Global Market Rotation 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.'

• The total return, or increase in value over 5 years of Global Market Rotation Strategy is 83.5%, which is larger, thus better compared to the benchmark ACWI (44.3%) in the same period.
• During the last 3 years, the total return, or performance is 38.4%, which is lower, thus worse than the value of 40.8% from the benchmark.

CAGR:

'Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is a business and investing specific term for the geometric progression ratio that provides a constant rate of return over the time period. CAGR is not an accounting term, but it is often used to describe some element of the business, for example revenue, units delivered, registered users, etc. CAGR dampens the effect of volatility of periodic returns that can render arithmetic means irrelevant. It is particularly useful to compare growth rates from various data sets of common domain such as revenue growth of companies in the same industry.'

• The annual performance (CAGR) over 5 years of Global Market Rotation Strategy is 12.9%, which is greater, thus better compared to the benchmark ACWI (7.6%) in the same period.
• Compared with ACWI (12.1%) in the period of the last 3 years, the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5% is lower, thus worse.

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 (13.5%) in the period of the last 5 years, the 30 days standard deviation of 7.1% of Global Market Rotation Strategy is smaller, thus better.
• During the last 3 years, the 30 days standard deviation is 6.4%, which is lower, thus better than the value of 12% 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 ACWI (14.9%) in the period of the last 5 years, the downside deviation of 7.9% of Global Market Rotation Strategy is lower, thus better.
• Looking at downside volatility in of 7.7% in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively lower, thus better in comparison to ACWI (13.8%).

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.'

• The risk / return profile (Sharpe) over 5 years of Global Market Rotation Strategy is 1.47, which is larger, thus better compared to the benchmark ACWI (0.38) in the same period.
• Compared with ACWI (0.81) in the period of the last 3 years, the risk / return profile (Sharpe) of 1.39 is greater, thus better.

Sortino:

'The Sortino ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of an investment asset, portfolio, or strategy. It is a modification of the Sharpe ratio but penalizes only those returns falling below a user-specified target or required rate of return, while the Sharpe ratio penalizes both upside and downside volatility equally. Though both ratios measure an investment's risk-adjusted return, they do so in significantly different ways that will frequently lead to differing conclusions as to the true nature of the investment's return-generating efficiency. The Sortino ratio is used as a way to compare the risk-adjusted performance of programs with differing risk and return profiles. In general, risk-adjusted returns seek to normalize the risk across programs and then see which has the higher return unit per risk.'

• Compared with the benchmark ACWI (0.34) in the period of the last 5 years, the ratio of annual return and downside deviation of 1.32 of Global Market Rotation Strategy is higher, thus better.
• Looking at downside risk / excess return profile in of 1.17 in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively larger, thus better in comparison to ACWI (0.7).

Ulcer:

'The Ulcer Index is a technical indicator that measures downside risk, in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines. The index increases in value as the price moves farther away from a recent high and falls as the price rises to new highs. The indicator is usually calculated over a 14-day period, with the Ulcer Index showing the percentage drawdown a trader can expect from the high over that period. The greater the value of the Ulcer Index, the longer it takes for a stock to get back to the former high.'

• Compared with the benchmark ACWI (6.17 ) in the period of the last 5 years, the Ulcer Ratio of 1.65 of Global Market Rotation Strategy is smaller, thus better.
• Compared with ACWI (5.15 ) in the period of the last 3 years, the Ulcer Index of 1.46 is smaller, thus better.

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 Global Market Rotation Strategy is -6.5 days, which is greater, thus better compared to the benchmark ACWI (-19.5 days) in the same period.
• Compared with ACWI (-19.5 days) in the period of the last 3 years, the maximum drop from peak to valley of -6.4 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). Many assume Max DD Duration is the length of time between new highs during which the Max DD (magnitude) occurred. But that isn’t always the case. The Max DD duration is the longest time between peaks, period. So it could be the time when the program also had its biggest peak to valley loss (and usually is, because the program needs a long time to recover from the largest loss), but it doesn’t have to be'

• Compared with the benchmark ACWI (407 days) in the period of the last 5 years, the maximum days below previous high of 178 days of Global Market Rotation Strategy is lower, thus better.
• Looking at maximum days below previous high in of 140 days in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively lower, thus better in comparison to ACWI (373 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.'

• The average time in days below previous high water mark over 5 years of Global Market Rotation Strategy is 37 days, which is smaller, thus better compared to the benchmark ACWI (139 days) in the same period.
• Looking at average days under water in of 32 days in the period of the last 3 years, we see it is relatively lower, thus better in comparison to ACWI (114 days).