World Top 4 Strategy

TotalReturn:

'Total return, when measuring performance, is the actual rate of return of an investment or a pool of investments over a given evaluation period. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends and distributions realized over a given period of time. Total return accounts for two categories of return: income including interest paid by fixed-income investments, distributions or dividends and capital appreciation, representing the change in the market price of an asset.'

• Looking at the total return, or increase in value of 85.5% in the last 5 years of World Top 4 Strategy, we see it is relatively larger, thus better in comparison to the benchmark ACWI (75.7%)
• Compared with ACWI (83.9%) in the period of the last 3 years, the total return of 68.7% is smaller, thus worse.

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.'

• The compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) over 5 years of World Top 4 Strategy is 13.2%, which is larger, thus better compared to the benchmark ACWI (12%) in the same period.
• Looking at compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in of 19.2% in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively lower, thus worse in comparison to ACWI (22.7%).

Volatility:

'Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. Volatility can either be measured by using the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same security or market index. Commonly, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security. In the securities markets, volatility is often associated with big swings in either direction. For example, when the stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of time, it is called a 'volatile' market.'

• Compared with the benchmark ACWI (16.2%) in the period of the last 5 years, the 30 days standard deviation of 8.6% of World Top 4 Strategy is smaller, thus better.
• During the last 3 years, the volatility is 9.7%, which is smaller, thus better than the value of 14.6% from the benchmark.

DownVol:

'Downside risk is the financial risk associated with losses. That is, it is the risk of the actual return being below the expected return, or the uncertainty about the magnitude of that difference. 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 ACWI (11.1%) in the period of the last 5 years, the downside deviation of 5.8% of World Top 4 Strategy is lower, thus better.
• Looking at downside volatility in of 6.7% in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively lower, thus better in comparison to ACWI (9.7%).

Sharpe:

'The Sharpe ratio is the measure of risk-adjusted return of a financial portfolio. Sharpe ratio is a measure of excess portfolio return over the risk-free rate relative to its standard deviation. Normally, the 90-day Treasury bill rate is taken as the proxy for risk-free rate. A portfolio with a higher Sharpe ratio is considered superior relative to its peers. The measure was named after William F Sharpe, a Nobel laureate and professor of finance, emeritus at Stanford University.'

• Compared with the benchmark ACWI (0.59) in the period of the last 5 years, the Sharpe Ratio of 1.25 of World Top 4 Strategy is higher, thus better.
• Looking at ratio of return and volatility (Sharpe) in of 1.71 in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively greater, thus better in comparison to ACWI (1.39).

Sortino:

'The Sortino ratio, a variation of the Sharpe ratio only factors in the downside, or negative volatility, rather than the total volatility used in calculating the Sharpe ratio. The theory behind the Sortino variation is that upside volatility is a plus for the investment, and it, therefore, should not be included in the risk calculation. Therefore, the Sortino ratio takes upside volatility out of the equation and uses only the downside standard deviation in its calculation instead of the total standard deviation that is used in calculating the Sharpe ratio.'

• Looking at the excess return divided by the downside deviation of 1.83 in the last 5 years of World Top 4 Strategy, we see it is relatively larger, thus better in comparison to the benchmark ACWI (0.86)
• Looking at ratio of annual return and downside deviation in of 2.5 in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively higher, thus better in comparison to ACWI (2.08).

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.'

• Compared with the benchmark ACWI (8.9 ) in the period of the last 5 years, the Ulcer Ratio of 2.89 of World Top 4 Strategy is lower, thus better.
• Looking at Downside risk index in of 2.47 in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively smaller, thus better in comparison to ACWI (2.72 ).

MaxDD:

'Maximum drawdown measures the loss in any losing period during a fund’s investment record. It is defined as the percent retrenchment from a fund’s peak value to the fund’s valley value. The drawdown is in effect from the time the fund’s retrenchment begins until a new fund high is reached. The maximum drawdown encompasses both the period from the fund’s peak to the fund’s valley (length), and the time from the fund’s valley to a new fund high (recovery). It measures the largest percentage drawdown that has occurred in any fund’s data record.'

• The maximum drop from peak to valley over 5 years of World Top 4 Strategy is -9.6 days, which is greater, thus better compared to the benchmark ACWI (-26.4 days) in the same period.
• Compared with ACWI (-16.5 days) in the period of the last 3 years, the maximum reduction from previous high of -9.6 days is higher, thus better.

MaxDuration:

'The Maximum Drawdown Duration is an extension of the Maximum Drawdown. However, this metric does not explain the drawdown in dollars or percentages, rather in days, weeks, or months. It is the length of time the account was in the Max Drawdown. A Max Drawdown measures a retrenchment from when an equity curve reaches a new high. It’s the maximum an account lost during that retrenchment. This method is applied because a valley can’t be measured until a new high occurs. Once the new high is reached, the percentage change from the old high to the bottom of the largest trough is recorded.'

• Compared with the benchmark ACWI (516 days) in the period of the last 5 years, the maximum days under water of 247 days of World Top 4 Strategy is smaller, thus better.
• During the last 3 years, the maximum days under water is 131 days, which is higher, thus worse than the value of 62 days from the benchmark.

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.'

• Compared with the benchmark ACWI (127 days) in the period of the last 5 years, the average days under water of 51 days of World Top 4 Strategy is lower, thus better.
• Looking at average time in days below previous high water mark in of 26 days in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively larger, thus worse in comparison to ACWI (12 days).