Tactical: Managed, ranked by Standard Deviation

for period ending September 30, 2026

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

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      Standard 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 3.6% 5.6% 6.3% 5.2% 4.6% 4.6%   -1.5% 4.2% -0.6% 1.1% 1.8% 2.9%
S&P 500 SPY Benchmark 14.6% 14.9% 17.8% 17.7% 16.2% 17.1%   15.7% 22.8% 13.7% 15.2% 15.6% 11.1%
Strategic 60-40 Portfolio s.6040 Benchmark 8.9% 10.2% 12.1% 11.5% 10.4% 10.9%   8.5% 14.9% 7.3% 9.3% 9.9% 8.0%
S&P 500 Equal Weight RSP Equal Weight 12.7% 14.6% 17.4% 18.7% 17.3% 19.2%   11.4% 15.5% 8.6% 11.4% 13.2% 9.8%
Permanent Portfolio PRPFX Low Equity 13.5% 10.9% 11.4% 11.1% 10.4% 10.9%   8.7% 19.9% 12.0% 10.2% 7.8% 8.1%
Hedge Replication HDG Blended 5.4% 4.8% 6.0% 6.1% 5.8%     8.1% 7.5% 3.4% 3.7% 3.4%  
Inv Dorsey Wright PDP Blended 25.9% 23.7% 23.6% 21.4% 19.0%     16.8% 21.6% 9.3% 12.8% 13.4%  
NYLI Hedge Multi-Strat QAI Blended 6.7% 5.6% 6.3% 5.6% 5.3%     7.2% 8.5% 4.3% 3.6% 3.3%  
ProShares Lg Cap CSM Hedged: 130-30 14.7% 15.3% 18.2% 18.3% 16.9%     14.6% 22.5% 12.9% 14.1% 15.0%  
MultiAsset ETF RLY Hedged: Abs Return 15.2% 11.5% 14.6% 14.4%       21.1% 13.9% 10.7% 8.1%    
NYLI Merger Arbitrage MNA Hedged: Arbitrage 1.4% 2.9% 3.4% 4.8% 4.8%     2.6% 5.7% 2.5% 2.7% 3.3%  
AGF AntiBeta BTAL Hedged: Mkt Neutral 14.1% 15.8% 16.7% 15.2% 14.5%     -22.7% -12.0% -4.3% -4.1% -4.0%  
WisdmTr EM HiYld DEM Income: Equity 12.4% 11.2% 15.8% 17.2% 17.6%     25.3% 19.2% 11.1% 9.4% 6.0%  
WisdmTr EM SmCap DGS Income: Equity 17.5% 14.6% 16.0% 18.0% 17.7%     15.0% 14.9% 7.8% 8.4% 7.2%  
WisdomTree ex-US DLN Income: Equity 10.1% 11.7% 14.7% 15.7% 14.4% 15.6%   13.8% 18.9% 12.8% 12.4% 13.2% 9.4%
WisdmTr Intl SmCap DLS Income: Equity 16.0% 15.4% 17.0% 17.5% 16.7% 19.4%   13.7% 19.5% 7.8% 7.5% 8.6% 6.2%
iShares Select Dividend DVY Income: Equity 12.2% 14.7% 16.7% 17.5% 15.7% 16.9%   10.8% 16.3% 9.7% 9.7% 11.8% 8.1%
SPDR S&P Int'l DWX Income: Equity 13.0% 13.3% 14.9% 14.3% 15.5%     11.8% 16.4% 8.4% 6.8% 5.1%  
iShares Core Hi Div HDV Income: Equity 15.9% 13.5% 15.8% 16.0% 14.5%     17.8% 16.0% 12.1% 9.4% 11.0%  
iShr Intl Select Dividend IDV Income: Equity 17.7% 16.1% 19.1% 18.7% 18.0%     22.2% 25.4% 13.6% 9.7% 8.6%  
Invesco Intl Div PID Income: Equity 12.3% 13.5% 16.1% 17.8% 16.9% 19.1%   4.1% 12.6% 7.8% 7.7% 6.7% 4.7%
SPDR S&P Dividend SDY Income: Equity 13.7% 13.6% 15.6% 16.0% 14.9% 16.3%   7.3% 11.3% 8.1% 9.2% 11.4% 8.5%
Vanguard Hi Div Yld ETF VYM Income: Equity 12.1% 12.9% 15.5% 15.9% 14.6%     12.8% 17.7% 11.6% 11.3% 12.8%  
Invesco Sr Loan ETF BKLN Income: Float Rate 3.5% 2.8% 4.7% 4.9% 4.6%     4.0% 6.7% 5.4% 4.2% 4.4%  
Invesco Multi-Asset CVY Income: Multi 13.0% 14.1% 17.7% 20.5% 18.1% 19.7%   10.2% 13.5% 8.1% 8.2% 7.6% 5.6%
SPDR Conv Sec CWB Income: Multi 17.1% 14.3% 14.1% 15.7% 14.0%     13.6% 16.4% 5.5% 11.1% 11.2%  
SPDR Inc Alloc INKM Income: Multi 7.5% 8.6% 10.2% 10.6%       4.4% 9.7% 3.6% 4.9%    
iSh MultiAsset Income IYLD Income: Multi 6.2% 7.0% 9.6% 10.7%       6.9% 10.0% 3.2% 3.5%    
FirstTrust Multi-Asset MDIV Income: Multi 9.0% 9.3% 12.6% 15.9%       6.5% 10.0% 6.1% 4.6%    
iShr Preferred ETF PFF Income: Multi 7.2% 9.2% 11.2% 10.5% 9.3%     -1.6% 5.5% 0.4% 2.8% 4.6%  
Invesco Preferred ETF PGX Income: Multi 6.4% 10.3% 12.9% 11.1% 9.7%     -7.6% 3.3% -2.0% 1.6% 3.9%  
First Trust Focus 5 FV Sector Rotation 23.0% 21.2% 22.5% 21.7%       19.0% 18.7% 10.6% 12.9%    
iShr Aggressive AOA Risk-Driven 11.3% 11.4% 13.8% 13.5% 12.8%     12.9% 17.9% 9.2% 10.1% 10.7%  
iShr Conservative AOK Risk-Driven 5.9% 6.9% 8.4% 7.2% 6.4%     3.9% 9.5% 3.3% 4.7% 4.9%  
iShr Moderate AOM Risk-Driven 6.8% 7.6% 9.3% 8.2% 7.4%     5.7% 11.2% 4.5% 5.8% 6.1%  
iShr Growth AOR Risk-Driven 9.1% 9.4% 11.5% 10.8% 9.9%     9.3% 14.5% 6.9% 7.9% 8.4%  
Principal GlobMultiStrat PMSAX Blended 3.8% 4.2% 4.8% 5.2%       9.4% 8.3% 5.6% 4.5%    
Hundredfold Select SFHYX Blended 5.4% 5.6% 6.1% 6.8% 6.1% 6.4%   6.0% 8.1% 2.7% 7.0% 6.6% 6.5%
UBS Global Alloc BPGLX Global Macro 12.2% 10.9% 11.6% 11.4% 10.7% 13.2%   10.9% 15.3% 5.9% 7.3% 7.2% 5.2%
DFA Select Hedged DSHGX Global Macro 13.9% 13.1% 15.5% 16.6%       18.6% 21.8% 12.9% 12.7%    
GMO Benchm-Free GBMFX Global Macro 10.3% 8.5% 9.4% 9.1% 8.3% 8.2%   19.5% 15.4% 9.8% 6.5% 6.1% 6.1%
Leuthold Global GLBIX Global Macro 10.4% 9.4% 10.3% 9.9% 9.3%     14.1% 12.4% 6.9% 6.2% 6.4%  
GMO Global Alloc GMWAX Global Macro 11.0% 10.0% 11.6% 10.9% 9.9% 10.2%   19.3% 17.3% 8.8% 7.5% 7.1% 6.2%
Mac Asset Strategy IVAEX Global Macro 11.2% 10.6% 12.5% 14.9% 14.5% 15.1%   6.8% 16.2% 8.7% 8.0% 7.4% 6.9%
Leuthold Core LCORX Global Macro 8.9% 10.2% 10.2% 9.6% 9.1% 11.3%   7.5% 12.9% 7.9% 8.1% 8.1% 6.7%
Loomis Global Alloc Y LSWWX Global Macro 10.8% 12.3% 15.6% 14.3% 13.2% 15.1%   7.8% 15.2% 6.3% 9.3% 9.7% 8.8%
BlackRock Global I MALOX Global Macro 11.3% 10.5% 11.4% 11.1% 10.3% 11.0%   10.5% 15.6% 5.7% 7.5% 7.3% 6.5%
MFS Global Tot Ret MFWIX Global Macro 9.5% 9.8% 11.4% 10.6% 9.8% 10.6%   8.0% 11.8% 5.4% 6.3% 7.3% 6.3%
PIMCO All-Asset PAUIX Global Macro 10.7% 9.2% 11.2% 11.1% 10.5% 10.7%   6.8% 9.0% 2.1% 3.9% 3.7% 4.4%
Thornburg Inv Income Y TIBIX Global Macro 13.0% 11.0% 13.1% 14.5% 13.1% 14.1%   24.0% 25.4% 16.6% 12.3% 11.2% 9.5%
VALIC Global Strat VGLSX Global Macro 11.3% 10.6% 12.0% 11.2% 11.4% 12.4%   14.7% 18.5% 8.6% 6.9% 7.4% 6.6%
NYLI Int'l Res MYITX Hedged: 130-30 17.3% 14.6% 17.5% 16.6% 16.2%     20.2% 22.7% 10.5% 7.2% 8.1%  
MFS Target Return A DVRAX Hedged: Abs Return 3.7% 4.1% 5.0% 5.1% 4.8%     3.3% 8.7% 5.1% 4.8% 4.3%  
EatonVance GlobalMacro EIGMX Hedged: Abs Return 3.2% 2.6% 3.7% 4.0% 3.6% 3.5%   11.3% 9.8% 5.7% 4.5% 3.9% 4.4%
Virtus ASG Global GAFYX Hedged: Abs Return 9.5% 7.7% 6.9% 6.5% 6.9%     14.0% 8.4% 6.0% 4.5% 3.9%  
Goldman Sachs Instl GARTX Hedged: Abs Return 6.6% 5.7% 6.6% 6.3% 5.8%     9.5% 8.9% 5.5% 5.0% 4.3%  
Jhancock Multi Abs Ret I JHAIX Hedged: Abs Return 7.7% 7.3% 7.4% 6.3%       0.2% 4.1% 2.6% 3.1%    
Putnam Short Dur Y PARYX Hedged: Abs Return 1.5% 1.8% 2.2% 2.3% 2.0%     0.5% 2.5% 0.4% 1.8% 1.6%  
Putnam Core Bond Y PYTRX Hedged: Abs Return 4.0% 5.8% 5.2% 4.8% 4.3%     -1.9% 4.2% 1.3% 2.3% 2.2%  
AQR Divers N ADANX Hedged: Arbitrage 1.5% 2.3% 2.9% 5.9% 5.1%     5.3% 5.3% 2.9% 6.3% 4.0%  
Arbitrage Fund ARBNX Hedged: Arbitrage 1.3% 2.7% 3.2% 3.1% 2.8% 3.4%   5.4% 6.1% 4.0% 3.7% 3.0% 3.4%
BlackRock EmMkt A BLSAX Hedged: Long/Short 28.1% 18.2% 19.3% 18.5%       29.6% 22.4% 7.6% 6.3%    
Robeco Long/Short I BPLSX Hedged: Long/Short 12.5% 11.9% 13.9% 14.7% 12.8% 15.5%   30.9% 25.7% 19.6% 11.1% 10.4% 10.9%
Diamond Hill Long-Short I DHLSX Hedged: Long/Short 10.2% 9.1% 11.0% 13.0% 12.1% 12.3%   2.6% 10.8% 6.4% 7.1% 8.2% 5.9%
Cromwell L/S MFADX Hedged: Long/Short 10.5% 9.9% 11.0% 12.1% 10.6%     12.0% 13.1% 9.8% 8.6% 6.2%  
Calamos Market Neu Inc CVSIX Hedged: Mkt Neutral 1.9% 3.1% 3.9% 3.4% 3.5% 4.7%   5.4% 5.2% 3.8% 4.1% 4.2% 3.6%
Gabelli ABC AAA GABCX Hedged: Mkt Neutral 4.4% 4.0% 3.9% 3.6% 3.2% 3.4%   4.4% 7.1% 4.9% 3.8% 3.7% 3.7%
JPMorgan Mkt Neutral A JMNAX Hedged: Mkt Neutral 4.1% 4.3% 4.3% 4.5% 4.2% 4.0%   -1.9% 5.2% 4.9% 4.5% 2.8% 2.7%
Vanguard Market Neutral VMNFX Hedged: Mkt Neutral 7.5% 6.8% 7.8% 7.2% 6.4% 6.2%   21.0% 12.3% 13.8% 5.7% 4.7% 3.5%
Fidelity Equity FEQTX Income: Equity 13.6% 13.3% 15.3% 16.7% 15.4% 17.2%   15.8% 16.1% 11.0% 10.6% 12.0% 7.7%
Fidelity Strategic FSDIX Income: Equity 11.1% 10.9% 12.4% 12.4% 11.4% 14.5%   12.8% 15.2% 8.2% 9.4% 10.6% 7.7%
Columbia Div Income LBSAX Income: Equity 9.8% 11.2% 14.3% 14.8% 13.7% 14.5%   11.9% 16.8% 11.0% 12.2% 12.9% 9.7%
Invesco Divers Dividend LCEIX Income: Equity 10.5% 12.4% 14.6% 14.6% 13.4% 14.9%   10.2% 15.6% 9.8% 8.9% 11.1% 8.3%
BlackRock Eq Dividend MDDVX Income: Equity 14.2% 13.1% 15.1% 16.3% 14.9% 15.5%   18.9% 18.8% 8.8% 10.5% 11.2% 8.6%
T. Rowe Equity Income PRFDX Income: Equity 13.2% 13.6% 16.3% 17.7% 16.2% 17.4%   19.4% 18.1% 11.1% 11.2% 12.0% 8.4%
Schwab Div Equity SWDSX Income: Equity 10.6% 11.6% 14.3% 16.3% 15.3% 15.6%   9.6% 16.8% 9.3% 9.1% 10.5% 7.5%
Vanguard Equity VEIPX Income: Equity 12.0% 12.5% 15.1% 15.5% 14.4% 15.3%   11.5% 17.0% 11.4% 11.6% 12.9% 9.6%
Lord Abbett Float Rate LFRAX Income: Float Rate 2.2% 2.1% 3.2% 5.8% 5.1%     1.8% 2.7% 1.2% 2.2% 3.3%  
Calamos Global Opp CVLOX Income: Global 17.8% 15.5% 16.2% 15.7% 13.9% 14.4%   13.8% 21.9% 9.5% 10.9% 9.2% 7.5%
Loomis Global Alloc A LGMAX Income: Global 10.8% 12.2% 15.5% 14.2% 13.1% 15.1%   7.5% 14.9% 6.0% 9.1% 9.3% 8.4%
Neuberger Berman Eq Inc NBHAX Income: Global 13.6% 12.8% 14.7% 14.1% 12.8%     6.3% 15.0% 9.2% 8.8% 9.0%  
Thornburg Inv Income A TIBAX Income: Global 13.0% 11.0% 13.1% 14.4% 13.0% 14.0%   23.7% 24.9% 16.2% 12.0% 10.6% 9.0%
Am Century Target Date ARTOX Income: Multi 6.5% 7.3% 8.9% 8.4% 7.7% 8.2%   4.8% 10.2% 4.3% 5.8% 6.4% 5.5%
BlackRock Strat Inc Opp BASIX Income: Multi 3.2% 3.8% 3.8% 4.0% 3.6%     -1.7% 2.7% -0.3% 1.8% 2.4%  
Calamos Convertible CCVIX Income: Multi 19.4% 15.2% 14.5% 14.9% 13.3% 13.4%   18.5% 17.3% 6.0% 11.0% 9.6% 7.9%
Invesco Convertible Y CNSDX Income: Multi 17.9% 14.2% 13.3% 13.8% 12.3% 13.3%   13.8% 16.1% 6.1% 10.4% 10.0% 8.6%
Fidelity Convertibles FCVSX Income: Multi 17.8% 14.8% 14.4% 14.6% 13.7% 17.2%   16.0% 18.3% 8.6% 12.4% 11.6% 9.3%
Goldman Sachs Dyn A GSZAX Income: Multi 3.1% 3.4% 4.0% 4.8% 4.4%     4.3% 5.1% 2.5% 2.5% 2.7%  
WestWood REs Inc KIFYX Income: Multi 6.9% 9.4% 10.9% 14.3% 12.7% 17.7%   -1.3% 5.4% -0.1% 1.9% 5.0% 4.0%
Nuveen Preferred I NPSRX Income: Multi 4.3% 5.1% 7.3% 8.3% 7.7%     2.4% 6.9% 0.3% 3.3% 5.6%  
Pimco Income PONPX Income: Multi 4.8% 5.1% 5.7% 5.3% 5.0%     -2.4% 2.6% -0.9% 2.1% 4.3%  
Principal Spectrum PPSIX Income: Multi 4.1% 4.7% 6.7% 7.3% 6.6% 11.0%   -0.0% 6.9% 1.9% 3.8% 5.4% 5.2%
T. Rowe Price Global PRSNX Income: Multi 2.7% 4.1% 5.2% 5.7% 5.3%     -3.0% 2.1% -2.4% 1.2% 2.5%  
T. Rowe Retire Balanced TRRIX Income: Multi 6.3% 6.1% 7.7% 7.7% 7.2% 7.9%   2.4% 7.7% 1.9% 4.8% 5.5% 4.9%
Vanguard LifeStrategy VASIX Income: Multi 5.1% 6.2% 7.3% 6.0% 5.3% 5.5%   2.0% 7.2% 1.6% 3.3% 4.0% 4.0%
Vanguard Target Retire VTINX Income: Multi 5.7% 5.9% 7.5% 6.5% 5.8% 6.3%   4.4% 8.2% 3.0% 4.6% 5.0% 4.9%
Vanguard Wellesley Adm VWIAX Income: Multi 6.2% 7.6% 8.8% 7.9% 7.1% 7.3%   2.5% 8.4% 3.4% 5.3% 6.5% 6.3%
Fidelity Muni FHIGX Income: Tax Exempt 5.4% 6.1% 6.8% 6.1% 5.5% 5.5%   -4.5% 0.2% -2.8% 0.3% 1.8% 2.5%
Nuveen Amer Muni FLAAX Income: Tax Exempt 5.9% 6.2% 7.5% 6.8% 6.2% 6.7%   -3.4% 1.3% -3.4% 0.2% 2.1% 2.8%
BlackRock Nat'l Muni MDNLX Income: Tax Exempt 4.7% 4.7% 6.2% 5.4% 5.0% 5.2%   -3.6% 0.2% -2.7% 0.1% 1.7% 2.3%
T. Rowe Summit Muni PRINX Income: Tax Exempt 5.5% 6.3% 6.8% 6.0% 5.6% 5.7%   -5.4% 0.3% -2.7% 0.2% 1.9% 2.6%
Vanguard LT Tax-Exempt VWLTX Income: Tax Exempt 5.7% 6.7% 7.4% 6.3% 5.7% 5.8%   -3.9% 1.1% -2.4% 0.6% 2.2% 2.7%
Sound Mind Investing SMIFX Momentum 13.9% 13.9% 12.8% 15.4% 14.6% 16.6%   8.0% 12.8% 5.9% 8.6% 9.5% 7.2%
Sector Rotation NAVFX Sector Rotation 13.0% 15.4% 16.5% 16.5%       8.8% 19.6% 10.4% 11.0%    
FundX ETF XCOR Momentum 17.1% 17.3% 17.0% 17.1% 15.8% 17.2%   14.5% 22.4% 8.0% 11.0% 11.4% 7.8%
ALPS Insurance Trust BETFX Risk-Driven 9.5% 9.3% 11.3% 10.7% 9.9%     9.8% 14.5% 6.8% 7.3% 7.6%  
Columbia Thermostat COTZX Risk-Driven 5.6% 7.9% 8.6% 7.7% 7.1% 10.4%   3.0% 11.1% 4.3% 7.4% 7.8% 6.7%
Dodge & Cox Balanced DODBX Risk-Driven 8.5% 9.6% 11.5% 13.1% 12.4% 13.8%   4.0% 11.0% 6.7% 8.7% 10.4% 7.3%
Fidelity Balanced FBALX Risk-Driven 10.7% 11.0% 13.3% 13.1% 11.8% 12.6%   13.8% 17.9% 9.6% 11.6% 11.6% 9.1%
Fidelity Puritan FPURX Risk-Driven 11.2% 11.8% 13.2% 12.5% 11.4% 12.1%   12.6% 17.8% 9.5% 11.3% 11.4% 8.9%
Janus Balanced JANBX Risk-Driven 9.3% 10.6% 12.0% 11.4% 10.5% 10.6%   4.8% 14.9% 6.9% 10.1% 10.2% 8.7%
Schwab Balanced SWOBX Risk-Driven 9.0% 9.8% 11.5% 11.2% 10.3% 10.7%   6.9% 14.1% 6.3% 8.5% 9.1% 7.0%
Vanguard Balanced VBIAX Risk-Driven 8.9% 10.6% 12.3% 11.5% 10.4% 10.9%   8.4% 15.1% 7.4% 9.4% 10.0% 8.1%
ValueLine AssetAlloc VLAAX Risk-Driven 6.5% 10.4% 12.7% 12.1% 11.2% 12.1%   -11.0% 3.9% 0.8% 6.3% 8.1% 6.7%
Vanguard Wellesley Inv VWINX Risk-Driven 6.2% 7.5% 8.7% 7.8% 7.1% 7.3%   2.5% 8.6% 3.5% 5.4% 6.5% 6.3%
Vanguard LifeStrat Growth VASGX Risk-Driven 12.0% 11.5% 13.9% 13.6% 12.6% 14.1%   13.0% 18.4% 9.2% 10.4% 10.7% 7.8%
Vanguard Wellington Inv VWELX Risk-Driven 9.6% 9.8% 11.9% 11.4% 10.4% 11.1%   9.2% 16.6% 8.7% 10.1% 10.6% 8.7%
Vanguard STAR Inv VGSTX Risk-Driven 9.2% 10.5% 12.7% 12.3% 11.2% 11.9%   8.6% 14.4% 5.8% 8.9% 9.4% 7.5%
FPA Crescent FPACX Risk-Driven 9.2% 9.1% 11.5% 13.4% 11.9% 12.0%   10.3% 14.8% 9.0% 9.6% 9.9% 8.4%
Allspring Asset Alloc WFAIX Risk-Driven 8.8% 10.3% 12.0% 11.0% 10.3% 11.8%   8.3% 15.3% 7.6% 9.3% 10.8% 8.2%