ACCE Cybersecurity vs ACCE Smart Money
Head-to-head: performance, risk profile, and constituent overlap between two ACCE indices.
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ACCE Cybersecurity →
Zero-trust adoption, cloud security, and identity protection. The cybersecurity spend cycle is structural, not cyclical.
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ACCE Smart Money →
Stocks being accumulated by multiple quality institutional managers across our curated 13F universe. Rebalanced quarterly after 13F filing deadlines (Feb / May / Aug / Nov).
ACCE Cybersecurity - risk
Volatility 30d+44.7%
Volatility 90d+41.5%
Sharpe 90d0.66
Max drawdown-24.3%
Beta vs CIBR1.31
ACCE Smart Money - risk
Volatility 30d-
Volatility 90d-
Sharpe 90d-
Max drawdown-0.8%
Beta vs SPY-
Constituent overlap
0 stocks held by both indices (out of 5 and 35)
Top sectors - ACCE Cybersecurity
Technology100.0%
Top sectors - ACCE Smart Money
Technology31.4%
Financial Services22.9%
Communication Services17.1%
Consumer Cyclical11.4%
Healthcare5.7%
Consumer Defensive5.7%
ACCE Verdict
## Verdict
ACCE Cybersecurity holds the clear edge on measurable performance, posting a since-inception return of 3.05% against the benchmark's 1.47%, a 158-basis-point gap that reflects genuine alpha generation from the zero-trust and cloud security thesis rather than broad market drift.
On risk, that outperformance comes with real costs: a 90-day volatility of 41.65%, a max drawdown of -24.34%, and a beta of 1.30 signal a portfolio that swings hard in both directions. The Sharpe of 0.33 is positive but modest, meaning investors are not being richly compensated per unit of risk taken.
The two indices share little common ground by design. Cybersecurity is a concentrated sector bet on a specific spend cycle. Smart Money is a cross-sector, institutionally-validated selection process, rebalanced quarterly on 13F data, but with no live performance record yet available to evaluate.
For investors who want a high-conviction, sector-specific position and can stomach drawdowns north of 24%, ACCE Cybersecurity delivers a documented edge over benchmark. For investors who prefer diversified, quality-screened exposure with institutional conviction behind each name, ACCE Smart Money is the logical fit, though it demands patience while a track record is established. Concentrated-theme buyers lean Cybersecurity. Quality-tilt, multi-sector buyers wait for Smart Money to season.