Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio To EUR Bond Hedged: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from August 1953 to October 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 31 October 2024

Managing the Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio To EUR Bond Hedged with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 10.48% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 6.68%.

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 Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio To EUR Bond Hedged guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on August 1953.

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)
  • the currency hedging (simulation taking into account the interest rate differentials of the countries). It is also assumed that hedged instruments have an additional expense ratio of 0.25% (yearly), compared to the US original instrument.
HARRY BROWNE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO TO EUR BOND HEDGED RETURNS
Period: August 1953 - 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
(~71Y)
No Rebalancing 34.95 (0) 14.81 (0) 13.56 (0) 10.48 (0) 9.28 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 21.10 (1) 5.87 (5) 6.08 (10) 6.87 (30) 7.41 (71)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 20.54 (2) 5.66 (10) 6.05 (20) 6.68 (60) 7.28 (142)
Quarterly Rebalancing 20.70 (4) 5.68 (20) 6.09 (40) 6.77 (120) 7.24 (285)
5% Tolerance per asset 21.26 (0) 5.94 (4) 6.16 (6) 6.87 (22) 7.29 (50)
10% Tolerance per asset 21.04 (1) 6.46 (2) 6.53 (3) 7.11 (8) 7.48 (19)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio To EUR Bond Hedged: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio To EUR Bond Hedged, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

HARRY BROWNE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO TO EUR BOND HEDGED PERFORMANCES
Period: August 1953 - October 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 9.28 (0) 12.53 0.74 -47.36 0.20
Yearly Rebalancing 7.41 (71) 6.99 1.06 -11.80 0.63
Half Yearly Rebalancing 7.28 (142) 6.88 1.06 -12.84 0.57
Quarterly Rebalancing 7.24 (285) 6.83 1.06 -11.98 0.60
5% Tolerance per asset 7.29 (50) 6.89 1.06 -12.18 0.60
10% Tolerance per asset 7.48 (19) 6.97 1.07 -12.30 0.61
(*) Since Aug 1953 (~71 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio To EUR Bond Hedged, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

HARRY BROWNE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO TO EUR BOND HEDGED DRAWDOWNS
Period: August 1953 - October 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-47.36
Sep 2000 - Jul 2012
-11.80
Aug 1987 - Apr 1989
-12.84
Mar 1974 - May 1975
-11.98
Mar 1974 - May 1975
-12.18
May 1969 - Jan 1971
-12.30
May 1969 - Jan 1971
-27.14
Sep 1989 - May 1991
-11.61
Mar 1974 - Feb 1975
-11.45
May 1969 - Jan 1971
-11.52
May 1969 - Jan 1971
-11.98
Mar 1974 - May 1975
-11.98
Mar 1974 - Jun 1975
-25.80
Sep 1987 - Apr 1989
-11.41
May 1969 - Jan 1971
-11.19
Dec 1989 - Mar 1991
-11.36
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-11.80
Aug 1987 - Apr 1989
-11.09
Sep 1989 - Mar 1991
-20.29
Dec 1968 - Feb 1971
-11.36
Sep 1989 - Mar 1991
-11.04
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-11.25
Dec 1989 - Mar 1991
-11.09
Dec 1989 - Mar 1991
-11.04
Aug 1987 - Apr 1989
-19.30
Mar 1974 - Jun 1975
-10.65
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-10.73
Aug 1987 - Jan 1989
-10.05
Aug 1987 - Jan 1989
-11.02
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-10.52
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-27.98 -11.36 -11.45 -11.23 -11.61 -11.39
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-21.34 -9.64 -9.76 -9.62 -9.87 -9.53

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio To EUR Bond Hedged: ETF allocation and returns page.