Tactical: DIY, ranked by Historical Return

for period ending August 31, 2026

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by Peer Group: Strategic: DIY, Tactical: DIY, Tactical: Managed

Historical Return is the annual return for the last 5 calendar years.

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Portfolio Recipes: Tactical: DIY Peer Group
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    Historical Return   Total Return, annualized
Recipe Name ID Category   1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year 15 year 20 year
    Group Average  
   
U.S. Total Bond Market BND Benchmark -1.9% -13.1% 5.4% 1.4% 7.1%   1.8% 4.1% -0.4% 1.4% 2.0% 3.1%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 28.7% -18.2% 26.2% 24.9% 17.7%   20.2% 20.9% 12.7% 15.3% 15.0% 11.3%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 14.0% -16.7% 17.5% 14.4% 13.2%   12.7% 13.9% 6.9% 9.5% 9.7% 8.2%
Adaptive Allocation A t.aaaa Adaptive 20.1% -16.2% 14.3% 13.3% 20.5%   13.8% 16.5% 6.4% 9.2% 8.4% 10.8%
Adaptive Allocation B t.aaab Adaptive 15.1% -18.1% 8.0% 13.0% 20.4%   20.8% 16.1% 5.5% 8.1% 7.7% 10.3%
Adaptive Allocation C t.aaac Adaptive 14.6% -17.7% 7.6% 14.0% 20.8%   21.2% 16.9% 5.9% 8.2% 7.8% 10.3%
Adaptive Allocation D t.aaad Adaptive 25.6% -15.1% 13.5% 10.0% 25.7%   13.8% 12.7% 6.8% 11.3% 9.4% 12.2%
Adaptive Allocation E t.aaae Adaptive 18.0% -20.7% 17.4% 12.3% 26.8%   25.9% 20.6% 8.8% 11.7% 9.8% 12.1%
Adaptive Allocation F t.aaaf Adaptive 25.0% -12.9% 15.3% 21.9% 26.4%   26.7% 22.2% 11.7% 13.5% 13.6% 14.5%
Minimum Correlation t.coco Correlation 6.2% -23.3% 16.2% 13.3% 24.0%   15.3% 15.2% 5.4% 7.5% 7.6% 8.6%
Maximum Diversification t.mdiv Diversification 4.9% -22.9% 15.4% 11.7% 20.0%   14.3% 13.8% 4.8% 6.1% 6.9% 8.4%
Equal Weight With Cluster t.dist Correlation 6.6% -19.3% 14.8% 10.0% 21.0%   14.7% 14.4% 5.7% 6.9% 6.4% 7.9%
Minimum Mean Abs Deviation t.madm Risk-Driven 7.3% -19.4% 17.0% 15.8% 17.9%   9.6% 14.3% 6.1% 7.9% 8.2% 9.2%
Minimum Variance A t.mvar Risk-Driven 6.3% -16.6% 17.3% 15.4% 16.2%   10.5% 13.8% 6.7% 8.3% 8.4% 9.4%
Risk Parity Portfolio A t.rpba Risk-Driven 13.0% -19.5% 18.2% 12.9% 21.3%   19.6% 17.6% 8.1% 10.1% 9.7% 9.5%
Maximum Sortino Portfolio t.sort Risk/Reward 22.7% -21.9% 13.5% 6.9% 19.6%   20.1% 11.2% 4.8% 10.3% 8.4% 10.3%
Equal Weight Portfolio t.eqwt Equal Weight 13.0% -20.4% 18.8% 11.8% 22.8%   21.2% 18.2% 8.2% 10.5% 9.7% 9.0%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 1 t.frs1 Momentum 24.8% -1.7% 4.0% 23.2% 0.9%   6.5% 6.6% 4.7% 8.3% 6.1% 9.7%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 2 t.frs2 Momentum 33.7% -2.2% 9.5% 14.1% 12.7%   25.1% 13.9% 11.7% 10.6% 8.9% 9.5%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 3 t.frs3 Momentum 31.7% -9.4% 11.2% 9.5% 11.3%   23.6% 13.5% 9.1% 10.6% 9.7% 9.4%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 4 t.frs4 Momentum 29.0% -8.7% 6.8% 6.8% 10.4%   19.2% 11.2% 6.4% 7.8% 6.5% 7.1%
Pure Momentum t.pure Momentum 29.9% -30.1% 39.3% -5.7% 13.6%   24.8% 11.7% 5.9% 12.3% 11.2% 15.9%
Quartile Sector Rotation t.srqr Sector Rotation 9.3% 20.7% 35.8% 125.3% 0.9%   79.7% 57.2% 42.0% 27.0% 27.7% 22.2%
Rel Strength Sector Rotatn t.srrs Sector Rotation 28.9% -4.1% 5.2% 15.4% 8.8%   16.4% 12.7% 9.0% 11.4% 11.6% 9.9%
Top 5 Sector Rotation t.srt5 Sector Rotation 13.4% -0.0% 10.7% 32.8% 14.2%   48.8% 29.9% 18.8% 18.1% 16.6% 13.8%
Top 3 Sector Rotation t.srt3 Sector Rotation 12.7% -4.7% 3.8% 26.3% 9.0%   22.0% 13.2% 10.5% 11.3% 11.7% 10.9%
Minimum CdaR t.cdar Risk-Driven 7.6% -15.8% 20.6% 5.6% 14.3%   9.3% 11.3% 4.1% 8.1% 8.3% 9.6%
Minimum CvaR t.cvar Risk-Driven 0.8% -18.0% 16.2% 16.9% 23.6%   13.0% 17.8% 8.1% 7.9% 8.0% 9.0%
Equal Risk Contribution t.eqrc Risk-Driven 8.8% -19.6% 15.0% 10.9% 20.6%   18.3% 15.7% 6.6% 8.3% 8.0% 8.9%
Minimum Drawdown t.loss Risk-Driven 3.1% -18.5% 13.0% 14.6% 21.2%   21.8% 18.3% 8.2% 8.7% 8.2% 9.4%
Minimum Downside MAD t.madd Risk-Driven 7.3% -19.4% 17.0% 15.8% 17.9%   9.6% 14.3% 6.1% 7.9% 8.2% 9.1%
Minimum Correlation A t.mca1 Risk-Driven 6.1% -18.8% 11.9% 8.9% 19.7%   15.0% 13.3% 5.2% 6.9% 6.7% 8.0%
Minimum Correlation B t.mca2 Risk-Driven 8.9% -18.9% 14.8% 10.9% 19.2%   17.6% 15.2% 6.5% 8.0% 7.6% 8.5%
Minimum Variance B t.mva2 Risk-Driven 5.3% -17.0% 12.8% 9.4% 18.8%   11.6% 12.6% 5.2% 6.7% 6.7% 8.5%
Minimum Variance C t.mva3 Risk-Driven 8.3% -16.6% 14.1% 13.2% 20.5%   14.2% 15.5% 7.1% 8.5% 8.6% 10.0%
Min Downside Deviation t.risd Risk-Driven 6.3% -17.1% 15.7% 11.5% 17.1%   10.5% 12.4% 5.7% 8.1% 7.9% 8.9%
Risk Parity With Cluster t.rpcl Risk-Driven 6.1% -17.3% 14.2% 10.0% 18.0%   13.7% 13.7% 5.8% 6.6% 6.1% 8.0%
Risk Parity Portfolio B t.rsop Risk-Driven 13.0% -19.3% 18.2% 12.2% 21.2%   19.9% 17.5% 8.2% 10.1% 9.6% 9.3%
Target Return 12% t.tret Risk-Driven 8.5% -26.0% 7.4% 15.4% 15.3%   14.8% 11.8% 3.1% 6.4% 7.4% 9.4%
Target Risk 10% t.tris Risk-Driven 15.1% -13.2% 10.4% 11.3% 22.6%   17.6% 13.0% 7.1% 8.6% 6.9% 8.3%
Maximum Sharpe Portfolio t.shar Risk/Reward 23.4% -21.9% 12.3% 9.4% 21.8%   19.6% 12.4% 5.3% 10.5% 8.8% 10.6%
Target Return Post-Modern t.trdd Target Return 9.9% -26.0% 6.4% 12.3% 15.9%   13.8% 10.7% 2.3% 6.0% 6.7% 9.1%
Active Combined Asset t.acap Momentum 20.4% -22.5% 7.4% 18.9% 26.5%   14.3% 17.0% 6.6% 6.5% 6.8% 8.2%
Quarterly Asset Rotation t.qaro Momentum 4.6% -11.1% 15.3% 15.7% 15.9%   5.0% 11.3% 5.7% 6.5% 4.8% 5.4%
Defensive Bond t.dbnd Momentum 3.4% -1.8% 10.6% 6.8% 3.6%   2.1% 5.7% 4.2% 4.9%    
Dynamic Harry Browne t.dyhb Momentum -0.4% -7.2% 8.0% 11.6% 12.6%   4.8% 8.4% 3.5% 5.2% 3.9% 6.3%