Dow 30 Strategy

TotalReturn:

'The total return on a portfolio of investments takes into account not only the capital appreciation on the portfolio, but also the income received on the portfolio. The income typically consists of interest, dividends, and securities lending fees. This contrasts with the price return, which takes into account only the capital gain on an investment.'

• The total return over 5 years of Dow 30 Strategy is 98.5%, which is greater, thus better compared to the benchmark DIA (82%) in the same period.
• Looking at total return in of 55.7% in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively higher, thus better in comparison to DIA (51.3%).

CAGR:

'The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is a useful measure of growth over multiple time periods. It can be thought of as the growth rate that gets you from the initial investment value to the ending investment value if you assume that the investment has been compounding over the time period.'

• Compared with the benchmark DIA (12.7%) in the period of the last 5 years, the annual return (CAGR) of 14.7% of Dow 30 Strategy is greater, thus better.
• Compared with DIA (14.8%) in the period of the last 3 years, the annual performance (CAGR) of 15.9% is greater, thus better.

Volatility:

'In finance, volatility (symbol σ) is the degree of variation of a trading price series over time as measured by the standard deviation of logarithmic returns. Historic volatility measures a time series of past market prices. Implied volatility looks forward in time, being derived from the market price of a market-traded derivative (in particular, an option). Commonly, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security.'

• The 30 days standard deviation over 5 years of Dow 30 Strategy is 6.3%, which is smaller, thus better compared to the benchmark DIA (13.4%) in the same period.
• During the last 3 years, the volatility is 6.2%, which is lower, thus better than the value of 13.3% from the benchmark.

DownVol:

'Risk measures typically quantify the downside risk, whereas the standard deviation (an example of a deviation risk measure) measures both the upside and downside risk. Specifically, downside risk in our definition is the semi-deviation, that is the standard deviation of all negative returns.'

• Compared with the benchmark DIA (9.7%) in the period of the last 5 years, the downside volatility of 4.2% of Dow 30 Strategy is smaller, thus better.
• Compared with DIA (9.7%) in the period of the last 3 years, the downside risk of 4.3% is lower, thus better.

Sharpe:

'The Sharpe ratio was developed by Nobel laureate William F. Sharpe, and is used to help investors understand the return of an investment compared to its risk. The ratio is the average return earned in excess of the risk-free rate per unit of volatility or total risk. Subtracting the risk-free rate from the mean return allows an investor to better isolate the profits associated with risk-taking activities. One intuition of this calculation is that a portfolio engaging in 'zero risk' investments, such as the purchase of U.S. Treasury bills (for which the expected return is the risk-free rate), has a Sharpe ratio of exactly zero. Generally, the greater the value of the Sharpe ratio, the more attractive the risk-adjusted return.'

• Compared with the benchmark DIA (0.76) in the period of the last 5 years, the ratio of return and volatility (Sharpe) of 1.95 of Dow 30 Strategy is larger, thus better.
• Compared with DIA (0.92) in the period of the last 3 years, the ratio of return and volatility (Sharpe) of 2.15 is greater, thus better.

Sortino:

'The Sortino ratio improves upon the Sharpe ratio by isolating downside volatility from total volatility by dividing excess return by the downside deviation. The Sortino ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that differentiates harmful volatility from total overall volatility by using the asset's standard deviation of negative asset returns, called downside deviation. The Sortino ratio takes the asset's return and subtracts the risk-free rate, and then divides that amount by the asset's downside deviation. The ratio was named after Frank A. Sortino.'

• The downside risk / excess return profile over 5 years of Dow 30 Strategy is 2.89, which is higher, thus better compared to the benchmark DIA (1.06) in the same period.
• During the last 3 years, the downside risk / excess return profile is 3.11, which is larger, thus better than the value of 1.27 from the benchmark.

Ulcer:

'The ulcer index is a stock market risk measure or technical analysis indicator devised by Peter Martin in 1987, and published by him and Byron McCann in their 1989 book The Investors Guide to Fidelity Funds. It's designed as a measure of volatility, but only volatility in the downward direction, i.e. the amount of drawdown or retracement occurring over a period. Other volatility measures like standard deviation treat up and down movement equally, but a trader doesn't mind upward movement, it's the downside that causes stress and stomach ulcers that the index's name suggests.'

• Looking at the Downside risk index of 1.49 in the last 5 years of Dow 30 Strategy, we see it is relatively lower, thus better in comparison to the benchmark DIA (4.24 )
• Looking at Downside risk index in of 1.31 in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively lower, thus better in comparison to DIA (4.24 ).

MaxDD:

'Maximum drawdown is defined as the peak-to-trough decline of an investment during a specific period. It is usually quoted as a percentage of the peak value. The maximum drawdown can be calculated based on absolute returns, in order to identify strategies that suffer less during market downturns, such as low-volatility strategies. However, the maximum drawdown can also be calculated based on returns relative to a benchmark index, for identifying strategies that show steady outperformance over time.'

• Looking at the maximum drop from peak to valley of -6.7 days in the last 5 years of Dow 30 Strategy, we see it is relatively higher, thus better in comparison to the benchmark DIA (-18.1 days)
• Compared with DIA (-18.1 days) in the period of the last 3 years, the maximum reduction from previous high of -6.7 days is higher, thus better.

MaxDuration:

'The Drawdown Duration is the length of any peak to peak period, or the time between new equity highs. The Max Drawdown Duration is the worst (the maximum/longest) amount of time an investment has seen between peaks (equity highs) in days.'

• Compared with the benchmark DIA (227 days) in the period of the last 5 years, the maximum days below previous high of 149 days of Dow 30 Strategy is lower, thus better.
• Looking at maximum days under water in of 125 days in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively smaller, thus better in comparison to DIA (161 days).

AveDuration:

'The Drawdown Duration is the length of any peak to peak period, or the time between new equity highs. The Avg Drawdown Duration is the average amount of time an investment has seen between peaks (equity highs), or in other terms the average of time under water of all drawdowns. So in contrast to the Maximum duration it does not measure only one drawdown event but calculates the average of all.'

• Looking at the average time in days below previous high water mark of 27 days in the last 5 years of Dow 30 Strategy, we see it is relatively lower, thus better in comparison to the benchmark DIA (54 days)
• Looking at average days below previous high in of 20 days in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively lower, thus better in comparison to DIA (45 days).