Tactical: DIY, ranked by Risk vs. Return Compass

for period ending September 30, 2026

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Portfolio Recipes: Tactical: DIY Peer Group
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      Risk vs. Return Compass   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 187° 189° 202° 204° 202° 220°   -1.5% 4.2% -0.6% 1.1% 1.8% 2.9%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 12° 12° 24° 32° 30° 53°   15.7% 22.8% 13.7% 15.2% 15.6% 11.1%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 0° 0° 0° 0° 0° 0°   8.5% 14.9% 7.3% 9.3% 9.9% 8.0%
Adaptive Allocation A t.aaaa Adaptive 68° 16° 79° 133° 158° 359°   9.7% 18.0% 7.4% 9.1% 8.3% 10.6%
Adaptive Allocation B t.aaab Adaptive 18° 12° 91° 136° 152° 6°   19.9% 18.8% 7.3% 8.5% 8.0% 10.4%
Adaptive Allocation C t.aaac Adaptive 15° 8° 71° 135° 151° 6°   20.7% 19.6% 7.7% 8.5% 8.1% 10.4%
Adaptive Allocation D t.aaad Adaptive 106° 114° 93° 43° 101° 18°   6.3% 13.6% 7.2% 10.7% 9.6% 11.9%
Adaptive Allocation E t.aaae Adaptive 16° 10° 22° 24° 75° 14°   21.1% 22.3% 9.9% 11.6% 10.2% 12.0%
Adaptive Allocation F t.aaaf Adaptive 35° 15° 2° 357° 357° 355°   15.8% 23.5% 12.4% 13.2% 13.6% 14.4%
Minimum Correlation t.coco Correlation 134° 48° 144° 169° 171° 2°   4.4% 16.6% 5.5% 7.1% 7.4% 8.4%
Maximum Diversification t.mdiv Diversification 150° 100° 163° 179° 178° 272°   3.0% 14.6% 4.7% 5.7% 6.6% 8.1%
Equal Weight With Cluster t.dist Correlation 131° 88° 149° 165° 166° 130°   4.3% 15.0% 5.6% 6.5% 6.3% 7.7%
Minimum Mean Abs Deviation t.madm Risk-Driven 158° 100° 176° 199° 196° 306°   -0.2% 14.7% 5.9% 7.4% 7.9% 8.8%
Minimum Variance A t.mvar Risk-Driven 160° 123° 177° 203° 197° 312°   0.0% 14.1% 6.5% 7.9% 8.1% 9.0%
Risk Parity Portfolio A t.rpba Risk-Driven 64° 24° 55° 72° 91° 47°   10.3% 18.3% 8.3% 9.7% 9.9% 9.2%
Maximum Sortino Portfolio t.sort Risk/Reward 55° 133° 158° 8° 160° 11°   12.8% 12.8% 5.6% 10.1% 8.7% 10.1%
Equal Weight Portfolio t.eqwt Equal Weight 48° 26° 61° 66° 84° 73°   12.3% 19.1% 8.4% 10.1% 10.1% 8.8%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 1 t.frs1 Momentum 94° 129° 99° 99° 127° 64°   7.7% 9.5% 6.6% 8.8% 7.4% 9.8%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 2 t.frs2 Momentum 8° 59° 353° 2° 122° 37°   23.5% 16.1% 12.1% 10.9% 9.5% 9.6%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 3 t.frs3 Momentum 358° 123° 318° 306° 274° 327°   20.6% 14.3% 9.4% 10.7% 10.0% 9.4%
Faber Rel Strength: Top 4 t.frs4 Momentum 350° 190° 255° 234° 208° 239°   15.0% 11.3% 6.5% 7.6% 6.6% 7.0%
Pure Momentum t.pure Momentum 39° 102° 93° 61° 86° 29°   20.5% 13.6% 7.1% 12.0% 10.2% 15.8%
Quartile Sector Rotation t.srqr Sector Rotation 30° 25° 38° 49° 45° 49°   75.0% 70.1% 43.9% 27.6% 28.9% 22.4%
Rel Strength Sector Rotatn t.srrs Sector Rotation 31° 137° 17° 31° 37° 19°   11.1% 12.9% 9.0% 11.1% 11.5% 9.7%
Top 5 Sector Rotation t.srt5 Sector Rotation 14° 16° 22° 26° 28° 44°   42.2% 33.2% 19.6% 18.0% 18.0% 13.8%
Top 3 Sector Rotation t.srt3 Sector Rotation 56° 81° 34° 60° 53° 56°   15.2% 16.1% 11.7% 11.2% 12.4% 10.9%
Minimum CdaR t.cdar Risk-Driven 159° 146° 171° 188° 178° 354°   -0.4% 11.8% 4.3% 7.7% 8.0% 9.3%
Minimum CvaR t.cvar Risk-Driven 153° 19° 341° 195° 188° 299°   2.4% 17.6% 7.7% 7.2% 7.6% 8.6%
Equal Risk Contribution t.eqrc Risk-Driven 99° 50° 128° 179° 177° 328°   7.9% 16.2% 6.6% 7.8% 7.9% 8.6%
Minimum Drawdown t.loss Risk-Driven 81° 20° 341° 209° 189° 327°   9.1% 18.2% 8.0% 8.1% 7.8% 9.0%
Minimum Downside MAD t.madd Risk-Driven 158° 100° 176° 199° 196° 305°   -0.2% 14.7% 5.9% 7.4% 7.9% 8.8%
Minimum Correlation A t.mca1 Risk-Driven 141° 124° 167° 185° 181° 239°   3.9% 13.7% 4.9% 6.4% 6.6% 7.7%
Minimum Correlation B t.mca2 Risk-Driven 106° 64° 141° 183° 179° 286°   7.4% 15.7% 6.4% 7.5% 7.4% 8.2%
Minimum Variance B t.mva2 Risk-Driven 157° 144° 177° 189° 185° 273°   0.6% 12.8% 5.0% 6.1% 6.5% 8.1%
Minimum Variance C t.mva3 Risk-Driven 144° 52° 152° 203° 192° 328°   3.7% 15.9% 7.1% 8.1% 8.4% 9.6%
Min Downside Deviation t.risd Risk-Driven 158° 146° 177° 202° 192° 299°   -0.3% 12.6% 5.4% 7.6% 7.7% 8.6%
Risk Parity With Cluster t.rpcl Risk-Driven 144° 116° 164° 178° 174° 229°   3.3% 14.1% 5.7% 6.2% 5.9% 7.7%
Risk Parity Portfolio B t.rsop Risk-Driven 58° 26° 56° 74° 93° 55°   10.8% 18.2% 8.3% 9.7% 9.8% 9.0%
Target Return 12% t.tret Risk-Driven 135° 164° 167° 172° 170° 341°   6.4% 12.9% 3.5% 6.3% 7.3% 9.2%
Target Risk 10% t.tris Risk-Driven 100° 120° 23° 182° 168° 311°   7.6% 14.0% 7.7% 8.5% 6.8% 8.1%
Maximum Sharpe Portfolio t.shar Risk/Reward 61° 112° 151° 4° 158° 5°   11.8% 14.0% 6.1% 10.3% 9.1% 10.4%
Target Return Post-Modern t.trdd Target Return 133° 165° 169° 173° 172° 342°   6.0% 11.9% 2.7% 5.8% 6.7% 8.9%
Active Combined Asset t.acap Momentum 128° 44° 129° 166° 162° 99°   4.3% 17.7% 6.7% 6.1% 7.2% 7.9%
Quarterly Asset Rotation t.qaro Momentum 156° 134° 170° 182° 175° 186°   -3.9% 12.0% 5.6% 6.3% 4.4% 5.2%
Defensive Bond t.dbnd Momentum 181° 190° 221° 218° 205°     -1.6% 5.6% 3.5% 4.4% 4.1%  
Dynamic Harry Browne t.dyhb Momentum 161° 184° 221° 216° 198° 235°   2.3% 9.1% 3.9% 5.3% 3.8% 6.2%