 8.3% 8.3% 7.5% 7.7%   16.3% 16.0% 8.6% 11.8% 11.8% 9.7%
Top 5 Sector Rotation t.srt5 Sector Rotation 12.7% 9.8% 12.6% 11.6% 10.5% 12.7%   29.8% 33.7% 17.3% 17.9% 17.1% 13.3%
Top 3 Sector Rotation t.srt3 Sector Rotation 17.1% 13.8% 11.7% 10.9% 10.0% 11.7%   -1.7% 14.6% 7.4% 10.3% 11.0% 10.1%
Minimum CdaR t.cdar Risk-Driven 7.6% 6.9% 8.2% 7.0% 6.3% 7.0%   -1.9% 10.0% 3.7% 7.9% 7.8% 9.2%
Minimum CvaR t.cvar Risk-Driven 7.3% 5.7% 7.6% 6.6% 6.0% 6.1%   -1.2% 15.2% 6.6% 7.4% 7.2% 8.5%
Equal Risk Contribution t.eqrc Risk-Driven 7.9% 6.5% 8.6% 7.2% 6.4% 6.7%   6.2% 17.1% 5.9% 8.2% 7.6% 8.5%
Minimum Drawdown t.loss Risk-Driven 8.0% 6.0% 7.5% 6.5% 6.0% 6.5%   6.4% 16.9% 7.1% 8.5% 7.6% 8.9%
Minimum Downside MAD t.madd Risk-Driven 7.9% 6.0% 7.9% 6.6% 5.7% 6.1%   1.2% 14.8% 5.9% 8.1% 7.9% 8.9%
Minimum Correlation A t.mca1 Risk-Driven 8.1% 6.6% 8.3% 7.0% 6.2% 6.6%   3.7% 14.7% 4.6% 6.9% 6.4% 7.7%
Minimum Correlation B t.mca2 Risk-Driven 8.1% 6.5% 8.4% 7.1% 6.3% 6.6%   6.4% 16.6% 5.8% 8.0% 7.2% 8.1%
Minimum Variance B t.mva2 Risk-Driven 7.8% 6.4% 7.9% 6.7% 6.0% 6.2%   1.0% 13.5% 4.7% 6.8% 6.4% 8.1%
Minimum Variance C t.mva3 Risk-Driven 7.8% 6.2% 7.9% 6.7% 6.0% 6.2%   3.6% 16.4% 6.7% 8.6% 8.3% 9.6%
Min Downside Deviation t.risd Risk-Driven 7.9% 6.4% 7.9% 6.5% 5.8% 6.1%   0.4% 12.4% 5.3% 8.2% 7.7% 8.7%
Risk Parity With Cluster t.rpcl Risk-Driven 8.1% 6.6% 8.2% 7.3% 6.7% 6.8%   3.6% 15.3% 5.2% 6.8% 5.7% 7.7%
Risk Parity Portfolio B t.rsop Risk-Driven 8.0% 6.4% 9.1% 8.3% 7.4% 8.5%   8.4% 18.9% 7.3% 10.0% 9.2% 8.8%
Target Return 12% t.tret Risk-Driven 6.2% 5.3% 8.5% 7.6% 6.7% 6.7%   3.2% 13.4% 2.3% 6.5% 7.0% 9.1%
Target Risk 10% t.tris Risk-Driven 8.7% 6.4% 7.9% 7.2% 6.9% 7.1%   5.5% 14.6% 6.6% 8.8% 6.6% 7.9%
Maximum Sharpe Portfolio t.shar Risk/Reward 10.0% 6.8% 8.3% 7.3% 6.6% 7.3%   7.7% 14.5% 4.7% 10.5% 9.0% 10.3%
Target Return Post-Modern t.trdd Target Return 6.9% 5.5% 8.6% 7.6% 6.8% 6.8%   2.7% 12.4% 1.5% 6.0% 6.4% 8.8%
Active Combined Asset t.acap Momentum 9.9% 7.3% 8.5% 8.0% 7.2% 7.8%   6.4% 20.2% 6.2% 6.8% 7.3% 7.9%
Quarterly Asset Rotation t.qaro Momentum 10.0% 7.7% 8.1% 7.1% 6.8% 6.8%   -2.7% 13.9% 5.9% 6.8% 4.3% 5.2%
Defensive Bond t.dbnd Momentum 4.1% 2.9% 4.5% 3.3% 3.6%     -1.7% 6.4% 3.5% 4.4% 4.1%  
Dynamic Harry Browne t.dyhb Momentum 6.3% 4.5% 4.8% 4.3% 4.3% 4.5%   0.4% 9.3% 4.1% 5.5% 4.0% 6.1%