Davide Pisicchio Margherita Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from July 1985 to November 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 November 2024

Managing the Davide Pisicchio Margherita Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 8.47% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 7.28%.

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 Nov 30, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Davide Pisicchio Margherita Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

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

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
DAVIDE PISICCHIO MARGHERITA PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: July 1985 - November 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Nov 30, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~39Y)
No Rebalancing 27.32 (0) 11.21 (0) 9.31 (0) 8.47 (0) 8.73 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 17.45 (1) 6.84 (5) 6.12 (10) 7.42 (30) 7.91 (39)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 17.06 (2) 6.80 (10) 6.11 (20) 7.28 (60) 7.83 (79)
Quarterly Rebalancing 16.96 (4) 6.90 (20) 6.19 (40) 7.36 (120) 7.92 (158)
5% Tolerance per asset 17.61 (1) 6.84 (2) 6.16 (4) 7.45 (16) 8.00 (19)
10% Tolerance per asset 18.58 (0) 7.38 (1) 6.51 (2) 7.88 (8) 8.28 (8)

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

Performances as of Nov 30, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Davide Pisicchio Margherita Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

DAVIDE PISICCHIO MARGHERITA PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: July 1985 - November 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 8.73 (0) 8.47 1.03 -23.18 0.38
Yearly Rebalancing 7.91 (39) 6.20 1.28 -15.89 0.50
Half Yearly Rebalancing 7.83 (79) 6.14 1.27 -15.86 0.49
Quarterly Rebalancing 7.92 (158) 6.17 1.28 -15.89 0.50
5% Tolerance per asset 8.00 (19) 6.23 1.29 -16.32 0.49
10% Tolerance per asset 8.28 (8) 6.53 1.27 -16.21 0.51
(*) Since Jul 1985 (~39 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Nov 30, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Davide Pisicchio Margherita Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

DAVIDE PISICCHIO MARGHERITA PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: July 1985 - November 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-23.18
Nov 2007 - Sep 2010
-15.89
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-15.86
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-15.89
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-16.32
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-16.21
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-21.52
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-13.51
Mar 2008 - Sep 2009
-14.42
Mar 2008 - Sep 2009
-14.96
Mar 2008 - Sep 2009
-14.24
Mar 2008 - Sep 2009
-12.91
Mar 2008 - Aug 2009
-15.63
Sep 2000 - Dec 2003
-9.29
Sep 1987 - Oct 1988
-7.87
Sep 1987 - Jun 1988
-7.33
Sep 1987 - Jun 1988
-7.60
Sep 1987 - Jun 1988
-9.36
Sep 1987 - Oct 1988
-13.16
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
-5.57
Feb 1994 - Feb 1995
-5.57
Feb 1994 - Feb 1995
-5.58
Feb 1994 - Feb 1995
-5.97
Feb 1994 - Feb 1995
-7.05
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-9.36
Sep 1987 - Oct 1988
-5.51
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-5.51
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-5.51
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-5.78
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-6.11
Feb 1994 - Feb 1995
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-16.57 -9.95 -9.85 -9.85 -9.98 -10.33
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-11.78 -7.14 -7.07 -7.07 -7.12 -7.58

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Davide Pisicchio Margherita Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.