Burton Malkiel Mid-Fifties Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1985 to October 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 31 October 2024

Managing the Burton Malkiel Mid-Fifties Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 8.46% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 8.49%.

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 Oct 31, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Burton Malkiel Mid-Fifties Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1985.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
BURTON MALKIEL MID-FIFTIES PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1985 - October 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Oct 31, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~40Y)
No Rebalancing 31.17 (0) 9.36 (0) 8.50 (0) 8.46 (0) 10.00 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 27.23 (1) 7.61 (5) 7.32 (10) 8.65 (30) 10.26 (40)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 27.26 (2) 7.57 (10) 7.29 (20) 8.49 (60) 10.04 (80)
Quarterly Rebalancing 27.33 (4) 7.58 (20) 7.31 (40) 8.49 (120) 10.01 (160)
5% Tolerance per asset 27.41 (0) 7.65 (1) 7.35 (2) 8.96 (13) 10.37 (18)
10% Tolerance per asset 28.24 (0) 8.01 (1) 7.79 (1) 8.72 (3) 10.27 (5)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Burton Malkiel Mid-Fifties Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Burton Malkiel Mid-Fifties Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

BURTON MALKIEL MID-FIFTIES PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1985 - October 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 10.00 (0) 13.83 0.72 -48.76 0.21
Yearly Rebalancing 10.26 (40) 12.97 0.79 -46.21 0.22
Half Yearly Rebalancing 10.04 (80) 12.97 0.77 -46.53 0.22
Quarterly Rebalancing 10.01 (160) 12.97 0.77 -46.43 0.22
5% Tolerance per asset 10.37 (18) 12.92 0.80 -45.04 0.23
10% Tolerance per asset 10.27 (5) 13.02 0.79 -45.50 0.23
(*) Since Jan 1985 (~40 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Burton Malkiel Mid-Fifties Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

BURTON MALKIEL MID-FIFTIES PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1985 - October 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-48.76
Nov 2007 - Apr 2011
-46.21
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-46.53
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-46.43
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-45.04
Nov 2007 - Dec 2010
-45.50
Nov 2007 - Apr 2011
-24.72
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-24.05
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-24.10
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-24.12
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-24.05
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-24.38
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-21.58
Sep 2000 - Oct 2003
-21.56
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-21.91
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-21.30
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-21.63
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-21.56
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-20.93
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
-18.63
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
-18.63
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
-18.63
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
-18.65
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
-18.83
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
-19.75
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
-18.18
May 1998 - Apr 1999
-18.41
May 1998 - Apr 1999
-18.48
May 1998 - Apr 1999
-18.50
May 1998 - Apr 1999
-18.25
May 1998 - Apr 1999
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-27.15 -25.73 -25.92 -25.79 -25.57 -25.71
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-21.20 -19.95 -19.70 -19.61 -19.72 -19.63

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Burton Malkiel Mid-Fifties Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.