Tax-Aware Blend — Moderate Growth

Target AllocationTax-Aware BlendTax-aware

80% Equity / 18% Fixed Income · Tax-Aware Blend implementation · Last reviewed 2026-02-11

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ActiveConstruction v17Jan 2016Jul 2026Benchmark: Municipal Blend Composite

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Volatility

6.9%

Annualized standard deviation

Max drawdown

-20.7%

Peak to trough

Sharpe ratio

0.20

2.4% risk-free rate

Equity exposure

80%

Strategic target

Risk statistics

Model versus benchmark, since inception

MeasureModelBench

Annualized return

Since inception, net of fund fees

3.8%3.4%

Standard deviation

Annualized volatility of monthly returns

6.9%6.7%

Sharpe ratio

Assumes a 2.4% risk-free rate

0.200.16

Max drawdown

Largest peak-to-trough decline

-20.7%-20.4%

Beta vs benchmark

Sensitivity to benchmark movements

1.051.00

Tracking error

Dispersion of excess return

1.6%0.0%

Historical drawdowns

How the model behaved through stress periods

  • COVID-19 selloff

    Jan 2020Mar 2020

    -25.2%

    Benchmark -26.4% · Model outperformed by 1.2 pts

  • 2022 rate shock

    Jan 2022Oct 2022

    -17.6%

    Benchmark -19.0% · Model outperformed by 1.4 pts

  • 2025 growth scare

    Feb 2025May 2025

    -8.6%

    Benchmark -9.4% · Model outperformed by 0.8 pts

Simulated stress results for illustration only.