All Country World 60/40 To EUR Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from August 1972 to September 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 September 2024

Managing the All Country World 60/40 To EUR Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 8.01% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 6.96%.

How do returns and drawdowns change, implementing different rebalancing strategies?

Rebalancing Strategies

In order to keep risk under control, you should rebalance assets quotes from time to time, so to keep them at the original percentage of the asset allocation.

Rebalancing can be performed in several ways.

At fixed time intervals:
  • Yearly: Jan 1st
  • Half Yearly: Jan 1st, Jul 1st
  • Quarterly: Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st
When a component (at least one) diverges from its original weight beyond a certain threshold (e.g. 5% or 10%).

Portfolio Returns as of Sep 30, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the All Country World 60/40 To EUR Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on August 1972.

Portfolio returns are calculated in EUR, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
  • the adjustment for actual currency exchange rates (simulation derived from original US returns)
ALL COUNTRY WORLD 60/40 TO EUR PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: August 1972 - September 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Sep 30, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~52Y)
No Rebalancing 23.13 (0) 10.82 (0) 9.97 (0) 8.01 (0) 8.45 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 16.83 (1) 6.50 (5) 7.12 (10) 7.09 (30) 7.55 (52)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 16.79 (2) 6.50 (10) 7.14 (20) 6.96 (60) 7.48 (104)
Quarterly Rebalancing 16.66 (4) 6.55 (20) 7.19 (40) 7.02 (120) 7.53 (208)
5% Tolerance per asset 16.73 (0) 6.48 (2) 7.14 (4) 7.05 (17) 7.57 (30)
10% Tolerance per asset 17.94 (0) 7.01 (1) 7.42 (1) 7.22 (6) 7.64 (9)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the All Country World 60/40 To EUR Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Sep 30, 2024

Historical returns and stats of All Country World 60/40 To EUR Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

ALL COUNTRY WORLD 60/40 TO EUR PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: August 1972 - September 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 8.45 (0) 14.89 0.57 -49.32 0.17
Yearly Rebalancing 7.55 (52) 11.91 0.63 -36.70 0.21
Half Yearly Rebalancing 7.48 (104) 11.89 0.63 -36.90 0.20
Quarterly Rebalancing 7.53 (208) 11.90 0.63 -36.15 0.21
5% Tolerance per asset 7.57 (30) 11.98 0.63 -36.36 0.21
10% Tolerance per asset 7.64 (9) 12.18 0.63 -37.08 0.21
(*) Since Aug 1972 (~52 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Sep 30, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of All Country World 60/40 To EUR Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

ALL COUNTRY WORLD 60/40 TO EUR PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: August 1972 - September 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-49.32
Sep 2000 - Mar 2013
-36.70
Jan 1973 - Nov 1980
-36.90
Jan 1973 - Nov 1980
-36.15
Jan 1973 - Nov 1980
-36.36
Jan 1973 - Nov 1980
-37.08
Jan 1973 - Nov 1980
-38.07
Sep 1989 - Jun 1993
-34.41
Nov 2000 - May 2007
-35.09
Nov 2000 - Nov 2010
-34.43
Nov 2000 - May 2007
-34.74
Nov 2000 - May 2007
-35.07
Nov 2000 - May 2007
-37.08
Jan 1973 - Nov 1980
-29.76
Sep 1989 - Feb 1993
-30.06
Sep 1989 - Mar 1993
-30.29
Sep 1989 - Feb 1993
-30.43
Sep 1989 - Mar 1993
-31.17
Sep 1989 - Jun 1993
-29.67
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-26.55
Jun 2007 - Apr 2010
-21.95
Sep 1987 - Jul 1988
-28.49
Jun 2007 - Nov 2010
-28.70
Jun 2007 - Nov 2010
-28.43
Jun 2007 - Nov 2010
-17.83
Jan 2020 - Nov 2020
-23.33
Sep 1987 - Jul 1988
-14.55
Feb 1994 - Jan 1996
-21.19
Sep 1987 - Jun 1988
-21.95
Sep 1987 - Jul 1988
-22.77
Sep 1987 - Jul 1988
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-34.39 -30.15 -27.71 -30.11 -30.44 -30.90
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-23.92 -21.19 -19.41 -21.11 -21.32 -21.72

For a deeper insight, please refer to the All Country World 60/40 To EUR Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.