Tactical: Managed, ranked by Risk vs. Return Compass

for period ending August 31, 2026

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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 191° 192° 205° 205° 204° 220°   1.8% 4.1% -0.4% 1.4% 2.0% 3.1%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 14° 15° 27° 32° 32° 53°   20.2% 20.9% 12.7% 15.3% 15.0% 11.3%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark   12.7% 13.9% 6.9% 9.5% 9.7% 8.2%
S&P 500 Equal Weight RSP Equal Weight 27° 64° 58° 62° 54° 70°   18.2% 15.4% 8.8% 12.0% 12.9% 10.2%
Permanent Portfolio PRPFX Low Equity 45° 352° 336° 175° 265°   17.2% 20.1% 12.1% 10.7% 7.5% 8.2%
Hedge Replication HDG Blended 226° 207° 227° 210° 202°     10.9% 7.6% 3.3% 3.9% 3.2%  
Inv Dorsey Wright PDP Blended 60° 63° 86° 65° 64°     20.2% 18.3% 7.5% 12.4% 12.4%  
NYLI Hedge Multi-Strat QAI Blended 204° 208° 236° 212° 205°     10.1% 8.6% 4.2% 3.6% 3.2%  
ProShares Lg Cap CSM Hedged: 130-30 16° 18° 32° 43° 41°     20.4% 21.0% 12.3% 14.2% 14.5%  
MultiAsset ETF RLY Hedged: Abs Return 17° 17° 111°       28.0% 14.9% 11.5% 8.6%    
NYLI Merger Arbitrage MNA Hedged: Arbitrage 199° 206° 232° 209° 205°     2.3% 5.7% 2.4% 2.8% 3.1%  
AGF AntiBeta BTAL Hedged: Mkt Neutral 167° 163° 158° 163°       -23.2% -9.8% -4.0% -4.1%    
WisdmTr EM HiYld DEM Income: Equity 351° 14° 89° 131°     26.3% 18.7% 10.5% 9.6% 4.7%  
WisdmTr EM SmCap DGS Income: Equity 53° 79° 74° 99° 122°     17.6% 14.4% 7.5% 8.7% 5.9%  
WisdomTree ex-US DLN Income: Equity 15° 11° 40° 36° 67°   19.5% 18.5% 12.3% 12.7% 13.1% 9.7%
WisdmTr Intl SmCap DLS Income: Equity 55° 36° 82° 106° 107° 106°   17.4% 18.9% 7.4% 8.1% 8.0% 6.4%
iShares Select Dividend DVY Income: Equity 356° 36° 36° 78° 59° 87°   18.7% 17.1% 10.4% 10.4% 11.9% 8.5%
SPDR S&P Int'l DWX Income: Equity 35° 30° 55° 129° 139°     16.3% 16.6% 8.1% 7.4% 4.4%  
iShares Core Hi Div HDV Income: Equity 29° 11° 80° 57°     24.1% 16.8% 12.7% 10.0% 11.2%  
iShr Intl Select Dividend IDV Income: Equity 13° 32° 80° 105°     29.7% 26.8% 13.7% 10.5% 8.0%  
Invesco Intl Div PID Income: Equity 130° 114° 56° 100° 120° 116°   10.4% 13.0% 8.7% 8.6% 6.5% 5.1%
SPDR S&P Dividend SDY Income: Equity 75° 129° 51° 87° 59° 80°   13.5% 11.7% 8.3% 9.7% 11.4% 8.9%
Vanguard Hi Div Yld ETF VYM Income: Equity 15° 12° 49° 38°     20.7% 18.3% 12.0% 11.8% 12.8%  
Invesco Sr Loan ETF BKLN Income: Float Rate 194° 209° 254° 217° 214°     4.8% 6.9% 5.5% 4.2% 4.4%  
Invesco Multi-Asset CVY Income: Multi 49° 55° 96° 109°     17.5% 15.4% 9.2% 8.8% 7.5%  
SPDR Conv Sec CWB Income: Multi 27° 44° 145° 48° 59°     20.4% 15.7% 5.2% 11.4% 10.8%  
SPDR Inc Alloc INKM Income: Multi 191° 189° 201° 176°       9.7% 9.8% 4.0% 5.3%    
iSh MultiAsset Income IYLD Income: Multi 210° 210° 201° 172°       11.0% 10.3% 3.3% 3.7%    
FirstTrust Multi-Asset MDIV Income: Multi 215° 205° 198° 135°       10.9% 11.4% 6.9% 4.8%    
iShr Preferred ETF PFF Income: Multi 178° 179° 185° 182° 183°     2.1% 5.9% 0.7% 2.9% 4.5%  
Invesco Preferred ETF PGX Income: Multi 179° 176° 177° 181° 183°     -1.7% 4.2% -1.3% 1.9% 4.0%  
First Trust Focus 5 FV Sector Rotation 52° 69° 67° 60°       20.1% 16.5% 9.5% 13.0%    
iShr Aggressive AOA Risk-Driven 19° 11° 27° 61° 71°     18.2% 17.0% 8.8% 10.4% 10.3%  
iShr Conservative AOK Risk-Driven 189° 197° 212° 209° 206°     8.0% 9.2% 3.4% 4.9% 4.9%  
iShr Moderate AOM Risk-Driven 184° 200° 214° 208° 204°     10.1% 10.7% 4.5% 6.0% 6.1%  
iShr Growth AOR Risk-Driven 33° 259° 235° 192° 182°     14.0% 13.8% 6.6% 8.2% 8.2%  
Principal GlobMultiStrat PMSAX Blended 249° 210° 252° 217°       11.7% 8.3% 5.3% 4.6%    
Hundredfold Select SFHYX Blended 184° 199° 220° 235° 225° 246°   7.5% 7.5% 2.3% 7.0% 6.5% 6.5%
UBS Global Alloc BPGLX Global Macro 35° 51° 192° 176° 166° 145°   17.8% 14.7% 5.9% 7.6% 6.9% 5.4%
DFA Select Hedged DSHGX Global Macro 16° 15° 45°       24.3% 21.2% 12.5% 13.0%    
GMO Benchm-Free GBMFX Global Macro 326° 319° 207° 197° 224°   22.9% 16.0% 10.1% 6.7% 6.1% 6.2%
Leuthold Global GLBIX Global Macro 13° 184° 250° 195° 183°     17.2% 12.1% 6.5% 6.4% 6.0%  
GMO Global Alloc GMWAX Global Macro 10° 354° 336° 186° 180° 195°   23.3% 17.2% 8.6% 7.7% 6.9% 6.3%
Mac Asset Strategy IVAEX Global Macro 92° 359° 109° 127° 109°   12.6% 16.0% 8.5% 8.2% 6.5% 7.0%
Leuthold Core LCORX Global Macro 72° 153° 294° 225° 196° 157°   13.1% 12.6% 7.6% 8.2% 7.7% 6.8%
Loomis Global Alloc Y LSWWX Global Macro 29° 38° 105° 79° 101° 73°   14.4% 15.2% 6.3% 9.9% 9.3% 9.1%
BlackRock Global I MALOX Global Macro 50° 39° 187° 188° 175° 179°   15.2% 14.8% 5.4% 7.7% 6.9% 6.6%
MFS Global Tot Ret MFWIX Global Macro 65° 177° 200° 188° 183° 186°   13.3% 11.9% 5.7% 6.8% 7.2% 6.5%
PIMCO All-Asset PAUIX Global Macro 56° 182° 180° 172° 170° 177°   13.7% 9.6% 2.8% 4.5% 3.6% 4.6%
Thornburg Inv Income Y TIBIX Global Macro 350° 355° 36° 58° 56°   30.8% 26.2% 16.5% 12.6% 11.0% 9.8%
VALIC Global Strat VGLSX Global Macro 15° 359° 355° 176° 156° 144°   20.3% 18.0% 8.0% 7.1% 6.9% 6.7%
NYLI Int'l Res MYITX Hedged: 130-30 24° 19° 42° 114° 116°     28.9% 22.0% 10.4% 7.7% 7.3%  
MFS Target Return A DVRAX Hedged: Abs Return 195° 216° 249° 221° 213°     5.4% 8.7% 5.0% 4.9% 4.5%  
EatonVance GlobalMacro EIGMX Hedged: Abs Return 248° 221° 256° 222° 213° 232°   11.6% 9.1% 5.5% 4.4% 3.7% 4.4%
Virtus ASG Global GAFYX Hedged: Abs Return 191° 249° 211° 195°     15.0% 8.1% 5.4% 4.5% 3.6%  
Goldman Sachs Instl GARTX Hedged: Abs Return 217° 204° 244° 215° 205°     11.6% 8.4% 5.1% 5.0% 4.1%  
Jhancock Multi Abs Ret I JHAIX Hedged: Abs Return 168° 181° 212° 207°       3.9% 4.0% 2.4% 3.2%    
Putnam Short Dur Y PARYX Hedged: Abs Return 197° 202° 225° 216° 212°     1.3% 2.7% 0.5% 1.8% 1.6%  
Putnam Core Bond Y PYTRX Hedged: Abs Return 190° 192° 224° 210° 205°     2.0% 4.3% 1.9% 2.7% 2.3%  
AQR Divers N ADANX Hedged: Arbitrage 210° 207° 236° 231° 211°     5.4% 5.3% 2.9% 6.3% 4.0%  
Arbitrage Fund ARBNX Hedged: Arbitrage 209° 208° 244° 222° 214° 225°   5.2% 5.9% 4.0% 3.6% 2.9% 3.4%
BlackRock EmMkt A BLSAX Hedged: Long/Short 26° 28° 93° 124°       36.8% 21.3% 6.8% 6.4%    
Robeco Long/Short I BPLSX Hedged: Long/Short 359° 358° 354° 36° 55° 32°   35.4% 25.7% 19.8% 11.2% 10.3% 11.0%
Diamond Hill Long-Short I DHLSX Hedged: Long/Short 157° 210° 262° 144° 138° 152°   8.0% 11.9% 6.8% 7.6% 8.0% 6.0%
Cromwell L/S MFADX Hedged: Long/Short 15° 220° 323° 173° 178°     13.9% 13.1% 8.8% 8.5% 6.2%  
Calamos Market Neu Inc CVSIX Hedged: Mkt Neutral 209° 199° 238° 222° 216° 221°   6.2% 5.2% 3.7% 4.1% 4.0% 3.7%
Gabelli ABC AAA GABCX Hedged: Mkt Neutral 199° 209° 254° 223° 217° 229°   5.5% 7.2% 5.1% 4.0% 3.7% 3.7%
JPMorgan Mkt Neutral A JMNAX Hedged: Mkt Neutral 184° 198° 247° 221° 207° 219°   -3.8% 4.8% 4.7% 4.4% 2.6% 2.6%
Vanguard Market Neutral VMNFX Hedged: Mkt Neutral 343° 243° 321° 221° 210° 217°   19.5% 12.4% 13.1% 5.3% 4.3% 3.4%
Fidelity Equity FEQTX Income: Equity 15° 35° 18° 65° 59° 91°   22.5% 16.9% 11.4% 11.1% 11.7% 8.1%
Fidelity Strategic FSDIX Income: Equity 33° 352° 73° 46° 95°   18.5% 15.1% 8.2% 9.7% 10.4% 7.9%
Columbia Div Income LBSAX Income: Equity 17° 12° 32° 31° 52°   18.4% 16.7% 10.7% 12.5% 12.8% 10.0%
Invesco Divers Dividend LCEIX Income: Equity 37° 54° 20° 98° 59° 83°   15.2% 15.2% 9.9% 9.2% 11.0% 8.6%
BlackRock Eq Dividend MDDVX Income: Equity 17° 18° 38° 69° 67° 79°   24.0% 19.0% 9.1% 10.7% 10.9% 8.8%
T. Rowe Equity Income PRFDX Income: Equity 11° 26° 27° 64° 63° 84°   23.9% 18.1% 11.3% 11.6% 11.7% 8.7%
Schwab Div Equity SWDSX Income: Equity 10° 23° 21° 90° 79° 97°   16.5% 16.6% 9.4% 9.5% 10.4% 7.8%
Vanguard Equity VEIPX Income: Equity 11° 15° 11° 44° 37° 60°   18.1% 17.5% 11.7% 12.1% 12.9% 10.0%
Lord Abbett Float Rate LFRAX Income: Float Rate 194° 200° 224° 197° 199°     1.8% 2.7% 1.4% 2.3% 3.3%  
Calamos Global Opp CVLOX Income: Global 41° 22° 55° 57° 114° 105°   18.8% 19.9% 8.6% 11.0% 8.7% 7.6%
Loomis Global Alloc A LGMAX Income: Global 35° 45° 111° 87° 110° 80°   14.1% 14.9% 6.0% 9.6% 8.9% 8.7%
Neuberger Berman Eq Inc NBHAX Income: Global 46° 39° 26° 90° 109°     15.7% 15.8% 9.7% 9.5% 8.9%  
Thornburg Inv Income A TIBAX Income: Global 350° 355° 39° 71° 67°   30.5% 25.7% 16.2% 12.3% 10.4% 9.2%
Am Century Target Date ARTOX Income: Multi 183° 197° 215° 206° 202° 214°   8.4% 9.9% 4.3% 6.1% 6.2% 5.7%
BlackRock Strat Inc Opp BASIX Income: Multi 188° 195° 216° 210° 208°     0.4% 2.8% -0.1% 2.0% 2.4%  
Calamos Convertible CCVIX Income: Multi 20° 40° 126° 39° 108° 97°   25.9% 16.7% 5.9% 11.2% 9.2% 8.0%
Invesco Convertible Y CNSDX Income: Multi 31° 45° 150° 35° 88° 70°   20.2% 15.7% 6.2% 10.6% 9.7% 8.8%
Fidelity Convertibles FCVSX Income: Multi 23° 27° 35° 15° 47° 76°   23.0% 17.9% 8.4% 12.7% 11.1% 9.3%
Goldman Sachs Dyn A GSZAX Income: Multi 201° 203° 232° 210° 206°     5.8% 5.3% 2.7% 2.6% 2.7%  
WestWood REs Inc KIFYX Income: Multi 184° 180° 186° 153° 146° 124°   3.0% 4.9% 0.5% 2.1% 5.1% 4.3%
Nuveen Preferred I NPSRX Income: Multi 194° 204° 201° 188° 190°     6.1% 7.2% 0.7% 3.5% 5.4%  
Pimco Income PONPX Income: Multi 186° 192° 207° 205° 209°     1.3% 3.1% -0.3% 2.5% 4.5%  
Principal Spectrum PPSIX Income: Multi 192° 208° 216° 199° 202° 170°   3.8% 7.6% 2.4% 4.0% 5.3% 5.4%
T. Rowe Price Global PRSNX Income: Multi 189° 195° 202° 200° 199°     -1.1% 2.2% -2.2% 1.3% 2.5%  
T. Rowe Retire Balanced TRRIX Income: Multi 183° 195° 205° 203° 200° 209°   5.8% 7.5% 1.9% 5.0% 5.3% 5.0%
Vanguard LifeStrategy VASIX Income: Multi 188° 195° 209° 209° 208° 220°   5.8% 7.0% 1.8% 3.6% 4.0% 4.1%
Vanguard Target Retire VTINX Income: Multi 190° 199° 215° 212° 210° 224°   8.0% 8.0% 3.0% 4.8% 5.0% 5.1%
Vanguard Wellesley Adm VWIAX Income: Multi 190° 193° 214° 211° 214° 236°   7.3% 8.5% 3.7% 5.7% 6.6% 6.5%
Fidelity Muni FHIGX Income: Tax Exempt 184° 187° 199° 199° 200° 212°   1.9% 0.5% -2.1% 0.7% 2.2% 2.8%
Nuveen Amer Muni FLAAX Income: Tax Exempt 187° 189° 193° 194° 196° 206°   3.9% 1.9% -2.7% 0.6% 2.6% 3.1%
BlackRock Nat'l Muni MDNLX Income: Tax Exempt 186° 191° 200° 200° 201° 212°   1.5% 0.6% -2.1% 0.4% 2.0% 2.5%
T. Rowe Summit Muni PRINX Income: Tax Exempt 185° 188° 200° 199° 200° 212°   1.8% 0.8% -2.0% 0.6% 2.4% 2.8%
Vanguard LT Tax-Exempt VWLTX Income: Tax Exempt 185° 187° 199° 200° 201° 212°   3.3% 1.4% -1.7% 1.0% 2.5% 3.0%
Sound Mind Investing SMIFX Momentum 105° 131° 163° 105° 105° 102°   11.8% 11.4% 5.3% 8.7% 8.8% 7.3%
Sector Rotation NAVFX Sector Rotation 89° 33° 38° 65°       12.7% 18.5% 9.9% 11.2%    
FundX ETF XCOR Momentum 48° 35° 92° 70° 75° 97°   16.5% 19.5% 6.8% 10.8% 10.7% 7.7%
ALPS Insurance Trust BETFX Risk-Driven 26° 269° 245° 188° 179°     14.3% 13.9% 6.7% 7.5% 7.2%  
Columbia Thermostat COTZX Risk-Driven 193° 205° 226° 240° 228° 191°   7.0% 10.8% 4.5% 7.7% 7.5% 6.9%
Dodge & Cox Balanced DODBX Risk-Driven 172° 191° 291° 100° 71° 104°   10.2% 12.0% 7.2% 9.3% 10.2% 7.6%
Fidelity Balanced FBALX Risk-Driven 17° 23° 29° 51°   17.9% 16.7% 9.1% 11.7% 11.3% 9.2%
Fidelity Puritan FPURX Risk-Driven 31° 23° 17° 19° 26° 45°   15.9% 16.4% 9.0% 11.4% 11.0% 9.0%
Janus Balanced JANBX Risk-Driven 161° 101° 162° 43° 329°   8.6% 13.8% 6.4% 10.2% 9.9% 8.8%
Schwab Balanced SWOBX Risk-Driven 164° 182° 185° 179° 170° 178°   10.8% 13.1% 5.8% 8.7% 8.8% 7.1%
Vanguard Balanced VBIAX Risk-Driven 342° 72° 73° 74° 27° 343°   12.8% 14.1% 7.0% 9.5% 9.8% 8.3%
ValueLine AssetAlloc VLAAX Risk-Driven 175° 174° 170° 165° 155° 138°   -8.5% 4.2% 0.9% 6.7% 8.0% 7.0%
Vanguard Wellesley Inv VWINX Risk-Driven 189° 195° 215° 211° 215° 236°   7.2% 8.8% 3.8% 5.7% 6.7% 6.5%
Vanguard LifeStrat Growth VASGX Risk-Driven 23° 10° 29° 54° 72° 95°   18.4% 17.5% 8.8% 10.6% 10.2% 8.0%
Vanguard Wellington Inv VWELX Risk-Driven 76° 344° 346° 356° 12°   12.8% 15.5% 8.1% 10.1% 10.4% 8.8%
Vanguard STAR Inv VGSTX Risk-Driven 51° 100° 154° 118° 126° 124°   13.7% 13.8% 5.7% 9.2% 9.2% 7.8%
FPA Crescent FPACX Risk-Driven 37° 328° 340° 77° 89° 68°   14.5% 15.0% 9.0% 9.9% 9.7% 8.6%
Allspring Asset Alloc WFAIX Risk-Driven 216° 41° 334° 260° 342° 78°   12.4% 14.1% 7.1% 9.4% 10.7% 8.4%