Consolidated Returns as of 30 September 2024
Managing the DFA Dimensional Retirement Income Fund Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 6.76% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 5.63%.
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.
At fixed time intervals:
- Yearly: Jan 1st
- Half Yearly: Jan 1st, Jul 1st
- Quarterly: Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st
Portfolio Returns as of Sep 30, 2024
Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the DFA Dimensional Retirement Income Fund Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.
Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
- No fees or capital gain taxes
- the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
| Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Sep 30, 2024 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y | 30Y |
MAX (~40Y) |
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| No Rebalancing | 21.43 | (0) | 8.29 | (0) | 6.50 | (0) | 6.76 | (0) | 7.82 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 12.06 | (1) | 4.47 | (5) | 3.85 | (10) | 5.73 | (30) | 7.02 | (40) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 11.87 | (2) | 4.47 | (10) | 3.84 | (20) | 5.63 | (60) | 6.93 | (80) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 11.90 | (4) | 4.58 | (20) | 3.90 | (40) | 5.68 | (120) | 6.98 | (159) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 12.39 | (1) | 4.63 | (2) | 3.98 | (2) | 5.70 | (7) | 7.03 | (10) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 12.47 | (0) | 5.15 | (1) | 4.44 | (1) | 5.75 | (2) | 7.04 | (3) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the DFA Dimensional Retirement Income Fund Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Sep 30, 2024
Historical returns and stats of DFA Dimensional Retirement Income Fund Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
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Standard Deviation
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Max Drawdown (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | Return % | Std Dev(%) | Ret. / Std Dev | MaxDD(%) | Ret. / MaxDD | |
| No Rebalancing | 7.82 | (0) | 7.09 | 1.10 | -20.47 | 0.38 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 7.02 | (40) | 5.12 | 1.37 | -12.91 | 0.54 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 6.93 | (80) | 5.12 | 1.35 | -13.51 | 0.51 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 6.98 | (159) | 5.14 | 1.36 | -14.09 | 0.50 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 7.03 | (10) | 5.27 | 1.33 | -13.78 | 0.51 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 7.04 | (3) | 5.72 | 1.23 | -15.83 | 0.44 |
Drawdowns as of Sep 30, 2024
Historical Drawdowns of DFA Dimensional Retirement Income Fund Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
|
Rebalancing
|
Tolerance per asset
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rebalancing | Yearly | Half Yearly | Quarterly | 5% | 10% |
|
-20.47
Jun 2008 - Apr 2010
|
-12.91
Jun 2008 - Sep 2009
|
-13.51
Jun 2008 - Nov 2009
|
-14.09
Jun 2008 - Nov 2009
|
-13.78
Jun 2008 - Nov 2009
|
-15.83
Jun 2008 - Mar 2010
|
|
-18.17
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
|
-12.16
Jan 2022 - May 2024
|
-12.29
Jan 2022 - May 2024
|
-12.35
Jan 2022 - May 2024
|
-13.17
Jan 2022 - May 2024
|
-12.54
Jan 2022 - May 2024
|
|
-10.47
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
|
-6.09
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
|
-6.09
Feb 1994 - Mar 1995
|
-6.12
Feb 1994 - Mar 1995
|
-6.33
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
|
-7.20
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
|
-7.11
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
|
-4.85
Sep 1987 - Jan 1988
|
-4.64
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
-4.64
Feb 2020 - May 2020
|
-6.06
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
-6.16
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
|
|
-6.84
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
|
-4.64
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
-4.34
May 2013 - Apr 2014
|
-4.43
May 2013 - Apr 2014
|
-4.32
May 2013 - Feb 2014
|
-6.07
Aug 1990 - Dec 1990
|
| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -12.61 | -8.13 | -8.17 | -8.33 | -8.73 | -9.56 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -9.10 | -5.89 | -5.88 | -5.89 | -6.18 | -7.19 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the DFA Dimensional Retirement Income Fund Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
