European Stocks Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1970 to August 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 31 August 2024

Managing the European Stocks Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 7.11% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 7.11%.

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 Aug 31, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the European Stocks Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1970.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
EUROPEAN STOCKS PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1970 - August 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Aug 31, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~55Y)
No Rebalancing 20.25 (0) 9.66 (0) 5.44 (0) 7.11 (0) 8.87 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 20.25 (1) 9.66 (5) 5.44 (10) 7.11 (30) 8.87 (55)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 20.25 (2) 9.66 (10) 5.44 (20) 7.11 (60) 8.87 (110)
Quarterly Rebalancing 20.25 (4) 9.66 (20) 5.44 (40) 7.11 (120) 8.87 (219)
5% Tolerance per asset 20.25 (0) 9.66 (0) 5.44 (0) 7.11 (0) 8.87 (0)
10% Tolerance per asset 20.25 (0) 9.66 (0) 5.44 (0) 7.11 (0) 8.87 (0)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the European Stocks Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Aug 31, 2024

Historical returns and stats of European Stocks Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

EUROPEAN STOCKS PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1970 - August 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 8.87 (0) 17.35 0.51 -59.77 0.15
Yearly Rebalancing 8.87 (55) 17.35 0.51 -59.77 0.15
Half Yearly Rebalancing 8.87 (110) 17.35 0.51 -59.77 0.15
Quarterly Rebalancing 8.87 (219) 17.35 0.51 -59.77 0.15
5% Tolerance per asset 8.87 (0) 17.35 0.51 -59.77 0.15
10% Tolerance per asset 8.87 (0) 17.35 0.51 -59.77 0.15
(*) Since Jan 1970 (~55 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Aug 31, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of European Stocks Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

EUROPEAN STOCKS PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1970 - August 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-59.77
Nov 2007 - Apr 2014
-59.77
Nov 2007 - Apr 2014
-59.77
Nov 2007 - Apr 2014
-59.77
Nov 2007 - Apr 2014
-59.77
Nov 2007 - Apr 2014
-59.77
Nov 2007 - Apr 2014
-45.88
Apr 2000 - Dec 2004
-45.88
Apr 2000 - Dec 2004
-45.88
Apr 2000 - Dec 2004
-45.88
Apr 2000 - Dec 2004
-45.88
Apr 2000 - Dec 2004
-45.88
Apr 2000 - Dec 2004
-38.16
Jan 1973 - Jun 1975
-38.16
Jan 1973 - Jun 1975
-38.16
Jan 1973 - Jun 1975
-38.16
Jan 1973 - Jun 1975
-38.16
Jan 1973 - Jun 1975
-38.16
Jan 1973 - Jun 1975
-33.23
Dec 1980 - Apr 1983
-33.23
Dec 1980 - Apr 1983
-33.23
Dec 1980 - Apr 1983
-33.23
Dec 1980 - Apr 1983
-33.23
Dec 1980 - Apr 1983
-33.23
Dec 1980 - Apr 1983
-30.98
Sep 2021 - Dec 2023
-30.98
Sep 2021 - Dec 2023
-30.98
Sep 2021 - Dec 2023
-30.98
Sep 2021 - Dec 2023
-30.98
Sep 2021 - Dec 2023
-30.98
Sep 2021 - Dec 2023
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-41.60 -41.60 -41.60 -41.60 -41.60 -41.60
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-32.48 -32.48 -32.48 -32.48 -32.48 -32.48

For a deeper insight, please refer to the European Stocks Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.